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+====== Install LGL 2.7 ======
+LGL minimal can be installed in three different ways:
+  * From a CD or USB stick on a computer with a graphic computer screen
+  * From a CD or USB stick on a computer with a serial console
+  * Via PXE on a computer that supports booting from PXE
+Please consult the [[:man:99-pub|LGL installer]] page to download and set up your chosen way of installing LGL.
+After then booting from the chosen install media, you will then be asked what you want to do:
+{{:man:screenshot_2022-04-10_03-33-35.png?600}}
+Option 1) will simply try to boot from the first harddisk on your computer, while 2) and 3) then will boot into the memory-based installer system, Gaia.
+===== 1. Gaia, the LGL installer =====
+Gaia is a simple text-based installer running on top of a simple memory-based linux system that allows you to enter all basic information needed to install LGL on your computer. It is implemented as a collection of shell-scripts using [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialog_(software)|dialog]] as its text-based user interface.
+{{:man:gaiarule_01.png?600}}
+In order to install LGL on your computer, Gaia needs to learn the following things:
+  * The console keyboard settings
+  * The desktop keyboard settings, if you choose to install the desktop
+  * Your Timezone and your current date and time
+  * The disk partitions you want to install LGL on
+  * Name, userid and password of the inital admin user
+  * Optionally, a root password
+  * The hostname of the computer
+  * The network configuration of the computer. This can be skipped, especially on desktop computers.
+===== 2. Manage installation partitions =====
+{{:man:gaiarule_part.png?600}}
+While most configuration is quite simple, Gaia does not bring along its own disk partitioner, so you have to create any partitions you want to use for LGL yourself.
+If you are installing on a fresh harddisk, you can initialize the disk from the menu with a gpt label and a suitable BIOS boot partition.
+You can then drop to a shell in order to set-up all your needed partitions, using fdisk, cfdisk or parted.