====== Base Installation of LMDE (UP6) ====== NOTE: Since the latest release has been made available, you can now [[install:release-201403|install from release 201403!]] ===== Booting from the Live CD USB Key ===== ===== Preliminary Remarks ===== While running the LMDE Live CD system on my MacBook, I had to change a few settings to feel right at ease with the system. All of the following settings were easily accessed through the "Control Center" that is available under the "Menu" item at the bottom left of the screen: ==== Keyboard Layout ==== As my machine has a Belgian French keyboard, I first went to the "Keyboard Preferences" panel, added the Belgian layout corresponding to my keyboard and removed the original "American English" one. {{ :install:control_center-keyboard.png?200 |}} {{ :install:keyboard_preferences.png?200 |}} ==== Screen Resolution ==== As I'm using an external (27") monitor, I though it would be nice to take advantage of it instead of working on a duplicated, lower resolution screen. {{ :install:control_center-monitors.png?200 |}} {{ :install:monitor_preferences.png?200 |}} ==== Power Management ==== One thing I noticed is that, when running the Live CD environment, **letting the laptop screen go into sleep mode would crash it!**, it became impossible to wake it afterwards.\\ As the operations to be executed surely will take some time, it was safer to modify the "Power Management" settings in order to never let the screen go to sleep: {{ :install:control_center-powermanagement.png?200 |}} {{ :install:power_management_preferences.png?200 |}} <WRAP info> Be aware that, when running the Live CD environment, none of your changes will be stored. Everything will be set back to default on the next reboot. That is because, while in the Live CD environment, everything is stored in RAM, nothing gets written to the disc.\\ This means that you'll have to replicate all those settings into your final install, or even when you come back to the Live CD environment later on. </WRAP> ===== Launch the LMDE Installer ===== At the top left of the screen is a green icon titled "Install Linux Mint". Starting the installation is as simple as double clicking on it! {{ :install:installicon.png |}} ==== Simply Follow the Instructions ==== Every choice, exception made of the custom partitioning, should feel quite obvious to set. === Edit Partitions === If you would like to make a conscious decision on your choice of partitions, please read the [[install:disk-partition|Disk Partitioning]] section of this wiki. You might encounter an error of type: Invalid partition table - recursive partition on /dev/sdc. => Ignore Unmount partitions to be removed (right click => unmount)\\ Select partition in list and click delete icon\\ Create new partitions following the established partition map\\ ==== Time to Upgrade ==== Now that you have the UP6 installed, and since there is no UP7 (or UP8) ISO available yet, I recommend you immediately upgrade to UP7. This might avoid you the troubles of upgrading later. When many other libraries and applications are installed, the chances to get into trouble while upgrading are increasing. Follow this link to install the UP7 upgrade to your system: [[install:upgrade-up7|LMDE Update Pack 7]]