D:!!! WATNVIDIA graphics card (AMD and Intel graphics support coming soon)
D:!!! WATNVIDIA graphics card (AMD and Intel graphics support coming soon)
To install do I need to extract the data to a DVD, boot the disk during startup, and go from there?
Q: How do I install SteamOS?
There are two different install methods for SteamOS. '''WARNING: BOTH METHODS WILL ERASE EVERYTHING ON THE MACHINE'''
The easiest method is an image-based install using CloneZilla. You will need to create a SteamOS System Restore USB stick to perform this install. The image provided here requires at least a 1TB disk.
- Format a 4GB or larger USB stick with the FAT32 filesystem. Use "SYSRESTORE" as the partition name
- Unzip the contents of SYSRESTORE.zip to this USB stick to create the System
- Restore USB stick
- Put the System Restore USB stick in your target machine. Boot your machine and tell the BIOS to boot off the stick. (usually something like F8, F11 or F12 will bring up the BIOS boot menu).
- Make sure you select the UEFI entry, it may look something like "UEFI: Patriot Memory PMAP"
- Select "Restore Entire Disk" from the GRUB menu.
- System Restore will proceed automatically. When it is complete it will reboot into your freshly re-imaged SteamOS
The second method is based on the Debian Installer. It requires multiple configuration steps:
- Unzip the SteamOSInstaller.zip file to a blank, FAT32-formatted USB stick.
- Put the USB stick in your target machine. Boot your machine and tell the BIOS to boot off the stick. (usually something like F8, F11, or F12 will bring up the BIOS boot menu).
Make sure you select the UEFI entry, it may look something like "UEFI: Patriot Memory PMAP"
- Pick "Automated Install" from the next menu.
- The rest of the installation is unattended and will repartition the drive and install SteamOS.
- After installation is complete, log onto the resulting system (using the Gnome session) with the predefined "steam" account. The password is "steam". Run steam, accept the EULA, and let it bootstrap. Logoff the steam account
- Log on with the "desktop" account. The password is "desktop"
- From a terminal window, run ~/post_logon.sh. This will prompt for a password - enter "desktop". This script will perform the post-install customizations, delete itself, then reboot into the recovery partition capture utility.
- Confirm "y" to continue and the recovery partition will be created. When it is finished, reboot into your freshly installed SteamOS
You guys just want to install this to get the TF2 hat, aren't you?!
The easiest method is an image-based install using CloneZilla. You will need to create a SteamOS System Restore USB stick to perform this install. The image provided here requires at least a 1TB disk.
The image provided here requires at least a 1TB disk.
requires at least a 1TB disk.
1TB disk.
From the FAQ:
"Q: How do I install SteamOS?
There are two different install methods for SteamOS. '''WARNING: BOTH METHODS WILL ERASE EVERYTHING ON THE MACHINE'''
The easiest method is an image-based install using CloneZilla. You will need to create a SteamOS System Restore USB stick to perform this install. The image provided here requires at least a 1TB disk."
1TB is a typo, right?
Use a VM Application if you're unsure on how to to install it on a PC first.
Yesso it is possible to get around the "will wipe your machine" issue with Virtualbox?
It comes pre-installed withFrom the FAQ:
"Q: How do I install SteamOS?
There are two different install methods for SteamOS. '''WARNING: BOTH METHODS WILL ERASE EVERYTHING ON THE MACHINE'''
The easiest method is an image-based install using CloneZilla. You will need to create a SteamOS System Restore USB stick to perform this install. The image provided here requires at least a 1TB disk."
1TB is a typo, right?
That better be a fucking typo.
As was mentioned, Virtual Machine should work as it creates a blank virtual PC to install onto. At least you can test it out there.Installing it will erase everything from my PC...
Guess I'll wait.
87%How is it going, Fantasy Final? I'm getting constant server timeouts.
It is.
Or Valve just invented something insane.
Cheers guys.
Can't install if the "ERASE EVERYTHING GOD HELP YOU" disclaimer is accurate. I've got around 50GB blank space I can partition for a SteamOS drive, just to test some shit out. But I can't smoke Windows entirely.
ubuntu has a dialog for installing proprietary drivers in System Settings/Software & Updates/Additional Drivers
To install do I need to extract the data to a DVD, boot the disk during startup, and go from there?
There are two different install methods for SteamOS. '''WARNING: BOTH METHODS WILL ERASE EVERYTHING ON THE MACHINE'''
The easiest method is an image-based install using CloneZilla. You will need to create a SteamOS System Restore USB stick to perform this install. The image provided here requires at least a 1TB disk.
Format a 4GB or larger USB stick with the FAT32 filesystem. Use "SYSRESTORE" as the partition name
Unzip the contents of SYSRESTORE.zip to this USB stick to create the System Restore USB stick
Put the System Restore USB stick in your target machine. Boot your machine and tell the BIOS to boot off the stick. (usually something like F8, F11 or F12 will bring up the BIOS boot menu).
Make sure you select the UEFI entry, it may look something like "UEFI: Patriot Memory PMAP"
Select "Restore Entire Disk" from the GRUB menu.
System Restore will proceed automatically. When it is complete it will reboot into your freshly re-imaged SteamOS
The second method is based on the Debian Installer. It requires multiple configuration steps:
Unzip the SteamOSInstaller.zip file to a blank, FAT32-formatted USB stick.
Put the USB stick in your target machine. Boot your machine and tell the BIOS to boot off the stick. (usually something like F8, F11, or F12 will bring up the BIOS boot menu).
Make sure you select the UEFI entry, it may look something like "UEFI: Patriot Memory PMAP"
Pick "Automated Install" from the next menu.
The rest of the installation is unattended and will repartition the drive and install SteamOS.
After installation is complete, log onto the resulting system (using the Gnome session) with the predefined "steam" account. The password is "steam". Run steam, accept the EULA, and let it bootstrap. Logoff the steam account
Log on with the "desktop" account. The password is "desktop"
From a terminal window, run ~/post_logon.sh. This will prompt for a password - enter "desktop". This script will perform the post-install customizations, delete itself, then reboot into the recovery partition capture utility.
Confirm "y" to continue and the recovery partition will be created. When it is finished, reboot into your freshly installed SteamOS
Please use http://repo.steampowered.com/download/SteamOSInstaller.zip for downloading, the other URL is not CDN'd and will be very unstable.
Its not officialy out
lol, Valve haven't even officially announced this, I'm sure it'll come
Be warned: if they're claiming it doesn't even support AMD or Intel graphics yet I really doubt their compositor will work on a VM.
Reading in the FAQ that only NVIDIA chips are currently supported I guess it's impossible to try SteamOS out in a VirtualBox, huh?
Oh boy.
Hopefully this is an issue that gets fixed VERY quickly.
What is the point of this OS right now? It's unfinished, runs only a handful of games, doesn't support a wide range of hardware (yet), and erases everything on your computer (supposedly).
Love Steam and PC gaming, but this thing is pretty useless in its current state from what I've read so far.
What is the point of this OS right now? It's unfinished, runs only a handful of games, doesn't support a wide range of hardware (yet), and erases everything on your computer (supposedly).
Love Steam and PC gaming, but this thing is pretty useless in its current state from what I've read so far.
What is the point of this OS right now? It's unfinished, runs only a handful of games, doesn't support a wide range of hardware (yet), and erases everything on your computer (supposedly).
Love Steam and PC gaming, but this thing is pretty useless in its current state from what I've read so far.
Does the no AMD card support thing means I just won't be able to use it or does it mean it will be a lot more unstable?
Does the no AMD card support thing means I just won't be able to use it or does it mean it will be a lot more unstable?
What is the point of this OS right now? It's unfinished, runs only a handful of games, doesn't support a wide range of hardware (yet), and erases everything on your computer (supposedly).
Love Steam and PC gaming, but this thing is pretty useless in its current state from what I've read so far.
atttach a USB hard drive or something and install it to that. Unplug the sata cable on your windows drive just in-case.
If you downloaded a .iso file, yes. If you downloaded a .exe file, no (in this case, just run it like a normal program). In either case, if you have the file, throw it up on a mirror somewhere first.
I imagine only Nvidia drivers, you might be able to force feed it amd ones, but I wouldn't be t on it running well or at all