Difference between revisions of "Starting GhostBSD Live Media"

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Starting GhostBSD Live Media

If booting from USB flash drive, insert the USB flash drive before turning on the computer.

If booting from DVD, eject the DVD tray and insert the DVD as the computer immediately after the power button is pressed.

You can boot by:

Configuring the machine BIOS to boot from either the DVD or USB.
Typically boot by pressing F10, F11, F12, or Esc and select a boot device.

If your computer starts up by loading your existing operating system, then either:

The installation media (e.g., DVD or USB flash drive) was not inserted early enough in the boot process. Ensure the installation media has been inserted, then restart the computer.
The BIOS changes were not saved correctly. Review the BIOS settings and enable the correct boot setting.
Your BIOS does not support booting from the desired media. The Plop Boot Manager can be used to boot older computers from CD or USB media.

As GhostBSD begins to boot, you will see a black screen with similar text to this:

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 <noinclude>{{NavHeader|back=VirtualBox Configuration|forward=Setting Language, Keyboard and Timezone}}</noinclude>
-If booting from USB flash drive, plug in the USB flash drive before turning on the computer.
+If booting from USB flash drive, insert the USB flash drive before turning on the computer.
-If booting from DVD, eject the DVD tray and insert the DVD as the computer just after the power button is pressed.
+If booting from DVD, eject the DVD tray and insert the DVD as the computer immediately after the power button is pressed.
 You can boot by:
-* Configuring the machine BIOS to boot from either the CDROM or USB.
+* Configuring the machine BIOS to boot from either the DVD or USB.
 * Typically boot by pressing ''[[Wikipedia:Function key | F]]10'', ''[[Wikipedia:Function key | F]]11'', ''[[Wikipedia:Function key | F]]12'', or ''[[Wikipedia:Esc key | Esc]]'' and select a boot device.