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AROS DH0: Installation 
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     Here is virtual HDD image  (aros3.dsk) with pre-setup partitions ready  for
AROS install. Format is QEMU qcow,  compressed hd image format. Internal HD size
is 100MB, file itself is about 53kB  (as it contains no  files yet). 100mb isn`t
much, but must be enough for a first time. Please ensure that you have about 100
mb on your harddrive, as image will grow.

     Now, to  install AROS  you will  need this  image, QEMU  (one that  can  be
included is windows version 0.7.2, not newest, but stable and smaller), and AROS
live CD (i guess, you  will need to test nightly  builds). You can get this live
CD   here:   http://aros.sourceforge.net/downloads/nightly/   look for smth like
AROS-2006xxxx-i386-pc-boot-iso.tar.bz2 there.

     After you get it, unpack it (for example, with 7Zip (www.7-zip.org) and put
aros.iso to your future AROS dir (where the disk image is).

     Then unpack QEMU to that dir (if you have linux, you will install it to  
     the system).       

	You can got it here:       

     Linux   users: http://fabrice.bellard.free.fr/qemu/download.html 
     Windows users will  like this page: http://www.h7.dion.ne.jp/~qemu-win/  
     and cute  QEMU Manager  that lets you easily use QEMU 
     http://www.davereyn.co.uk/

     Then follow this steps:

     1.After that create  scripts (arosCD.bat and  arosHD.bat for Windows) like
this: (With QEMU Manager you will not these)

     arosCD.bat 
     ========== 
     
     qemu -L.\bios -hda aros3.dsk -cdrom aros.iso -boot  d -m 64

     arosHD.bat 
     ========== 
     
     qemu -L.\bios -hda aros3.dsk -cdrom -boot c -m 64

     
      
Note that -m 64 sets amount of MB of RAM available to AROS. 
If you choose to use QEMU Manager, just create one virtual machine
and pick options

     2.Then,   run   arosCD.bat   and   wait   for  CD grub boot message. Select
comfortable 16-bit resolution (32 bits  crashes on my qemu).  Do not pick it too
much, or it will  get harder to  access offscreen parts. Note  that qemu runs in
window (switching to fullscreen can easily crash it).

     3.After AROS has booted  up, go to AROS  LIVE CD:Tools and run  InstallAROS
program. On welcome screen push proceed  button. On license check Accept license
button and again press  proceed. Then choose install  options: only Install AROS
core System, Install Extra Software and Show bootloader Options must be checked.
Then, click proceed.

     4.Then you must choose where to install AROS. remove all the checboxes and
click proceed. Check  if GRUB bootloader  options is correct  and click proceed.
Then click proceed again on the warn  script. Install starts to copy files. Wait
till it end, and install  of bootscript will begin. But  - after this AROS isn`t
ready yet. Close Installer for now.

     5. Close QEMU window  and start arosCD.bat again.  Yes, we gonna boot  this
way again. After AROS boots, repeat steps  3-4, but remove all the checkmarks on
Install options  page but  show bootloader  options. Then  repeat install. While
installing bootloader it will  ask to rewrite  files - answer yes  as many as it
will be needed. Now, close Installer again. After this AROS must be ready. Close
the QEMU window.

     6. Time has  come to start  arosHD.bat. (or to unselect booting from CD).
     Choose your resolution  and let it
boot. If there`s a GRUB errors you must  repeat instal at least from point 5. If
AROS is booted, just start to use it ;) Now you can change and save the prefs.

	Keen, AROS Team
	09/2006
     

