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 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
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- 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.
