Cabina OS Installation Guide

Pre-installation

Visit the official Cabina OS website to download the latest ISO system image, then prepare a bootable USB flash drive (a minimum capacity of 8 GB is recommended).

You can reliably burn the bootable installation media using any of the following trusted image writer tools:

Booting to Live Environment

Once your bootable USB containing the Cabina OS image is ready, connect it to your machine and initiate the system hardware boot sequence.

• Connect USB: Insert the bootable USB flash drive into an available port on your PC or laptop.
• Access BIOS / UEFI: Reboot your device and continuously tap your motherboard's Boot Menu or BIOS key (commonly F2, F12, F11, or Del depending on the manufacturer).

• Select Boot Media: Select your Cabina OS USB device from the boot priority list and press Enter to launch into the live environment desktop interface.

Network Connection

After loading into the live environment, establish an active internet connection via Wi-Fi or wired Ethernet (LAN) so the system can download installation packages and sync repositories.

To connect to a Wi-Fi network directly through the command line, perform the following sequence using the built-in iwctl utility:

iwctl

station wlan0 scan

station wlan0 get-networks

station wlan0 connect 'wifi-name'

Disk Partitioning

Configure your disk partition table to prepare the foundational volume structure required for Cabina OS installation.

lsblk

2. Launch the disk partitioning interface (cfdisk):

bash Copy

cfdisk /dev/[partition]

Recommended partition table schema (reference layout on a 100GB disk):

sda           254:0    0  25G  0 disk  
├─sda1        254:1    0    1G  0 part [EFI]
├─sda2        254:2    0   10G  0 part [Linux partition]
├─sda3        254:3    0   10G  0 part [Linux partition]
└─sda4        254:4    0    4G  0 part [Linux partition]

Installation Process

Once disk partitioning is finalized, you are ready to acquire and run the automated Cabina OS installation script. Execute the following terminal commands in order:

cabina-install

Step by Step

While executing cabina-install, the interactive script will guide you through system provisioning. Follow these chronological milestones during setup:

1

Specify partition for boot (EFI)

Example: /dev/sda1

2

Specify partition for filesystem root

Example: /dev/sda2

3

Specify partition for home directory

Example: /dev/sda3

4

Specify partition for system swap

Example: /dev/sda4

5

Enter account username

Example: user

6

Enter network hostname

Example: cabinahost

7

Assign account password

Example: YourUserPassword1000

8

Select numerical region index for your timezone

Example: 1 for Asia

9

Enter target country/city for your timezone

Example: Jakarta

10

Select system keyboard layout and language

Example: 2 for US

11

Review assigned parameter profile

Carefully verify your partition mappings, user credentials, hostname, and localization preferences before committing installation changes.

Type 'yes' to commence automated deployment

Confirmation: yes

The system will automatically install base packages and configure your system environment. Upon finish, reboot your device to launch into your newly deployed Cabina OS desktop.

After Installation

Once your device has rebooted, the Plasma login screen will appear and you can log in by entering the password you created during installation.

Omeka Setup

After logging into Cabina OS, you can directly access the Omeka application to manage archives via the Mozilla Firefox browser, which is available by default in Cabina OS.

• Step 1: Select the Omeka bookmark in the Firefox browser that is available by default.

• Step 2: You will be prompted to create an account and configure site settings such as entering a username, password, email, etc., before installing Omeka.

• Step 3: After creating an account and configuring site settings, click install. Upon success, you can choose to open the public site for general access or the admin dashboard to manage archives.