Dual Boot Installation

Pre-installation (Windows Shrink Volume)

Before proceeding with a dual boot installation, you must prepare unallocated space on your Windows disk.

• Open Disk Management in your Windows OS.
• Right-click on the main partition (e.g., Disk C:) and select Shrink Volume.
• Determine the size to allocate for Cabina OS (recommended at least 30GB or 30000 MB).
• Click Shrink, and ensure black Unallocated Space appears in your disk table.

Boot Menu & Secure Boot

Once the disk space is prepared, plug in your Cabina OS bootable USB.

• Disable Secure Boot: Access your laptop/PC's BIOS/UEFI firmware settings. Find the Secure Boot setting and change it to Disabled. Cabina OS requires Secure Boot to be off to load kernel modules.

• Boot Priority: Move the Cabina OS Bootable USB to the top of the Boot Priority list. Save changes and Exit.

• The laptop will reboot and display the Cabina OS GRUB menu. Select the top option to enter the Live Environment.

Network Connection

Use iwctl in the Live Environment terminal to connect to Wi-Fi, as the installer requires an internet connection to download additional dependency packages.

station wlan0 scan

station wlan0 get-networks

station wlan0 connect 'nama-wifi'

Disk Partitioning

Open the partition utility with cfdisk /dev/[disk] (e.g., cfdisk /dev/nvme0n1).

VERY IMPORTANT: Do not delete or modify existing Windows (NTFS) partitions! Find the Free Space you created earlier (Shrink), then create the Linux partitions there.

• EFI Partition: Use the existing Windows EFI partition (usually 100MB - 300MB, type EFI System). Do not format this partition, just mount it later.
• Create a Root partition (Linux filesystem) in the Free Space.
• Create a Home partition in the remaining Free Space.
• Create a Swap partition if necessary.

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.