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Installation Guide

Introduction

GhostBSD comes with a Graphical installer called GBI.

After reading this guide, you will know:

  • How to make a USB memory stick.

  • How to set up a Virtual Machine.

  • How to install GhostBSD.

    • How to install GhostBSD using the entire disk drive.

    • How to install alongside other opereating system.

  • Troubleshooting the installer and live media.

Table of Contents

  • Getting started
    • Status
    • System requirements
      • Tested hardware
      • Networking hardware
    • Getting an ISO
    • Creating a bootable USB flash drive
    • Virtualization environments
      • QEMU
      • Parallels
      • Proxmox VE
      • VirtualBox
  • Full disk installation
    • Starting the GhostBSD live system
    • Using the live system
    • Installing GhostBSD
      • Starting the installer
      • Localization
        • Language
        • Keyboard
        • Time zone
      • Disks and filesystem
        • Installation type
        • Installation disk
      • Boot loader
      • Root password
      • Adding a user
        • Reboot into new installation
  • Custom Installation
    • Partitioning schemes
      • MBR
      • GPT
    • File systems
      • UFS
      • OpenZFS
    • Installing GhostBSD
      • Partition Scheme
      • Creating partitions
        • Boot partition
        • Root partition
        • Swap Partition
        • Finishing the installation
  • Troubleshooting
    • The live system does not boot.
      • Your hardware may not be supported.
      • The installation media may be corrupted.
    • The live system does not reach a graphical desktop environment.
      • The installation ISO may be outdated or require general bug fixes.
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