17.Specifyyourtimezonebyselectingthenearestcityinyourtimezone.Then,clickNext.
18.Personalizetheserverbytypingtherootpasswordfortherootuseraccount.Then,clickNext.
Note:Ifamessagepromptsyouthatthepasswordisweak,clickUseAnyway.
19.Bydefault,apartitionisalreadyselectedforyoutoinstalltheoperatingsystem.Ifyouwanttocreatea
partitionmanually,selecttheoptionasyouneedandthenclickNext.
Note:ThefollowingstepsarebasedonthescenariothatCreateCustomLayoutisselectedinthisstep.
20.InthePleaseSelectADevicewindow,dooneofthefollowingtocreateapartitionandthenclickNext.
•Manuallycreatearootpartition(/)
Tocreatearootpartition,dothefollowing:
a.ClickCreate.TheCreateStoragewindowisdisplayed.
b.SelectStandardPartitionandthenclickCreate.
c.IntheAddPartitionwindow,selecttheforwardslash(/)fromtheMountPointdrop-downlistbox.
d.Selectext4fromtheFileSystemTypedrop-downlistbox.
e.IntheAllowableDriverswindow,selecttheharddiskdriveonwhichyouwanttoinstallthe
operatingsystem.
f.T ypetheamountofspace(inMB)intheNewPartitionsSizewindowandthenclickOK.
•Manuallycreateabootpartition(/boot)
Tocreateabootpartition,dothefollowing:
a.ClickCreate.TheCreateStoragewindowisdisplayed.
b.SelectStandardPartitionandthenclickCreate.
c.IntheAddPartitionwindow,select/bootfromtheMountPointdrop-downlistbox.
d.Selectext4fromtheFileSystemTypedrop-downlistbox.
e.IntheAllowableDriverswindow,selecttheharddiskdriveonwhichyouwanttoinstallthe
operatingsystem.
f.T ypetheamountofspace(inMB)intheNewPartitionsSizewindowandthenclickOK.
•Manuallycreateaswappartition
Tocreateaswappartition,dothefollowing:
a.ClickCreate.TheCreateStoragewindowisdisplayed.
b.SelectStandardPartitionandthenclickCreate.
c.IntheAddPartitionwindow,selectswapfromtheFileSystemTypedrop-downlistbox.
d.IntheAllowableDriverswindow,selecttheharddiskdriveonwhichyouwanttoinstallthe
operatingsystem.
e.Typetheamountofspace(inMB)intheNewPartitionsSizewindowandthenclickOK.
21.IntheFormatWarningswindow,clickFormattoformattheharddiskdrive.
22.Inthe“Writingstorageconfigurationtodisk”window,clickWritechangestodisk.
23.Inthe“Bootloaderoperatingsystemlist”window,clickNext.
24.Thedefaultinstallationisabasicserverinstallation.Y oucancustomizeyourserverbyselectinga
differentsetofsoftwarefromthesoftwarelistoraddingadditionalrepositoriesthatyouwanttouse
forthesoftwareinstallation.SelectCustomizenoworCustomizelater.Then,clickNext.The
installationprocessbegins.
Note:IfyouselectCustomizenow,youcanselectsoftwareinstallationpackagesofyourchoiceby
clickingOptionalpackagesinthewindowdisplayed.Then,clickNext.
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