5.21. It's Finished!

There you are. Installation is now complete and your GNU/Linux system is ready to use. Just click OK to reboot the system. You can start GNU/Linux or Windows, whichever you prefer (if you are dual-booting), as soon as the computer has booted up again.

Tip

The Advanced button (in Expert mode only) shows two more buttons to:

  1. generate auto-install floppy: to create an installation floppy disk which will automatically perform a whole installation without the help of an operator, similar to the installation you just configured.

    Note that two different options are available after clicking the button:

    • Replay. This is a partially automated install as the partitioning step (and only this one) remains interactive.

    • Automated. Fully automated install: the hard disk is completely rewritten, all data is lost.

    This feature is very handy when installing a great number of similar machines. See the Auto install section at our web site.

  2. Save packages selection[1]: saves the packages selection as made previously. Then, when doing another installation, insert the floppy inside the driver and run the installation going to the help screen by pressing on the F1 key, and by issuing linux defcfg="floppy".

Notes

[1]

You need a FAT-formatted floppy (to create one under GNU/Linux, type mformat a:)


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