Proceed in your native language if you wish. Instructions will remain in English.
- Boot up the image
- If you see the GRUB boot menu you should see the following:
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- 'Try or Install Ubuntu Mate'
- 'Ubuntu Mate (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 Mate' and 'Install Ubuntu Mate' 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 Mate 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
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- (If network is available) 'Download updates while installing Ubuntu Mate'
- (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 Install Ubuntu Mate XX.XX alongside SYSTEM YY
- (SYSTEM YY is the name of the system already installed on disk (Ubuntu Mate 12.04, Windows 7, ...)
- Click on Continue
- The Screen Install Ubuntu Mate XX.XX alongside SYSTEM YY appears
- Note the drive selected on the Select drive list and the bar state
If the target drive has a free partition with sufficient freespace, install will proceed without further partitioning intervention
- The drive corresponds to the drive on the chart (e.g /dev/sda) and the bar is divided
- Move the greyslider bar that separates the blue sections as appropriate
- The slider bar can be set as appropriate
- Click on the Install Now button
- A dialog will appear asking if you want to write the changes to disk. Click Continue.
- 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 Mate' 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, select the first option at the GRUB menu
- Your new installation boots
- Reboot machine, select the previously installed system
- Previously installed system boots and operates as expected
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
result.
