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Install (entire disk with ZFS) in Ubuntu Desktop (Legacy) amd64 in Xenial Beta 2 (archived)

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Boot up the image
If you see the GRUB boot menu you should see the following:
  • 'Try or Install Ubuntu'
  • 'Ubuntu (safe graphics)'
  • 'OEM install (for manufacturers)'
  • 'Test memory' (only on BIOS systems)
  • The system boots properly and loads the installer displaying the Welcome dialog with language selection and 'Try Ubuntu' and 'Install Ubuntu' buttons
    Click on the release notes hyperlink to confirm that a browser launches and you are taken to the release notes discourse page.
    Click on the Install Ubuntu button
    The 'Keyboard layout' screen appears
    The proposed keyboard corresponds with your keyboard
    Select your keyboard layout and click on Continue
    The 'Updates and other software' screen is displayed
    On the screen 'Updates and other software', 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
    Note the state of the 'Erase disk and install Ubuntu' radio button
    The 'Erase disk and install Ubuntu' radio button is selected and the 'Advanced features' button is active
    Click on the 'Advanced features...' button
    The 'Advanced Features' dialog is displayed
    Select 'Erase disk and use ZFS'
    'Erase disk and use ZFS' is selected
    Click on the 'OK' button
    The dialog closes and 'ZFS selected' is displayed next to the 'Advanced features...' button
    Click on the 'Install Now' button
    'Write the changes to disks' dialogue appears
    Click Continue
    If there is only one hard disk, skip to step 18 (On the 'Where are you?' screen...). Otherwise, on the 'Installation type' screen verify that the drive selected on the Select drive list corresponds to the drive on the chart (e.g /dev/sda)
    Selected drive is displayed on the chart
    Verify that the full drive space is allocated
    Full drive space is allocated for installation
    Click on the Install Now button
    The 'Where are you?' screen is displayed
    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 major city from your area
    Select your timezone, and click on the Continue button
    The 'Who are you?' screen appears
    Input your initial user details and password admin can not be used - it is a dedicated Linux User
    'Require my password to log in' is shown and selected or if 'Log in automatically' and 'require my password to log in' are shown then 'Require my password to login' is selected. If just 'Require my password to log in' is shown, having it off is the equivalent of having 'Log in automatically' on.
    Name, username and password are accepted.
    Continue button becomes available
    Press Continue
    The 'Welcome to Ubuntu' slide is displayed
    The slideshow is entirely in your language
    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 is rebooted
    Allow the machine to reboot
    The system boots properly
    The system loads into Ubuntu showing username selected
    Upon login, open a terminal, run the following commands and verify it matches the output
    $ zfs mount | sort
    bpool/BOOT/ubuntu_UUID /boot
    rpool/ROOT/ubuntu_UUID /
    rpool/ROOT/ubuntu_UUID/srv /srv
    rpool/ROOT/ubuntu_UUID/usr/local /usr/local
    rpool/ROOT/ubuntu_UUID/var/games /var/games
    rpool/ROOT/ubuntu_UUID/var/lib/AccountsService /var/lib/AccountsService
    rpool/ROOT/ubuntu_UUID/var/lib/apt /var/lib/apt
    rpool/ROOT/ubuntu_UUID/var/lib/dpkg /var/lib/dpkg
    rpool/ROOT/ubuntu_UUID/var/lib/NetworkManager /var/lib/NetworkManager
    rpool/ROOT/ubuntu_UUID/var/lib /var/lib
    rpool/ROOT/ubuntu_UUID/var/log /var/log
    rpool/ROOT/ubuntu_UUID/var/mail /var/mail
    rpool/ROOT/ubuntu_UUID/var/snap /var/snap
    rpool/ROOT/ubuntu_UUID/var/spool /var/spool
    rpool/ROOT/ubuntu_UUID/var/www /var/www
    rpool/USERDATA/root_0y7dio /root
    rpool/USERDATA/u_0y7dio /home/u

    If all actions produce the expected results described,
    please submit a 'passed' result.
    If any 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
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