Installation of New Operating System

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If you would like to install an operating system before you install the bootmanager BootStar, you may disregard the following details!

Installing operating systems after the bootmanager has been installed enables a better separation among the operating systems.

To install a new operating system while installing the bootmanager BootStar, please carry out the following steps:

•	Create a partition for the new operating system (see also details about the partition types).

•	Create a bootprofile, which contains nothing but the just created partition.

•	Install the operating system in this partition.

•	During the first booting, select the bootprofile using <Ctrl+Enter> to boot from disk. Altenate can <Shift+Enter> be used for booting from CD-ROM.

•	Configure the bootprofiles according to your wishes.

If the new operating system is supposed to be installed from CD-ROM without a bootable CD-ROM, please execute the following steps:

•	Insert a bootable floppy disk with a CD-ROM device driver

•	Select bootprofile with "<Ctrl+Enter>" (this will booting from the floppy disk)

•	Start the program of the operation system