How to install ExTiX Deepin to hard drive
Using Refracta Installer on a UEFI computer
1. Just start the installer and follow the instructions. If you already have one Linux system installed you shall not install Grub while installing ExTiX Deepin. Instead you should add start data for ExTiX Deepin in /boot/grub/grub.cfg and/or /etc/grub.d/40_custom. I.e. on the partition where you already have Grub installed - see below.Screenshot 1
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Add the boot start lines shown below (example).
menuentry 'ExTiX 21.5-2 Deepin 210520 (sda5-Samsung_T5)' --class deepin --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-simple-95f71a43-c9e9-4360-920b-a9ba9498eb11' {
recordfail
load_video
insmod gzio
if [ x$grub_platform = xxen ]; then insmod xzio; insmod lzopio; fi
insmod part_gpt
insmod ext2
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 95f71a43-c9e9-4360-920b-a9ba9498eb11
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 95f71a43-c9e9-4360-920b-a9ba9498eb11
fi
linux /boot/vmlinuz-5.12.4-exton root=UUID=95f71a43-c9e9-4360-920b-a9ba9498eb11 rw splash quiet DEEPIN_GFXMODE=$DEEPIN_GFXMODE acpi_backlight=vendor acpi_rev_override=1 nomodeset
initrd /boot/initrd.img-5.12.4-exton
}
NOTE: The boot lines above acpi_backlight=vendor acpi_rev_override=1 nomodeset may not be necessary. If you can't start ExTiX Deepin just remove everything but rw splash quiet DEEPIN_GFXMODE=$DEEPIN_GFXMODE
Using ExTiX Deepin Installer (Deepin's original install program)
This was a bit tricky before since Deepin isn’t made for running in live mode. Not anymore though. Deepin Installer works very well also in VirtualBox and VMware. Watch this animated GIF showing the install process.
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