Install on harddisk? dock!

Dyne:bolic solves the problem of istallation in a very simple way: there is no installation! you simply copy a directory and this is called "docking".

Docking lets you run the system from an harddisk, with shorter load time and more speed. With a dock you can also boot from floppy, or from a multi-boot partition.

In dyne:bolic this only consists of copying one directory from the CD to the harddisk, you don't need to change anything of your partition, just copy a directory in it: drag the dyne/ folder from the CD on the icon of your harddisk, that's it!

However, to do that you need approximately 600 megabytes of free space. After 'docking', if you boot from the CD it will eject automatically after the first phase of the boot process, this is the sign the dock went well!

The dyne directory consists of a couple of essential files, which can be checked for integrity using 'md5sum' and 'gpg' on cryptographical signatures of the mantainer. Do it if you are unsure about their provenience!

And of course, when you want to uninstall the dock is as easy: just delete the /dyne directory in your harddisk!

Rembember that docking is different from nesting: Docking is done to run the system and all application from harddisk instead of cd, nesting is to store your home and settings in a single file on harddisk or usb storage.

More online information about docking: http://lab.dyne.org/Docking.

If you are wondering about this new system of installation: if it wouldn't be so simple, one could say it was invented on dyne:bolic! ;)