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There are a three primary ways to download and use Archivematica 0.6-alpha.

Bootable USB key

1. Download this .raw file:

[raw file link]

2. Use it to create a bootable USB key:

Build a Live USB disk

3. See these instructions for getting started with the USB key:

Use the Live USB

Virtual appliance

1. What is a virtual appliance?

2. Download your preferred virtual appliance format:

• VirtualBox
• VMware
• Xen

3. If you don't already have a virtual machine player, we recommend the VirtualBox. See these instructions on how to load your Archivematica VirtualBox virtual appliance.

Bare metal install

If you have hardware that you can dedicate to an Archivematica appliance you can use the .raw file above to do a bare metal install. The .raw file is designed to work in a minimal 4GB demo environment. Once it is installed on dedicated hardware you can use a disk utility to increase the disk partition to take advantage of all the hard disk space available on the machine.

Please post a message to the discussion list or join the developers in the Chat room to get some assistance with this method.