The first step to installing Solus is acquiring the correct media. The Solus Project provides ISO images, which contain the contents of the Solus for installing.
You can easily burn an ISO image to a DVD, on Windows 7 and newer, by using Window's built-in file manager (Explorer), right-clicking on the ISO image file, and clicking Burn disk image.
If your USB drive is not plugged, you will be prompted with an image indicating to plug it in.
Next, click the Start Copying button, and you will be prompted to select the ISO. Choose the ISO you downloaded in the Getting the ISO section. The USB will automatically be written to.
Please follow the steps below, which guide you through installation using the utility `dd`:
First, insert your USB drive in your computer and open your Terminal. Proceed to type `lsblk` into your Terminal. It should output something along the lines of:
``` bash
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda 8:0 0 111.8G 0 disk
├─sda1 8:1 0 350M 0 part
├─sda2 8:2 0 39.7G 0 part
└─sda3 8:3 0 71.8G 0 part /
sdb 8:64 1 7.5G 0 disk
├─sdb1 8:65 1 712M 0 part
└─sdb2 8:66 1 17.2M 0 part
```
You will see one disk, in my case `/dev/sdb`, that is roughly the size of my USB Drive. Yours should be similar (difference being in size). Write this device down somewhere.
If it is **not** in your Downloads folder, use `cd` to navigate to the correct step.
**Dangerous Below**
This is where we overwrite the contents of your USB drive so please ensure you identified the current drive in lsblk stage above. My command is below, however you may need to replace sdb with the drive we located above:
This will write the contents of the ISO to the thumb drive so you can boot it and also make sure the data is synchronised so you can eject the USB safely.
### Windows
#### DVD
1. Open Window's built-in file manager (Explorer).
2. Right click on the ISO image file and clicking Burn disk image.
3. Select the correct Disc burner.
4. Click Burn.
#### USB
1. Open Rufus.
2. Ensure your device is correct by checking the contents of the Device dropdown.
3. Click the CD icon found in the image below, and select the ISO.
4. Untick all options except "Create a bootable disk using" and use the dropdown to select "DD Image".
Now it is time to restart your computer to boot the DVD or ISO. Most computers will automatically boot from DVDs and USB, however if you experience issues booting the media, you may need to select to boot from DVD or ISO.
