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description: 'How to turn an old PC into golden deliciuos butter!'
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sidebar_position: 2
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# PC/Laptop Support (BETA!)
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An important new development for the ButterBox project is the ability to
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turn any Intel or AMD 64-bit PC into a ButterBox. In many places in the
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world, getting access to an official RaspberryPi is difficult and
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expensive. However, no matter where you are in the world, there seem to be
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plenty of "old", unloved, discarded PC towers and laptops.
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This page will help you bring new life to that old tech, by turning it into
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the best kind of buttery local microserver, that even has a built-in
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battery, screen and keyboard!
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## Download the Image
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Access to new images of ButterBox built for Intel/AMD64 devices are now
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available IN EARLY BETA through our [development image distribution
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site](https://files.sr2.uk/d/52bd8561a10d4d83be7b/?p=%2F&mode=list).
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Download the latest image that beings with "amd64_butter_main_".
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## How to Flash
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This image can be flashed to a bootable USB drives, using
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[balenaEtcher](https://etcher.balena.io/).
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1. Install balenaEtcher
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2. Download the AMD64 image and unpack it (remove .tar and .gz with "unzip"
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tool)
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3. Select the image file in balenaEtcher
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4. Plugin the USB flash drive
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5. Select the drive in balenaEtcher
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6. Flash!
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## How to Boot Up
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Once the USB drive is flashed, you can now use it to boot up ButterBox on
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your old PC.
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1. Boot your old PC into the "BIOS" screen. Make sure it is configured to
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allow for booting from the USB drive, before it boots the internal hard
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drive.
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2. Shutdown the PC.
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3. Plug in the USB drive to the PC
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4. Start the PC, and make sure it boots from the USB drive.
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5. Wait for the login terminal to appear!
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## How to Access
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Once the ButterBox PC is booted up, and plugged into a local router, it
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should be ready to access!
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Connect your personal device to the same network, and try to access
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[http://butterbox.local](http://butterbox.local)
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## Differences from RaspberryPi edition
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There are some important differences between ButterBox on PC versus on
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RaspberryPi
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- There is no built-in wifi hotspot. You must plug it into a dedicated wifi
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router or network.
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- You can easily access the terminal "root" user to update and configured
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(with great power, comes great responsibility!)
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