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Building a Saleculator Point of Sale System (Linux)

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Saleculator POS system built on Linux is very stable and is not prone to crashes. Saleculator devices run exactly as fast as it did when first installed, even after several years. Because unlike Windows, which is designed for Personal Computing(PC), the uptime and stability of Linux is very high and therefore very much recommended for business use. Saleculator device built on Linux use OS kernel with minimum softwares required, providing a faster boot when starting up the system.

This article will guide you on how to build a Saleculator POS system.

Warning: Writing Saleculator image will erase all data on the system disk.

System Requirements #

You can use any POS system, PC or Laptop with Intel or AMD processor to build Saleculator POS system.

  • POS System with Intel or AMD CPU, 1GB or above memory, 32GB or above storage
  • A flash drive with 16GB or above storage
  • A PC or Laptop with Windows or Linux to prepare flash drive

Software Requirements #

  1. Saleculator image
    Click the below link to download the Saleculator image on to your computer
    https://www.saleculator.com/download/TCR-32GB-2019-1.zip
  2. CloneZilla
    Click the below link to download CloneZilla ISO on to your computer. Choose the right CloneZilla architecture suitable for your hardware.
    https://clonezilla.org/downloads/download.php?branch=stable
  3. Tuxboot
    Click the below link to download Tuxboot.
    https://tuxboot.org/download/

Procedure #

  1. Write Clonezilla ISO image to flash drive
    Connect a USB drive and using Tuxboot, write Clonezilla iso image to the USB drive.
    Double click Clonezill application:
Click on the button with “…” three dots
Choose the Clonezilla ISO image
Make sure the ISO file is loaded in the field after choosing from folder, also the Drive shows your USB drive name
Clicking OK will start the installation process
Once done click Exit button

2. Unzip Saleculator Image
Unzip the downloaded Saleculator image, and copy the folder to the flash drive.

3. Boot from the flash drive
Connect the flash drive to POS System and boot from it.

To access the Boot Menu press one of several keyboard keys when the system is starting up. Common keys for accessing the Boot Menu are F2, F10 or F12, depending on the manufacturer of the system or motherboard.

You get a boot menu similar to this. Choose the connected flash drive from boot menu.

7. Installation
Follow the on-screen instructions like below to complete the installation.

Screen 1: Choose option “Other modes of Clonezilla Live”
Screen 2: Choose option “Clonezilla live (To RAM, boot media can be removed later)”
Screen 3: Press Enter key on this screen
Screen 4: Press Enter key on this screen
Screen 5: Press Enter key on this screen
Screen 6: Press Enter key on this screen
Screen 7: Press Enter key on this screen
Screen 8: Press Enter key on this screen
Screen 9: You can see the system hard disk drive and flash drive on this screen. Press CTRL+C to continue.
Screen 10: Press Down Arrow key and choose the flash drive here. Then press Enter key to continue.
Screen 11: This screen shows the content of flash drive. You should see the Saleculator image folder here. Press Tab key and choose Done. Then press Enter key to continue.
Screen 12: Press Enter key on this screen
Screen 13: Press Enter key on this screen. (Choose “Expert” for heavy data/space usage)
Screen 14: Choose option “restoredisk” and press Enter key on this screen
Screen 15: Choose the Saleculator image here and press Enter key.
Screen 16: Press Enter key on this screen
Screen 17: Choose the option “-scr” and press Enter key
Screen 18: Choose the option “poweroff” and press Enter key
Screen 19: Press Enter key on this screen
Screen 20: Press Y and then Enter key on this screen
Screen 21: Press Y and then Enter key on this screen
Screen 22: The system will start writing Saleculator image onto hard disk drive. Wait until the image writing is finished.
Screen 23: Finally the system will be powered off.

8. Turn On the system
Remove flash drive from the system and turn the power on.

The system will be turned on to this screen after a successful installation.
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