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dcore:usb_installation_test-drive [2018/12/10 19:03] – [dCore Test Drive on a USB Stick (Beginners 101)] jason wdcore:usb_installation_test-drive [2018/12/10 19:09] (current) – [dCore Test Drive on a USB Stick (Beginners 101)] jason w
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 Take dCore for a spin to understand how it works! Each step is performed manually first before it is eventually automated. Altogether it will lead to a more or less complete installation and deeper understanding of dCore. Take dCore for a spin to understand how it works! Each step is performed manually first before it is eventually automated. Altogether it will lead to a more or less complete installation and deeper understanding of dCore.
  
-====== Burn ISO image to USB and use dCore-usbinstall ======+=== Burn ISO image to USB and use dCore-usbinstall ===
 The easiest way to install dCore to USB is to download a dCorePlus ISO.  Below are some links to release candidate dCorePlus images: The easiest way to install dCore to USB is to download a dCorePlus ISO.  Below are some links to release candidate dCorePlus images:
  
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 The USB will not be mounted after booting with the ISO written to it, so the same USB can be used to install to.  dCore-usbinstall will guide you through choices between x86 and x86_64, BIOS and UEFI, release and release candidates, and which dCore port you wish to install.  It will create a bootable USB formatted with ext2 and the TCE directory will be located on the USB and used during future boots.  The USB will not be mounted after booting with the ISO written to it, so the same USB can be used to install to.  dCore-usbinstall will guide you through choices between x86 and x86_64, BIOS and UEFI, release and release candidates, and which dCore port you wish to install.  It will create a bootable USB formatted with ext2 and the TCE directory will be located on the USB and used during future boots. 
  
 +The following below is a more hands-on method of installing dCore to USB.
  
- +=== Manual install to USB ===
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-===== Overview =====+
 dCore will be installed on a USB-stick. The system basically consists of the following files: dCore will be installed on a USB-stick. The system basically consists of the following files:
   - Linux kernel and initial RAM disk, typically named 'vmlinuz' and 'core.gz'   - Linux kernel and initial RAM disk, typically named 'vmlinuz' and 'core.gz'
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 All these files or folders may well reside on any type of file system, even ones not respecting Linux permissions.  All these files or folders may well reside on any type of file system, even ones not respecting Linux permissions. 
  
-=== Optional Steps ===+===== Optional Steps =====
 The user data in '/opt/' or '/home/' could well be stored on a partition of its own with a Linux file system. We shall not endeavour to doing so here, however. The user data in '/opt/' or '/home/' could well be stored on a partition of its own with a Linux file system. We shall not endeavour to doing so here, however.
 ===== Building blocks for a basic desktop installation ===== ===== Building blocks for a basic desktop installation =====
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