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- Boot up the image
- If you see the GRUB boot menu you should see the following:
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- 'Try or Install FAMILY'
- 'FAMILY (safe graphics)'
- 'OEM install (for manufacturers)'
- 'Test memory' (only on BIOS systems)
- Select the 'Try or Install FAMILY' option and press Enter
- The system boots properly and loads the installer displaying the Welcome dialog with language selection and the mascot logo on the right.'
- Click on 'Continue'
- The 'Try or Install' screen is displayed with 'try FAMILY' and 'Install FAMILY' 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 FAMILY' icon to select the option and click on the Continue button
- The 'Keyboard layout' screen appears
- The proposed keyboard corresponds with your keyboard
- Select your keyboard layout and click on Continue
- The 'Connect to a network' screen is displayed
- The screen should reflect the current status and display those elements
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- Wired connection
- Connect to a Wi-Fi network followed by a scrollable list of available APs, displaying an active one colored with a leading checkmark
- Connect to a hidden Wi-Fi network
- I don't want to connect to internet for now
- Click on 'Next'
- The 'Applications and updates' screen is displayed, listing normal and minimal installation, as well as options for installing updates, third party software and additional media formats.
- Click on 'Next'
- The 'Installation type' screen is displayed
- Select 'Something Else' and click 'Continue'
- A screen showing the current hard disks and partition layouts is displayed
- Select the drive you wish to partition and use the Add '+', Change '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 you have your required partitioning scheme laid out, click on 'Continue'
- The 'Write changes to disk' screen is displayed, including the details of incoming partitions changes.
- Verify that the partitioning details make sense
- Click 'Start Installing'
- 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
- Name, username and password are accepted.
- The "Require my password to log in" slider is already highlighted.
- The "Use Active Directory" tickbox is unchecked.
- Click on 'Next'
- The 'Choose your theme' screen is displayed showing light and dark options, as well as color options below.
- Click on 'Next'
- 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 and loads into FAMILY showing username selected
- Open a terminal using your FAMILY 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.
- Login, and check the following command runs without any errors:
- cat /home/$USER/dummy_file
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.
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