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
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- (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 Manual Partitioning
- 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 includes a separate /home partition
- Once your partitioning scheme is laid out 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
- The new user's desktop is presented
- Open a terminal using your Ubuntu commands or GUI to do so, in terminal enter
df -h and press enter
- Terminal echoes the output of the df command
- Check that / and /home use different partitions
- Create a file in the /home/$USER/ directory to check for later.
- Run the following command to create a file we'll check for later:
- echo "dummy file" > /home/$USER/dummy_file
- Shutdown the installed system.
- Put the installation medium back in, and boot into the installation of a new system.
- Do everything as before, but when you get to the manual partitioning screen, make sure to remove the old '/' partition, create a new one, and make sure the partition used for '/home' has also been selected to have '/home' as the mount point (highlight the existing home partition, and click the 'Change' button), but make sure the reformat check box is left unchecked.
- Continue installation as normal, and reboot once finished.
- Boot into the installed system and check the file you created in the previous install is present in the '/home/' directory
- cat /home/$USER/dummy_file
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.
