Install (auto-resize) in Ubuntu MATE Desktop amd64 in Kinetic Beta (archived)

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:

'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

• (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

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