Install (erase and re-install) in Ubuntu Desktop (Legacy) amd64 in Raring Daily (archived)

Proceed in your native language if you wish. Instructions will remain in English

Boot up the image

The system boots properly and loads the installer displaying Welcome dialog with language selection and 'Try Ubuntu' and 'Install Ubuntu' buttons

Click on the Install Ubuntu icon

The 'Keyboard Layout' screen appears

The proposed keyboard corresponds with your keyboard

Select your keyboard layout and click on continue

The 'Preparing to install Ubuntu' screen is displayed

On the screen Preparing to install Ubuntu, note the availability of the following components

Available options should represent the state of your system accurately

• (If network is available) Download updates while installing Ubuntu
• (If on a 'laptop') Is plugged to a power source
• Install third-party software ... option available

Click on the continue button

The 'Installation type' screen is displayed

Select Something Else

A screen showing the current hard disks and partition layouts is displayed

Select the drive you wish to partition and use the 'Add', 'Change', and 'Delete' buttons to create your desired scheme

The screen updates showing your desired partitions and mount points

Make sure that your scheme also has a separated /home partition included

You will need the separated /home partition to verify that erasing and reinstalling Ubuntu will wipe it out

Once you have you partitioning scheme laid out and are happy click on Install Now

The partitions and disk layouts are created. Then, the 'Where are you?' screen is displayed

If your system is connected to the network, note the preselected timezone correspond with your timezone and the city indicated in the text box

The timezone and city displayed match your timezone and a city from your area

Click on the continue button

The 'Who are you?' screen appears

Input your initial user details and password (Note admin can not be used - it is a dedicated Linux User)

Name, username and password are accepted. Additionally, the continue button is enabled

Click on the continue button

The 'Welcome to Ubuntu ' slide is displayed

Wait for the installer to finish

An 'Installation Complete' dialog appears

Click the Restart now button

GUI is shut down, a prompt to remove media and press Enter appears

Remove the disc and press enter

The machine has been rebooted

Allow the machine to reboot

The system boots properly and loads into Ubuntu

Login as the user you created, or ensure that you are auto-logged in as the user created during setup if you checked the auto-login option

The new user's desktop is presented

Create a new folder on the desktop by right clicking on it and title it 'test', open Firefox and browse to a couple of sites

Now you have a test folder on the desktop and some browsing history, this will be needed to check if erasing and reinstall of Ubuntu will wipe them out

Reboot using the iso with a CD/DVD or USB Key to a Live Session to perform a reinstall of Ubuntu

The system boots properly and loads the installer displaying Welcome dialog with language selection and 'Try Ubuntu' and 'Install Ubuntu' buttons

Click on the Install Ubuntu icon

The 'Preparing to install Ubuntu' screen is displayed

On the screen Preparing to install Ubuntu, note the state of each check mark for the following components

• Your system have at least the amount a space indicated
• (If on a 'laptop'). Is plugged to a power source
• Is connected to the Internet

Check marks represent the state of your system accurately

Click on the continue button

The 'Installation type' screen is displayed

Select 'Erase Ubuntu and Reinstall'

If your system is connected to the network, note the preselected timezone corresponds with your timezone and the city indicated in the text box

The timezone and city displayed match your timezone and a city from your area

Click on the continue button

The 'Keyboard Layout' screen appears

The proposed keyboard corresponds to your keyboard

Click on continue

The 'Who are you?' screen appears

Input the same user details as you did on the first install of Ubuntu

Name, username and password are accepted. You should enter the same username as the first install so that the /home partition is re-used. The continue button is enabled

Click on the continue button

The 'Welcome to Ubuntu ' slide is displayed

Wait for the installer to finish

An 'Installation Complete' dialog appears

Click the Restart now button

GUI is shut down, a prompt to remove media and press Enter appears

Remove the disc and press enter

The machine has been rebooted

Allow the machine to reboot

The system boots properly and loads into Ubuntu

Login as the user you created, or ensure that you are auto-logged in as the user created during setup if you checked the auto-login option

The new user's desktop is presented

Check that the 'test' folder created on the first install has disappeard from the desktop, open Firefox and check that in the history tab has no browsing history, then open a Terminal typing CTRL+ALT+T and type 'df -h' in it without quotes, there should be no /home partition

You should verify that the /home partition has been wiped out an no previous data has been left back

If all actions produce the expected results listed, please submit a 'passed' result.
If an action fails, or produces an unexpected result, please submit a 'failed' result and file a bug. Please be sure to include the bug number when you submit your result.