Linux: The Beginners Guide Author:  Michael Lynch Date:  2008.04.06 Topic:  Software Provider:  AMD Manufacturer:  Ubuntu

Linux: The Beginners Guide

Installation

**Disclaimer: Improper installation of Ubuntu might lead to lost or corrupted data.  Techware Labs is not responsible for any damage done to your computer **

1. Start Up Computer Into Windows.  If you do not have Windows continue to next step

2. Put Ubuntu 7.10 CD into the CD drive

3. Restart Computer

4. The CD should automatically run the Ubuntu installation wizard. If your computer starts up running the Ubuntu installation continue to step 5, if it doesn’t you may need to change your boot devices in your systems Bios (The Bios is the area that directs many basic functions of the operating system such  as booting and keyboard control).  In order to do this there are several steps that need to be taken

1. Restart Computer

2. Press the buttons that accesses your bios during the reboot before Windows loads.  Below is a table on which buttons needs to be pressed during your systems reboot

3. Once in your systems bios locate an area that says “Boot Devices” or “Boot Order”

4. When this is located find where it says “Primary Boot Device” or “First Boot Device” and change this to your CD Rom drive (Usually “D:\”).  The “Second Boot Device” should be changed to the hard drive you plan to install Ubuntu on (Usually “C:\”)

5. After these changes have been made exit and save your settings in the bios.

6. If done correctly the system will restart, read the CD, and bring you to the Ubuntu installation wizard

5. Choose “Start or Install Ubuntu”

6. Wait for Ubuntu to load from disc

7. When Ubuntu is loaded click the install icon located on the desktop

8. Next follow the steps as provided by the Ubuntu Installation Manager

1. Step 1 -Welcome: Select your language and press Forward



2. Step 2 -Where are you?: Select time zone and press Forward

3. Step 3 - Keyboard Layout: Select your keyboard layout and press Forward

4. Step 4 - Partition Disk: (Partitioning the disk is the process of taking your hard drive and dividing it into separate parts.  By creating a partition on your hard drive you are dedicating space only for Ubuntu.  It is important to decide how much space you want for Ubuntu because it is the only space it will be able to use. For example if you have an 80 Gigabyte hard drive and create a 5 Gigabyte partition, this means that 75 Gigabytes of free space are left on your hard drive, leaving  only  5 Gigabytes for Ubuntu to use)



1. Choose “Guided - Use entire disk” if you wish to only use Linux and delete your other Operating System and files.

1. Select the hard drive which you wish to use, and press Forward – continue to “Step 5: Migrate” of Ubuntu installation manger

2. Choose “Manual” (recommended) if you wish to share your hard drive with your other operating system



1. It will now list all hard drives with their partitions

2. To create a new partition select the free space you wish to use and press the new partition button



3. A window will open that helps you to create a new partition

1. Type for the new partition: Default is primary, do not change
2. New Partition Size: Enter size in Megabytes for new partition (30,000 Megabytes = 30.00 Gigabytes).  Minimum 2.0 Gigabytes required for Ubuntu install
3. Location of the new partition: Default to beginning, do not change
4. Use as: Defaulted ext3, recommend not to change although maybe changed to other file format (do not use swap)
5. Mount Point: Type “/” in this section, Press Ok

4. Now create another partition, click on the free space again and click new partition again

1. Type for the new format: Default is primary, do not change
2. New Partition Size: Enter size in Megabytes for new partition, recommended 512 MB for this partition.
3. Location of the new partition: Default to beginning, do not change
4. Use as: Defaulted ext3, change to swap
5. Press Ok

5. Press Forward

5. Step 5 - Migrate Documents and Settings: If there are documents you want to migrate use this tool to do so.  If you wish not to migrate your files proceed by pressing Forward

6. Step 6 – Who are you?:

1. What is your name: Enter your name
2. What name do you want to use to login: Enter a user name
3. Choose a password to keep your account safe:  It is required to have a password
4. What is the name of this computer: It automatically chooses a name for the computer, if you wish to change it then do so
5. Press forward

7. Step 7 – Ready to Install: In this section Ubuntu reviews all the options you selected during installation.  Ensure that they are correct and press install, if they are incorrect press back and change the installation options otherwise proceed by pressing Forward

• Once installation is complete a new window will pop up giving you the option to continue using Ubuntu from the CD or to restart your computer. It is recommended to restart and use Ubuntu from hard drive instead of CD
• After the computer restarts you will see a screen that will list all of your Operating Systems.
• Scroll on your keyboard using the arrow keys and select you desired operating system by pressing the “Enter” key
• If this screen does not come up then you have installed Ubuntu on a different hard drive and need to change your boot devices in you bios.  Refer back to step 4 on how to do this

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