Installation Requirements and Devices Supported by IGEL OS 12

For the requirements for IGEL OS 12 and the list of the officially supported devices, see https://kb.igel.com/os12-supported-hardware.

Create USB Installation Medium (Windows)

  1. Unzip the contents of the ZIP archive for OSC that you received from IGEL into a local directory.
    - For new devices, use the standard installer (e.g.  osc_12.01.110.zip).
    - For older devices or if you haven't been able to boot the installer at all, use the legacy installer (e.g.  osc_12.01.110_legacy.zip).

  2. Connect a USB memory stick with at least 4 GB capacity to the computer.
    All existing data on the USB memory stick will be destroyed.

  3. Double-click the preparestick.exe  file from the unzipped directory.
    If you are in the "administrators" group, the program will start after you have confirmed a dialog. If you are not in the "administrators" group, you must enter the administrator password to start the program.

    The dropdown menu Isofile shows the ISO files contained in the unzipped directory.

  4. Under Isofile, select the appropriate ISO file, e.g. osc12.01.110.iso

  5. Under Destination USB stick, select the USB storage medium on which you would like to save the installation data.
    It is recommended that you only have one USB storage medium connected during this procedure. If you accidentally select the wrong medium, all data on it will be lost.
    Generally speaking, the list of available USB storage media is refreshed automatically. If, however, you would like to refresh it manually, click on  View > Refresh USB Device List.

  6. Click Start writing process.

  7. Confirm the following dialog:


    In the program window, the progress of the process is shown.


    When the process is finished, a message window is displayed.


  8. Close the message window and the program.

  9. After about 3 seconds, remove the USB memory stick.
    If you remove the USB memory stick immediately, there is a possibility that the writing process has not been completed. In this case, the data on the memory stick gets corrupted.


General information on how to create a USB installation medium for Linux can be found under Create USB installation medium (Linux).

Installation Procedure

The installation will overwrite all existing data on the target drive.
  1. Connect the prepared USB memory stick to the target device and switch the target device on.

  2. Select one of the following options from the boot menu:

    • Standard Installation + Recovery: Boots the system with just a few messages from the USB memory stick and launches the installation program. (Default)
    • Verbose Installation + Recovery: Boots the system from the USB memory stick and shows the Linux boot messages in the process.
    • Failsafe Installation + Recovery: Fallback mode; to be used if the graphical boot screen cannot be displayed.
    • Memory Test: Memory test, only available in legacy/BIOS mode. This option does not carry out an installation.

  3. Select the language for the installation process.


  4. If IGEL OS 12 has been running on the device before and you want to preserve the device's settings, ensure that Migrate old settings is enabled.



  5. If one of the following is the case, make sure that Migrate licenses is enabled:
    - Your device has been operating with IGEL OS 11 before and you want to preserve the device's IGEL OS 11 licenses     because you want to test IGEL OS 12 and downgrade to IGEL OS 11 afterward
    - Your device has been operating with IGEL OS 12 before and you want to keep the licenses on the device

  6. Check the Target drive to ensure that the system is installed on the desired drive.


  7. Click Install IGEL OS.


  8. Accept the EULA by clicking I agree.


  9. To view the details for the target drive, click More Info.


  10. Click Install IGEL OS.


    The installation program will install IGEL OS 12 on the target drive. If you see the success message, the installation is complete.


  11. Click Reboot.


  12. Remove the USB memory stick.

  13. Close the message window.


    The system will shut down and then boot IGEL OS 12.
    The device is ready for onboarding; for details, see Onboarding IGEL OS 12 Devices.