The Ylmf OS Installation Guide

Table of contents

- Install from CD
- Install with Wubi-hd
- Install from USB

When it comes to installing Ylmf OS, there are so many useful snippets of information on blogs and guides all over the internet.

For a Ylmf OS beginner or curious Windows intermediate user however, there’s no single, simple source of information when it comes to trying out your first Ylmf OS installation. One thing I have noticed is that there’s a lot of technical jargon and sometimes unnecessary terminal commands in lengthy forum posts, but no simple “how to” guides, which I think  might put some people off! A shame, when you think about how easy Ylmf OS is to install, use and tweak to look really cool!

This post will talk you through your first Ylmf OS installation, hopefully teaching you everything you need to know to give Ylmf OS a try without breaking or removing your existing Windows installation. The end result will be a “vanilla” Ylmf OS Installation running simultaneously with your Windows installation using either the GRUB bootloader, or Wubi-hd, depending on how far you’d like to go on your first Ylmf OS experience.

I hope my guide makes installing Ylmf OS an enjoyable, simple experience. By the end of the guide you should have a dual boot Windows / Ylmf OS machine that happily plays music, video, and acts as a perfectly usable home office computer with Openoffice 3.1. For the really The Ylmf OS OS is unique and seriously cool, so, enjoy the trip.

If you’re planning on installing the latest version of Ylmf OS (based on Ubuntu 9.10) you can install Ylmf OS straight from the CD inside Windows or from a USB stick and the install process can takes care of formatting your hard drive partition for you. You might not yet have a spare partition to do this, so I’ve covered shrinking your existing Windows partition to make space for Ylmf OS here.

How to install Ylmf OS from CD

1) Download the Ylmf OS ISO from http://www.ylmf.org/download .

2) Burn the ISO image to a blank CD using Nero or similar:  

Caution：Be sure to use “Burn Image” option.

3) After successfully burning a CD, keep your new OS CD inside your drive. Restart your computer and boot from CD/DVD. Wait patiently while OS loads up from the CD/DVD,select "Try Ylmf OS" or "install Ylmf OS"

Install Ylmf OS with Wubi-hd

4) Run wubi-hd.exe and select “install inside Windows” and follow the instructions. The following screens are all based on the Wubi-hd installer process, so you can follow the rest of the instructions below.

5) Now configure your installation using the simple settings options. You can specify the location of the Ylmf OS installation on your Windows partition, the size of the Ylmf OS installation, the Ylmf OS, your preferred language, and a username and password for the Ylmf OS system.

When you click install, you’ll see this screen:

6) That’s it! Click reboot now, and select “Ylmf OS” on the startup screen. You now have a fully functional dual boot Windows / Ylmf OS machine.

It’s worth saying at this point that you’re about to install Ylmf OS on an entirely separate drive space. That means, you need to make sure you have enough space on your computers hard drive to accomodate the new setup. Someone found that a partition less than 4gb would lead Ylmf OS to crash during install.

Here’s a guide on how to resize or shrink your Windows Vista partition. Follow those instructions before you reboot into the live version of Ylmf OS and you’ll have a really easy time during the following steps. Maybe you’d like to install from a USB? Let’s have a quick look at the process of installing from a USB before we continue:

Here’s how to install Ylmf OS on a USB drive from Windows Vista:

Format your USB stick with a FAT32 partition from Windows. You can get to the format dialogue by opening My Computer and right mouse clicking the removable drive icon. Click “Format” and follow the settings in the image below. You need a minimum 2gb USB stick.

7) Download UnetBootin. UNetbootin allows for the installation of various Linux/Ylmf OS distributions to a partition or USB drive, so it’s no different from a standard install, only it doesn’t need a CD. The coolest thing about the application is that it’s a “portable” app. You don’t need to install it into Windows meaning UNetbootin will run on your Windows PC without “admin” privileges.

Ylmf OS isn’t in the Distribution list supplied with UNetbootin yet, so use the downloaded Ylmf OS ISO and add the ISO using the “Diskimage”, make sure your USB drive is selected below and click OK.

The ISO transfers to the USB pretty quickly, so soon after you click OK you’ll see this screen:

8) That’s it – when the installation process is complete, restart your computer and make sure it’s set up to boot from USB. On my HP Laptop, pressing F9 on the boot screen shows a boot order menu. Selecting “USB Hard Drive” follows a black screen, a Ylmf OS logo, and finally, your new Ylmf OS desktop appears.

Completing your Ylmf OS installation, step by step

Installing Ylmf OS is so easy that it requires very little effort past this point. If you’ve managed to repartition your hard drive and restart your computer you’ll sail through the next few steps:

9) Click “install Ylmf-OS” on the live desktop

10) Set up your disk partition. This is probably the most “technical” part of the installation. When I shrunk my Windows Vista drive volume, I never formatted the new partition, which means the “use the largest continuous free space” option works nicely:

11) Choose your username and password:

12) Migrate your Windows documents and settings

You can skip this step and click “Forward”

13) You’re now ready to install your new Ylmf OS installation

19) When the installation has finished, restart your computer (you’ll be instructed to remove your cd rom or USB drive). You’re now ready to begin using Ylmf OS!

Ylmf OS is a brilliantly simple, easy to use, free and powerful operating system. I hope this guide helps you get on your way.