Ubuntu server installation screenshots
This is a collection of Ubuntu server installation screenshots. A step by step guide screenshots, each with description and example.
Before you proceed with actual Ubuntu installation in a hard disk, make sure you have everything needed including pre-installation checklist. If you don't know what pre-installation checklist is, read about it in pre-installation checklist tutorial.
The most important thing is, backup all important existing data if you plan to install Ubuntu in the same hard disk.
This is the first screen you'll see when starting up Ubuntu installation cd or dvd. As you can see from the screenshot, Ubuntu support many languages of the world. You can select your preferred installation language. English language is the default here. Choose your preferred language with the arrow down key and press Enter to go to the next installation step.
This is the main menu screen. There are four menus here.
- Install Ubuntu Server
- Check CD for defects
- Rescue a broken system
- Test memory
- Boot from first hard disk
The first menu, Install Ubuntu Server is the next installation step. Proceed to this menu after you completely sure your system is ready and Ubuntu installation cd is good. If you haven't check your system and Ubuntu installer before, Ubuntu provide the tools here.
The second menu, Check cd for defects is a tool to check the integrity of Ubuntu installation cd. In other words, this tool will check whether the cd is good and has no missing or corrupted files. Make sure you do this check before proceed to the next installation step. We don't want the Ubuntu system has problem later or stuck in the middle of the installation process.
The third menu, Rescue a broken system is a troubleshooting tool. We can skip this one because we don't have Ubuntu in our system yet.
The fourth menu, Test memory tool will check the system memory.
The last menu, Boot from first hard disk is a trouble shooting menu. We don't need to run this tool now.
This is the help index page. There is a key menu for each help topic. Press dedicated key to view the topic.
Complete screenshots for installation help menu can be found in Ubuntu help menu.
Checking CD for defects is a useful Ubuntu tool used for checking cd-rom integrity. In this case, the tool will check Ubuntu installer for defects such as error or missing files which will lead to system unstable or installation error.
This is always happen to a lot of Linux users. The problem maybe because of files missing during downloading the iso image or failure happened during burning the cd-rom.
Make sure you run the test at least once before proceed the installation.
This is a memory test tool main screen. There are several tests you can choose in the memory tool configuration menu.
Press c to go to the memory test configuration tool menu. The test is going to take some times. Anyway, you can skip this test if you sure your system has good and enough memory to support Ubuntu requirement.
Choose language for the system. This will be the default language for the final system.
Ubuntu can help detecting your keyboard layout by asking you to enter certain key on your keyboard. Choose yes if you use special keyboard. Otherwise choose no and select your keyboard from the list.
Ubuntu is auto configure the network. The screenshot shows Ubuntu failed to detect network. It cannot find DHCP in the network.
Network configuration method menu. It has several options for you to choose. You can try other options if you have a dhcp network. Choose Do not configure network at this time menu if you want to configure the network later.
Enter hostname for Ubuntu system. The hostname has to be a single word. So choose a suitable name for your server, for example, if it's going to be a mail server, name it mail1. Remember this is not a domain name. So it's just mail1 like the example, not mail1.com.
You are going to configure the clock for your system in this step. Select a timezone for Ubuntu server. If your location is not in the list, select a location which has the same time zone as your area.
There are several methods you can use to partition hard disk for Ubuntu. If there is no other operating system in the disk, then you can safely use the first method, Guided - use entire disk.
You can choose manual method if you want to customize the partition to be the way you need. The Ubuntu manual partition help tutorial will guide a new user with screenshots and explanation in each step.
In this installation step, you need to select disk to partition for Ubuntu server file system. The disk partition is a critical matter. The disk you selected here is going to be formatted. That means, all data (if there are) in the disk will be erased. Not now, only when you choose confirmed in the installation final step.
If you choose guided partition, then this is the installation final step. If you choose to continue and confirmed to write the partition to the hard disk, all data in the disk will be erased. Think carefully and proceed only if you sure what you are doing because there is no turning back after this.