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What is Runnix? (note this page is left for informational purposes--You don't need to do any of these manual steps)

Runnix is a new boot loader system which will be used on Astlinux 0.5.0 and greater.

Runnix is a kexec/syslinux based loader for booting linux systems. It supports a wide range of unique features and can be easily customized and extended. Automatic updates (even over a network), image verification, and failover are all supported.

Runnix uses syslinux to load a basic linux environment which can do several things, but eventually loads the target operating system.

http://www.voipplanet.com/backgrounders/article.php/3644891

Getting the correct installation image

AstLinux has several different images for different hardware architectures. For a plain old PC create a CD from AstLinux-0.4.4.iso. This includes both the generic i586 PC image, geni586.img, and an image for the Soekris 4801, net4801.img.gz. You'll want a reasonably modern PC, but bleeding-edge is not necesssary. AstLinux supports most PC hardware, but not every last little thing. My test system is a homebrew AMD Duron 800 with a FC AZ11 motherboard, onboard Ethernet and sound, an antique 3Dfx Voodoo 3 video card, 256 megabytes of RAM, a CD/DVD writer, and 10-gigabyte hard drive. By PC standards that's outmoded, but for AstLinux it's a ranch the size of Idaho.