En:Beginners Guide

Revision as of 21:40, 23 January 2013

This document will guide you through the process of installing Sabayon Linux.

System Requirements

• Live Environment - No 3D Desktop:
  • i686 Processor
  • at least 512MB of RAM (1GB suggested)
  • a 2D graphics card
  • a DDC capable Monitor
  • mouse and keyboard

• Live Environment - 3D Desktop:
  • i686 Processor (starting from AMD K6 and Intel Pentium II)
  • at least 512MB of RAM (1GB suggested)
  • an OpenGL capable 3D graphics card (mostly NVIDIA, ATI, Intel, VIA)
  • a DDC capable Monitor
  • mouse and keyboard

• Installation:
  • i686 Processor
  • at least 512MB of RAM (1GB suggested for decent eyecandy effects)
  • an OpenGL capable 3D graphics card (mostly NVIDIA, ATI, Intel, VIA)
  • 20 GB of free space, that is bare minimum DVD Install. 30+ Gig is highly recommended.
  • 8GB of free space for miniCD. 10+ Gig is recommended
  • Internet connection (not mandatory but highly suggested)
  • a DDC capable Monitor
  • mouse and keyboard

The live CD/DVD

What Editions are available in Sabayon Linux ?

Sabayon is all about choice. You have many flavors to choose from.

• Sabayon Mirrors Page

The following choices are the main releases available in 32bit(x86) or 64bit(amd64):

1. KDE

KDE is a full feature release.

2. Gnome

Gnome is a full feature release

3. LXDE
4. MATE
5. XFCE 
6. Enlightment

7. CoreCDX
CoreCDX is a minimal install for those wishing to configure the system more to their liking,

(for more advanced users) in 32bit or 64bit., and uses the Fluxbox Window Manager.

burning / checking the .iso image

please see: HOWTO:_Burn_Sabayon_from_Windows

For checking the integrity of the burned disc, please see:

HOWTO:_Checking_the_integrity_of_a_LiveCD_or_LiveDVD

Passwords on live CD/DVD

• The root password:

no password is required: just press the Enter key.

• The sabayonuser password:

no password is required: just press the Enter key.

• For older releases (version 6 and earlier) the password for Root is "root" (without the quotes),

and the password for Sabayonuser is "sabayonuser" (without the quotes).

Visual walkthrough Booting process

Please see: Visual_Tour:_Boot-menu_Sabayon_LiveCD/DVD

When having a old NVidia card, and downloaded latest ISO's, chances are that they will not start the WM/DE, but rather present you with a black screen.

There is nothing wrong with the ISO's, it is because "nvidia-drivers-304.64" or higher is installed by default.

You can bypass that by hitting ctrl-alt-f1, remove the nvidia-drivers, (nouveau is installed too)

and restart xdm:

/etc/init.d/xdm restart

For a overall view of which cards support what driver., please see:

http://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_32667.html

The following visual tour will show you how to edit Xorg.conf: Visual_Tour:_Part_2_Editing_the_xorg.conf

Installing Sabayon

For a installation guide, step-by-step, please see:

En:Introduction#Installation_Guide:_Step_by_Step

We also offer a visual walkthrough about installing Sabayon., please see:

Visual_Tour:_Installing_Sabayon

partitioning

Troubleshooting