(You’ll likely use the key F8, F11 or F12 to bring up BIOS when you start up your PC).Ĥ. Boot your machine and tell the BIOS to boot off the stick. Insert the System Restore USB stick in your target machine. Format a 4GB (or larger) USB stick with the FAT32 filesystem, unloading the unzipped contents of SteamOSImage.zip provided in the SteamOS download therein. Download the default SteamOS beta installation (same link as Custom Installation).Ģ. We’ll be sticking to the default installation here – you can also find the Custom Installation if you want to get all configuration-heavy and do everything your own way.ġ. Additional: UEFI boot support AND USB port for installation.Video Card: NVIDIA graphics card OR AMD graphics card (RADEON 8500 and later) OR Intel graphics.Processor: Intel or AMD 64-bit capable processor.What are the SteamOS Hardware Requirements? See: SteamOS 2-years later: why you don’t want it This system works with a base code from Debian 7, code-named Debian Wheezy, and you’ll recognize the user interface – it’s very similar to Steam’s Big Picture Mode. The process you’ll go through at the point at which this article is published will be basically identical to what you’ll do when the full, final version of SteamOS is released. Your make-it-yourself, DIY, “build your own” Steam Machine will be running SteamOS Beta.
