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Ubuntu Interactive Installation (Exercise)
Click onto kvm1 in the KVM manager.
It will bring up a virtual console for the VM with the installer running:
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Choose language: English,
United States.
Choose 'No' for detecting keyboard layout,
USA for the origin of the keyboard,
USA for keyboard layout.
In 'Configure the network' menu,
set 'kvm1':
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In 'Chose a mirror of the Ubuntu archive'
('Ubuntu archive mirror country' menu),
scroll all the way up by pressing PgUp and choose
'enter information manually'
Type IP address 192.168.5.240:3142
for 'Ubuntu archive mirror hostname'.
Type /us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/
or /ubuntu.rutgers.edu/ubuntu/
for Ubuntu archive mirror directory.
Leave blank for HTTP proxy.
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In 'Configure the clock',
choose Eastern in the time zone list.
In the partition disks menu, select 'Manual' partitioning method.
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Create new partitions as outlined below:
/ 128 MB on primary bootable:
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SWAP 512 MB, logical:
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/var 512 MB, logical:
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/usr 2512 MB, logical:
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/tmp 256 MB, logical:
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/home the rest of the drive
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When prompted for the kernel type to install, select "linux-virtual".
When the installer prompts you, set a new user account,
Choose no encryption for home directory.
Select "No automatic updates".
Do not select any additional software to install.
Keep everything in the list unchecked:
When prompted to Install the GRUB boot loader, choose the default
option, "Install the GRUB boot loader to the master boot record" .
Accept setting the system clock to UTC.
Click on 'continue' when the installation completes.
After the system reboots, login as user hostadm
Install SSH server by using apt
Edit file /etc/default/grub and comment out the line with
GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=0:
Run the commands to update the boot loader configuration, then reboot:
You should be able to see the boot loader prompt when the system boots up.
Shutdown the virtual machine by issuing shutdown in its command prompt:
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