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Expand Up @@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ An official derivative of Ubuntu Linux using ICDE instead of the GNOME or unity

GNOME (GNU Network Object Model Environment, pronounced as NOHM) is a graphical user interface (GUI) and set of computer Desktop applications for users of the Linux computer operating system. Its intended to make a Linux operating system easy to use for non-programmers and generally corresponds to the windows desktop interface and its most common applications. (Wikipedia)

### Englightnment
### Englightenment

**AbantOS** uses the Enlightenment Window Manager

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### What is BIOS?

First things first. BIOS stands for Basic Input Output System referred to as BIOS, is software stored on a small memory chip on the motherboard. It give the computer a set of instructions on how to perform some of the basic functions such as booting and keyboard control as well as configure the hardware in a computer including the hard drive, floppy drive, USB, optical drive, CPU, memory to list a few.
BIOS stands for Basic Input Output System referred to as BIOS. It is a software stored on a small memory chip on the motherboard. It give the computer a set of instructions on how to perform some of the basic functions such as booting and keyboard control as well as configure the hardware in a computer including the hard drive, floppy drive, USB, optical drive, CPU, and memory.

### What is EFI and UEFI?

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### Booting (Mac) from an external USB device

* APPLE iOS MAC USER?
* If you are using an iOS - Apple Mac, and is having some issues geting your external flashdrive USB to work, try some of these things.
* If your external flash drive USB contains a usable operating system or an OS X installer, you can select it at boot time using OS X’S built-in feature called Startup Manager, which can be invoked via a simple keystroke.
* Power on your Mac by pressing the power button or restart it if it’s already on.
* Press and hold the Option (⌥) key immediately when you heari the startup chime. Release the key after Startup Manager appears. Startup Manager will scan and list connected drives and volumes that can be booted from.
* Select the volume you want to use by using the mouse or left and right arrow keys on the keyboard.
* Double-click or press the Return key to boot your Mac from the selected volume.
You should now be able to boot from external an external flash drive USB
APPLE iOS MAC USER

You can boot using an external flash drive USB using Startup Manager.

* Begin by restarting your computer by clicking the restart option with the mouse or by simply pressing the power button.

* Right when the computer begins to boot up and a sound is heard, (usually before the the logo appears) immediately press and hold the Option (⌥) key, until the Startup Manager appears.

Startup Manager will scan and list connected drives and volumes that can be booted from.

* Select the volume you want by using the mouse or arrow keys on the keyboard.

* Use the mouse to select or press the return key to select which to boot your Mac from the selected volume.

You should now be able to boot from external flash drive USB


Another way to boot your external flash drive USB while the computer is ON, is to use what is called System Preference.

* Begin by searching and opening the the System Preferences application in the Dock.

* Click the Startup Disk pane and you will see all the disk icons available.

If you'd like to use system preference, with the computer on:
* Open the System Preferences application in the Dock.
* Now click the Startup Disk pane. You will be presented with various disk icons.
* Select the system you would like to use to start your computer up.
* Now click the Restart button to start up your Mac using the chosen volume.
* Select the appropriate device or system you wish to use to boot with.

Note: If there are several USB storage devices connected to your Mac, Startup Manager will only list the ones containing bootable volumes.
* Now restart the computer by selecting restart or by pressing the power button and then power it back on.

You should now be able to boot the external flash drive USB.

**References**
"[How to start up Mac from bootable media](http://www.idownloadblog.com/2015/09/14/how-to-start-up-mac-from-bootable-media/)"

### Booting (PC) from an external USB device

* Begin by inserting the flash drive USB to a USB port.

* Restart the computer (if on) by choosing to restart using the mouse, or by simply pressing the power button.

### USB Booting Issues
* Power on the computer back on (if off). While the computer is beginning to boot up, you will need to press the Boot Menu key to load the Boot Menu. On many computers this is the F12 key, or one of the other F row keys.

The Boot Menu should now appear. Look for anything regarding booting via USB or removable devices.

USB Booting Issues?
* Use the arrow keys to highlight the desired USB or removable device and press enter to select.

Did you have an issue come up when your PC did not want to boot external flash drive USB even after going to Bios and selecting appropriate device? Did an Error message popped up saying something along the lines of "device is not found"? So what do you do?
The computer should now boot via flash drive USB.

After you install what ever that it is you want on your external flash drive USB you may find out that you are finding some trouble getting it to work. Now there are some ways to go about this. This means usually something needs to be configured in the BIOS of your computer.

That means tweaking a few settings to allow the external flash drive USB to be recognized and run. Once this is complete, your external hard drive USB device should now be able to run and work.
If nothing happens, or it did not work, you may need to enter the BIOS to configure the settings to see the boot menu.

One of the likely reasons why you may be running into this problem is that, because some of todays computers boot immediately from the internal hard drive liek the solid state drive (SSD)by default, and ignores any bootable devices unless it is instructed to do otherwise.
See USB booting issues.


### USB Booting Issues

It is also that because some computers may use UEFI motherboards instead of the tradional BIOS. This all depends on the operating system, as it may support either UEFI or BIOS.
USB Booting Issues

Did you have an issue when your PC did not boot the external flash drive USB even after going to Bios and selecting appropriate device? Did an Error message popped up saying something along the lines of "device is not found"? What do you do?

After you install what ever that it is you want on your external flash drive USB you may find out that you are finding some trouble getting it to work. This means something needs to be configured in the BIOS to allow the external flash drive USB to be recognized and booted. Once this is complete, your external hard drive USB device should now be able to run and work.

Some computers boot immediately from the internal hard drive by default, which ignores any bootable devices unless it is instructed to do otherwise. Some computers may use UEFI motherboards instead of the tradional BIOS. This all depends on the operating system, as it may support either UEFI or BIOS.

UEFI motherboards support what is called legacy boot, which allows the computer to boot external devices instead of the internal default.

Here are the steps to to configure UEFI/Legacy Boot:

* Begin by restarting the computer by choosing to restart using the mouse, or by simply pressing the power button on the keyboard.
* Begin by inserting the Flash drive USB to a USB port.

* While the computer is beginning to boot up, continueously press the key F12 until the boot menu comes up.
* Restart the computer by choosing to restart using the mouse, or by simply pressing the power button on the keyboard.

* While the computer is beginning to boot up, continuously press the F12 key until the Boot Menu comes up.

If nothing happens, or it didn't work, you may need to enter the BIOS and configure the settings to see the boot menu.

* Once again, you may need to restart the computer. THIS time, instead of pressing the key f12 , you'll want to press the F1 Key.
* Once again, you may need to restart the computer. THIS time, instead of pressing the F12, you'll want to press the F1 Key.
This will allow you to enter the BIOS.

You'll want to look for anything regarding UEFI/Legacy Boot.
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You should now be able to boot via external flash drive USB.

**References**
"[USB Troubleshooting](https://www.pcworld.com/article/3057176/hardware/the-hidden-challenges-of-booting-from-a-usb-flash-drive.html/)"

## Installing on hardware (or Live sessions w/ Persistence)

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