Installing - Running the Console OS Installer
Once you have booted into the Console OS Installer, you will find a single option there - to run the installation process. Hit enter to begin.
Your machine will then be probed for available installation drives. Select the drive you wish to install to. The particular drive will be scanned. Be sure to read the next steps carefully.
If a valid Windows installation is detected, you will be asked if you want to dual-boot. If a Windows installation is not detected, or is not valid, you will be asked if you want to erase your target drive completely. Please note that there is no undo to this function - once started it cannot be aborted.
If your drive has Ubuntu, a non-standard boot table, SteamOS, or other operating systems, the installer will only offer to erase the entire drive. See Ubuntu - SteamOS and Console OS as we roll out alternative installation steps for those scenarios.
Once the installation is completed, you will be prompted to remove the Install Drive from your computer, and the machine will then reboot. Congratulations, Console OS is now installed! When your machine reboots, you will get a text-based boot menu. If Console OS is the only operating system, it will load by default. If Windows is also present, that will appear in the menu as well.
By default the last operating system booted will load. So if you chose Windows on the previous boot, the boot menu will automatically select Windows to load at the next reboot. You can scroll between the two operating systems at boot time, based on the amount of time you set during installation when prompted.
At this point you can now head to our Getting Started with Console OS guide for additional goodies and technology demos that run inside of Console OS. Welcome to Console OS. We're just getting started.
