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Getting Started: Rework the Getting Started section to be clearer and up-to-date#89

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Rework the Getting Started section to make it up to date and flow better.

  • Reduce the amount of "asides" we use
  • Add a page on how to install AerynOS
  • Added wording around using Ventoy
  • Reduced unnecessary information so each page is easier to follow

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Please take a look at some comments. Before submitting the final version please do a language tool or similar check for spelling and grammar.

4. Now run the following command to write the ISO file to the USB drive:
1. Download the latest version of [Balena Etcher](https://etcher.balena.io/) for your OS.
2. Launch the application
3. Seelct the latest AerynOS ISO you have already downloaded
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I have a language server in Zed so I do a visual check with that but it doesn't auto flag spelling mistakes. I do need to see if there is a way of getting that functionality working in Zed nicely without having to copy out and validate.

Will look into it.


1. Load up gparted from the live environment.
2. Create a gpt partition table on the drive you want to install AerynOS on.
3. Create a 256mb fat32 partition for esp with the boot and esp flags
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I typically recommend 500 to 1 GIG for the boot partition there's little reason to make it very small this can cause issues for users later down the line

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Added >=


## Install AerynOS

Open up a terminal and run the following command to install AerynOS:
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Or from the menu select Lichen/installer I forgot what's it called but that's an option as well.

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I just checked the live environment... You know, I never knew that was there!

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LGTM!

@CookieSource CookieSource merged commit 24804ff into main Feb 17, 2026
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@NomadicCore NomadicCore deleted the update-getting-started branch February 17, 2026 09:59
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