Welcome to Myrinix Debian LiveCD

Why do you need to install Myrinix to hard disk
1) you may treat it as a rescue OS when your windows can not boot up due to a lot of reasons.
2) it boots 10 times faster than booting from CDRom
3) it's a safe way to run Linux for beginner when you do not want to mess up your Windows.
4) Easy Upgrading, simply download new release of myrinix and replace with the exisiting files
5) this method also works for KNOPPIX and Kanotix
6) Easy Uninstalling, simply delete Myrinix folders in the partition.

For Windows XP - Quick Installation

1. Place Myrinix CD/DVD to cdrom/dvdrom
2. An Asuite Menu Loader to pop up
   
3. Double click Myrinix Installer
   
4. Click Install
5. Restart
   

Notes : This installation will not affect your current windows partition and windows configuration.

Unetbootin Quick Install from ISO for windows Xp/VISTA

Download Unetbootin from http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/

Download Myrinix LIVEDVD ISO IMAGE

Run Unetbootin

Choose a iso image file at "Disk image" section, and choose "Harddisk" and select the drive you want it to install, you can install at other drive if you want

you can change "type" to USB if you want to install myrinix to portable drive.

Click "OK" to Start installing

It only takes about 5 mins to install, Click "Reboot Now" to restart pc

Choose "UnetBootin" to start Myrinix

For Windows Vista (Advance Installation)

5 minutes installation

1. boot your windows vista

2. Download the newest version of GRUB4dos at http://download.gna.org/grub4dos/

3. copy everything from myrinix CD to new partition ex. 'C:' Drive

4. Use bcdedit to configure the startup menu:

      bcdedit /create /d "Start MYRINIX" /application bootsector
      bcdedit /set {id} device boot
      bcdedit /set {id} path \grldr.mbr
      bcdedit /displayorder {id} /addlast
   

   Then copy grldr.mbr to C:\, grldr and menu.lst to the root directory of any FAT16/FAT32/NTFS/EXT2 partition.

   grldr.mbr can also be used to start GRUB for DOS in Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 (in fact, grldr.mbr is basicly the first 16 sectors of grldr). To use grldr.mbr as the boot file, use the following line in boot.ini:

      C:\grldr.mbr="Start MYRINIX"
   

   As in Windows Vista, you need to copy grldr and menu.lst to the root directory of any FAT16/FAT32/NTFS/EXT2 partition.

5. more details visit http://grub4dos.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Grub4dos_tutorial#Booting_GRUB_for_DOS_via_the_Windows_Vista_boot_manager

For Other windows or manual installation

5 minutes installation
1) boot your windows
2) copy everything from myrinix CD to new partition ex. 'C:' Drive
4) run wingrub , it can be found in myrinix CD
5) wingrub will autodetect the myrinix grub bootloader from hard drive 'C:'

6) select tools -> Partition list from the menu
7) determine 'Name' column on the hard drive 'C:'. ex. (hd0,0) and close the dialog
10) click tools -> install Grub to prepare to install
11) if you are running windows XP , choose Boot From , Boot ini and give it a title ex 'Myrinix'

12) if you run on windows 98/ME, choose Config.sys
13) Click 'Install' Button
14) Restart computer


** you may copy myrinix CD content to your other drive by creating a new partition

** Install Myrinix in "C" drive will turn it into readonly mode after booting into myrinix. so you may have problem to write files to your C drive. Make sure you have created a 'permanent home directory' in a usb drive or another disk drive/partition.