So you're a real cowboy/cowgirl and want to roast your own on real iron? Let's go through the process together, it's easy.
Prerequisite: some users already have an OS on their drive. No matter if Linux or Windows, the installer will detect it and not overwrite anything without your OK. If you already run a Linux system on your computer, you will most probably have a swap partition set up. It will be shared across the Linuxen so one is \enough. It is recommended to have one partition for your OS and one swap partition. You can add separate partitions, eg. for a separate /home, too. There's no need for /tmp or /var, like eg. recommended by ArchLinux.
Start the installer
You find it in the menu (depending on the flavour it can be in different locations) - if you don't find "Install LinuxBBQ" then please press Alt-F2 or Alt-F3 and enter:
Select your language
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Don't worry if the interface language doesn't change - due to the minimalist nature of BBQ there's only en_US provided. We work on it ;)
Choose your timezone
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or a location closest to you. We will sync the clock via network time later.
Choose your keyboard layout
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This one is crucial. Some users reported that they couldn't enter certain keys, so make sure you turn NumLock on your laptop off.
Select hard drive
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Pick one in the list. If it is the wrong one, you can go back to this page later.
Select partition
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If you run Windows, please leave it where it is and don't resize or move it. Instead, click on either an unpartitioned space or an existing partition and right-click. A little menu pops up. If you already have a prepared partition, click "Assign to /" directly. You can repeat this with another partition if you want to separate your /home partition (optional!)
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Also optional: Edit" lets you pick a destination folder/partition and format it with a different filesystem.
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Enter your username, password, and hostname
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As the title suggests - the hostname can be anything (and you can change it easily at any time)
Select the location for the bootloader
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This is again quite important. If you have chosen to install on /dev/sda3 in the screen before, you should (normally) write GRUB to /dev/sda. If you have multiple Linuxen spread over different drives, you can skip this step and let an already installed Linux system find the newly installed BBQ. In short: if you select "Install GRUB" here, LinuxBBQ will be first on the list of your OS in the boot menu.
Resume/CV
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Check the summary and hit "Install"
Be patient, drink a coffee or have a smoke. The installation will take around 1 cigarette length. Do not cancel the process or shut down the computer prematurely (if you know what I mean)
Good luck ;)
