Quick Start Guide

This is a quick start guide summarising the steps to download, install and configure Snakeoil OS.

Before We Start

Here are some things you need know:

Snakeoil is designed, tested and run on Atom based Mini-ITX motherboards. Other configurations will work but is not tested thoroughly.
Only the most popular on-board network cards are supported out of the box. Please refer to this section to install a custom install kernel if your network card is not in this list:
- Broadcom Tigon3
- Intel E1000E/E1000
- Realtek 8169
- Atheros AR815x/AR816x/AR817x
- If your network card is not in the list, you might find a install kernel here.
Your computer needs to be acquire an IP address from your router (or DHCP server) during the first installation. After Snakeoil OS is installed you can assign a static IP address.

Follow these steps to install:

Create the LiveCD (Read this if you havn't done this before)
Connect the machine you want to install on a Network. Turn on the machine.
If doing remote install - identify the IP address of the computer (or you can try the computer snakeoil) and remotely connect using VNC (Password is Password1)
Follow the Ubiquity install wizard to install the OS onto a local storage, remove LiveCD and click the reboot button.
Start a web browser from your computer and connect to the machine (e.g. http://new_machine_name_you_provided_earlier/)
Go through all the tabs from left to right to configure Snakeoil
Copy your files to new_machine_name_you_provided_earlier/music and your playlist to new_machine_name_you_provided_earlier/playlists
Start your player remote control app
Scan your music library
Hit play

Coming soon

Here's a video walk-through of the installation process: