Installing Ubuntu Linux Gutsy Gibbon - Server Version 7.10

<strong>Installing</strong> <strong>Ubuntu</strong> <strong>Linux</strong><br />

<strong>Gutsy</strong> <strong>Gibbon</strong> - <strong>Server</strong> <strong>Version</strong> <strong>7.10</strong><br />

The Installer<br />

If you do a default installation you will end up with a server that uses<br />

DHCP to obtain it's network address, a file system of the form:<br />

/ (root) [All of disk minus 3xRAM]<br />

3xRAM<br />

and a minimal installation of software.<br />

Our Goal<br />

We want you to install <strong>Ubuntu</strong> and set up the network manually entering<br />

in your fixed IP address, your correct host name and domain.<br />

After the Initial Install<br />

We will install the <strong>Ubuntu</strong> Desktop meta-package (Gnome 2.x and Xorg)<br />

as well as properly configure this to work with your particular hardware.<br />

Information you Need<br />

IP Address: ______________________________<br />

Netmask: ______________________________<br />

Gateway: ______________________________<br />

DNS <strong>Server</strong>: ______________________________<br />

Hostname: ______________________________<br />

Keyboard Layout: ______________________________<br />

You will specify a user name and password of your choosing. One of the<br />

post-install exercises will include creating a user named admin and a<br />

password that we will specify in class.<br />

If you have questions during installation ask your<br />

instructor or an assistant for help.<br />

<strong>Installing</strong> <strong>Ubuntu</strong><br />

Step 1<br />

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Step 2<br />

Step 3<br />

Step 4<br />

Step 5<br />

This may be different depending on location.<br />

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Step 6<br />

Again, this may be different depending on location.<br />

Step 7<br />

You will see several screens appear as the installer loads various modules<br />

and detects hardware. Eventually you will see the screen below. If you<br />

can press Cancel in time please do so, otherwise see the screen in Step<br />

8 and choose to Go Back to manually configure your network.<br />

Step 8<br />

Only if you did not press Cancel in step 7.<br />

Step 9<br />

Note<br />

On the next page for steps 10-14 you should use the values you filled in<br />

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for your network information at the start of this exercise.<br />

Step 10<br />

Step 11<br />

Step 12<br />

Step 13<br />

Step 14<br />

Remember to use lowercase characters in your hostname.<br />

Partitioning<br />

On the next page you will do a Guided partition of your drive.<br />

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Step 15<br />

Step 16<br />

The drive and size will be different for your machine.<br />

After this you should see some screens appear as the installer prepares to<br />

partition your drive. If you are asked to delete what is already on your<br />

machine you should do this.<br />

Step 17<br />

Be sure you choose Yes below.<br />

Again, you will see some screens appear as the installer completes<br />

partitioning your drive. Then you should see:<br />

Step 18<br />

In reality you would probably want your server's clock to be set to<br />

Universal Time (UTC), but for purposes of our lab it is simplest if we<br />

choose No at this point.<br />

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Step 19<br />

(Enter in a user name you wish to use in place of Jane User )<br />

Step 20<br />

(If you wish a different username you can specify this here.)<br />

Step 21<br />

Step 22<br />

Step 23<br />

Now you should see this on your screen for a fairly long time...<br />

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And then this...<br />

You should not see this screen.<br />

Step 24<br />

Step 24a<br />

If you see this, then your network settings are likely broken. At this point<br />

installation will take a very long time. Let your instructor or assistant<br />

know that you are seeing this screen as restarting the installation is<br />

probably faster than waiting for completion.<br />

Step 25<br />

For now please don't choose to install any packages.<br />

Step 26<br />

You should see this. At 85% things will take a bit to finish..<br />

.<br />

Step 27<br />

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Step 28<br />

Congratulations! You have installed <strong>Ubuntu</strong>.<br />

The Final Step<br />

Your machine reboots and starts <strong>Ubuntu</strong> server. You will be presented<br />

with an initial log in prompt. If your screen stops at Running local boot<br />

scripts (/etc/rc.local) just press ENTER to get the initial log in prompt.<br />

Next we'll be doing some exercises to practice some concepts in <strong>Ubuntu</strong><br />

as well as setting up your <strong>Ubuntu</strong> environment to run with a graphical<br />

user interface (GUI) using the Xorg XWindow system with the Gnome<br />

desktop.<br />

Manual Partitioning of Drives<br />

During this installation we did a Guided Partition of your entire drive.<br />

Manually partitioning your drive using the <strong>Ubuntu</strong> installer involves<br />

numerous steps. You may wish to do this if you install <strong>Ubuntu</strong> back at<br />

your own location this workshop includes an appendix to this installation<br />

guide that gives you step-by-step instructions for doing a sample manual<br />

partition of a drive during installation of <strong>Ubuntu</strong>.<br />

The appendix on the following pages has step-by-step instructions for<br />

doing this.<br />

If you are looking at a printout without an appendix, the appendix is<br />

available in the on-line version of this document on your workshop's web<br />

site. The document is linked in the Detailed Agenda for this workshop.<br />

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Appendix<br />

Manual Partitioning of Drives<br />

In Step 15 of the installation we chose Guided use entire disk . If you<br />

wish to manually partition a drive for installation of <strong>Ubuntu</strong> you should<br />

follow these steps instead.<br />

Step 1<br />

Step 2<br />

Your machine may already have partitions on it. If this is the case you<br />

need to delete each individual partition first, then you can create<br />

partitions. Here is a sample of deleting one partition. Repeat this until all<br />

partitions are deleted:<br />

Step 3<br />

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Step 4<br />

Now repeat 1 through 3 until you have no partitions left. Then go on to<br />

step 5.<br />

Step 5<br />

These screens show a sample drive. Your drive will be different.<br />

Step 6<br />

Step 7<br />

Step 8<br />

Your partition size will be different.<br />

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Step 9<br />

Step 10<br />

Again, your disk size is different than what's in the dialog on this screen.<br />

If, for example, you had 1GB of RAM you might want 1 or 2GB for<br />

swap. If you are using 40GB of disk space, then to have 1GB of swap<br />

space you would do the following:<br />

Step 11<br />

Step 12<br />

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Step 13<br />

Step 14<br />

Step 15<br />

Step 16<br />

If this dialog is incorrect simply enter in the maximum size listed at the<br />

top of the dialog for your machine. This will be the SWAP space (virtual<br />

memory) in use on your machine.<br />

Step 17<br />

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Step 18<br />

Step 19<br />

Note the difference. You chose Use as: in step 18. This gives you the<br />

dialog below. This is how you set this partition to be swap.<br />

Step 20<br />

Step 21<br />

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Step 22<br />

Step 23<br />

You'll see this on the screen...<br />

Once this dialog finishes you are done partitioning your drive. Note that<br />

the partition we created was the same as you get if you choose Guided<br />

us entire disk in Step 1. Naturally you could choose to partition your<br />

drive any way you wish.<br />

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