Install/ServerMinimalVirtualInstall

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Server Minimal Virtual Install

KVM install

Case ID: SVI-001

  1. Boot the CD from KVM
  2. Press F4 and select Install a minimal virtual machine

  3. Choose your language, country and keyboard layout
  4. Set default hostname: ubuntu

  5. Partition disks: Guided use entire disk

  6. Select your time zone and set the system clock to UTC
  7. User account: enter username and password
  8. No software selection.
  9. Boot the newly created guest
  10. Log in
  11. Check that the uname -r returns a -virtual kernel (on Lucid AMD64, it should return a -server; on i386 it will always install a -pae, see https://launchpad.net/bugs/227869):

    • uname -r
  12. Check that the linux-virtual package is installed:
    • dpkg -l linux-virtual
  13. Ping outside network
  14. Check with the mount command that virtual disk are mount read-write

  15. Check that the ubuntu-standard package is not installed:

    • dpkg -l ubuntu-standard
  16. Check that the size of the kernel modules is below 40M:
    • du -sh /lib/modules/
  17. Check that the size of the installed system is below 500M:
    • df -h

File a bug

VMWare-ESX install

Case ID: SVI-002

  1. Boot the CD on a VMWare-ESX system
  2. Press F4 and select Install a minimal virtual system

  3. Choose your language, country and keyboard layout
  4. Set default hostname: ubuntu

  5. Partition disks: Guided use entire disk

  6. Select your time zone and set the system clock to UTC
  7. User account: enter username and password
  8. No software selection.
  9. Boot the newly created guest
  10. Log in
  11. Check that the uname -r returns a -virtual kernel:

    • uname -r
  12. Check that the linux-virtual package is installed:
    • dpkg -l linux-virtual
  13. Ping outside network
  14. Check with the mount command that virtual disk are mount read-write

  15. Check that the ubuntu-standard package is not installed:

    • dpkg -l ubuntu-standard
  16. Check that the size of the kernel modules is below 40M:
    • du -sh /lib/modules/
  17. Check that the size of the installed system is below 500M:
    • df -h

File a bug

VMWare-Server install

Case ID: SVI-003

  1. Boot the CD from VMWare-Server
  2. Press F4 and select Install a minimal virtual system

  3. Choose your language, country and keyboard layout
  4. Set default hostname: ubuntu

  5. Partition disks: Guided use entire disk

  6. Select your time zone and set the system clock to UTC
  7. User account: enter username and password
  8. No software selection.
  9. Boot the newly created guest
  10. Log in
  11. Check that the uname -r returns a -server kernel:

    • uname -r
  12. Check that the linux-virtual package is installed:
    • dpkg -l linux-virtual
  13. Ping outside network
  14. Check with the mount command that virtual disk are mount read-write

  15. Check that the ubuntu-standard package is not installed:

    • dpkg -l ubuntu-standard

File a bug

Install/ServerMinimalVirtualInstall (last edited 2011-02-17 18:16:35 by hggdh2)