Installing AneoEngine ===================================================================================================== You might not get AneoEngine running properly on real hardware. It might work on any PC from around 2000 - 2013, or any PC that: - Has an x86 based CPU - Has an x86_64 based CPU but has BIOS boot - Supports BIOS boot - Has a CD/DVD-ROM drive - Supports USB - Has an IDE drive - Has at least 50 KB of memory I recommend a virtual machine such as QEMU, VMware Workstation, or Oracle VirtualBox. Bochs will NOT work with AneoEngine.The Installation Process First boot up the machine. Virtual machine users will automatically boot into the CD-ROM. If you are not on a virtual machine, then boot into the BIOS. Once you're there, find a way to customize the boot order. Most BIOS menus will have a "Boot" section or similar. If you are booting from a USB, put the USB first. If you are booting from a CD-ROM, but your CD/DVD-R/RW drive first. Step 1: Run `cpdrive;` which will search for IDE devices to install AneoEngine too. Once you ran the command, you should see: Scanning drives... Source: Current disk - manufacturer drive name X MiB order Device 1: manufacturer drive name X MiB order If you only see "Scanning drives..." and no devices, that means you do not have any IDE drives. Next, enter your device number. >1 It should then install. Step 2: Reboot the machine. Find the way you did before to make the boot order, this time put the IDE drive first. Once rebooted, run: >run("/Everist/MInstall/Main.AC"); Which will change your /RunCmds.AC to make it so AneoEngine saves the filesystem to the disk every time you make changes to the filesystem. Reboot You are done!Setting up a virtual machine that isn't QEMU On your virtual machine manager, create a new VM. You can make it either 32-bit or 64-bit. AneoEngine supports both. For the VM's memory, make sure you have at least 50 KB of memory. For reference, 1 MB is larger than 1 KB. If your VM defaults the VM's memory to at least 1 MB, you are already good. For the VM's drives, make sure you have a CD-ROM drive with the AneoEngine.ISO selected, and an IDE drive that is at least 5 MB. Once you have setup the VM, make sure the boot order is the CD-ROM with everything else disabled for now. Once you are done, refer to the previous "The Installation Process" section.Setting up a virtual machine with QEMU Even though QEMU has a tiny bit of a learning curve, I highly recommend QEMU for AneoEngine. Step 1: Make sure you have qemu-system-x86 and qemu-img installed. Step 2: Initialize the VM's disk. > mkdir ~/AneoEngine-VM > cd ~/AneoEngine-VM > qemu-img create -f raw HDD.img 10M You can replace "10M" with any size above 5 MB. Step 3: Install to drive. > qemu-system-x86_64 -cdrom ~/Downloads/AneoEngine.ISO -hda HDD.img \ > -audiodev pa,id=snd0 -machine pcspk-audiodev=snd0 Then refer to "The Installation Process" section. Only follow the directions until you need to reboot the machine. For QEMU, there is a different way. Step 4: Once rebooted, run > qemu-system-x86_64 -hda HDD.img -audiodev pa,id=snd0 -machine pcspk-audiodev=snd0 Then run: >run("/Everist/MInstall/Main.AC"); Reboot And you are done. ===================================================================================================== - AneoEngine is a trademark of Rocco Jose Himel. - The AneoEngine Logo is a trademark of Rocco Jose Himel. - AneoC is a trademark of Rocco Jose Himel. - The x86_64 architecture is a trademark of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. - The Quick Emulator (QEMU) and the QEMU logo are trademarks of Fabrice Ballard. - VMware, VMware Workstation, and the VMware logo, are trademarks of VMWare, Inc. - VirtualBox and the VirtualBox logo are trademarks of Oracle Corporation. - Bochs and the Bochs logo are trademarks of The Bochs Project.