- ELEMENTARY OS 0.4 LOKI HOW TO
- ELEMENTARY OS 0.4 LOKI INSTALL
- ELEMENTARY OS 0.4 LOKI 64 BIT
- ELEMENTARY OS 0.4 LOKI MANUAL
- ELEMENTARY OS 0.4 LOKI ISO
Ninth step asks you for your keyboard layout. This will determine your time zone automatically. Read carefully before continuing.Įighth step is selecting region. So Ubiquity inform me partition #3 of sdb and partition #2 of sda respectively. This is the last chance to revert back before Ubiquity formats your partitions.įor example: I set two partitions /dev/ sdb2 as main, and /dev/ sda3 as swap. Don't make mistake, don't format wrong partition.
Please read carefully, make sure the two partition you created earlier are correctly the two informed here. Ubiquity will inform you what partition will be formatted or created. Seventh step is examining partitioning summary. Read Ubuntu SwapFaq document for detailed explanation. Few exceptions if your jobs require swapping (rare case), or you would use hibernation. It is considerably safe to give only 2 or 4 GB swap for most of todays desktop computers (including laptops). *) You don't have to use old formula " swap = 2 x ram amount" anymore for computers nowadays. > click Change button > a new window "Edit Partition" comes >įor example: I choose my /dev/sda3 as swap partition. To create swap partition, select a partition you have prepared earlier
ELEMENTARY OS 0.4 LOKI INSTALL
It means, this choice of mine will install elementary OS into /dev/sdb2 (second partition) of my /dev/sdb HDD (second HDD). 2) determine Use as: Ext4 journaling file systeįor example: I choose /dev/sdb2 as my main partition with partition size = 20 GB, filesystem = Ext4, Format = yes, Mount point = /.To create main partition, select a partition you have prepared before > click Change button > a new window "Edit Partition" comes > Pay attention here so you don't make any mistake, otherwise you may destroy all your data. What to do here is basically two things: 1) creating main partition (namely "/") 2) creating swap partition (namely "swap").
ELEMENTARY OS 0.4 LOKI MANUAL
The most important part (and the most dangerous) is the fifth step, manual partitioning (but it's completely harmless if your HDD is empty). The best choice is always the manual way, and don't believe any automatic partitioner, except your HDD is empty. The best selection here is NO, so choose nothing here.įourth page of Ubiquity asks about partitioning style, whether you want the automatic or the manual way. Example of these programs are Adobe Flash Player and Fluendo GStreamer framework.
Third page of Ubiquity asks you about whether to install or not for third party programs (some proprietary software, some covered with proprietary patent laws). The best selection here is NO, so choose " I don't want to connect.". Second page of Ubiquity asks you about whether to use a network connection (wired or wireless) or not. Choose English, or, at your option, your mother language. The first page of Ubiquity (the elementary OS installer) will ask you for your prefered language. This window is an operating system installer called Ubiquity. Insert your USB drive > restart your computer > enter BIOS > set first booting into USB > restart > if you see any selection, select elementary OS ( default) > if you should choose between Try and Install, select Try > you enter the desktop > open desktop menu (at top-left corner) > click Install elementary OS > an installer window comes. You can create them easily with GParted program.This will be the main partition (where Loki lives). A blank partition sized at least 20 GB.Prepare your hard disk drive first to have these items: You may use Unetbootin (GNU/Linux and Mac) or Rufus (Windows) program to do it.
ELEMENTARY OS 0.4 LOKI ISO
Then burn the iso file to a USB flash drive to make it a bootable disk. We assume you have downloaded the elementary OS Loki iso file. To check whether your computer is 64 or 32 bit, check this article as example.
ELEMENTARY OS 0.4 LOKI 64 BIT
*) You can only install elementary OS Loki in 64 bit computers.
You will install Loki by at least 12 steps at total time needed around 40 minutes. It assumes every reader is new to GNU/Linux, especially to elementary OS.
ELEMENTARY OS 0.4 LOKI HOW TO
This tutorial explains how to install the newly released elementary OS Loki step by step.