Step-By-Step Tutorial:Base System
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Base System
In first screen you need to select installation language:
Select your country:
Choose a keyboard layout:
Setup starts to inspect your hardware setup:
If your network doesn't have DHCP, you can configure network manually:
Insert the hostname for your system, for example vhcs-test:
Insert your domain name, for example example.com:
Next thing to do is a disk partitioning. Easiest way is to create one big partition for mount point / and a little swap partition:
Base system installation procedure starts:
Selecting GRUB boot loader:
Remove installation CD and reboot system:
After reboot, selecting timezone:
Insert your root password:
Creating a second user to system, for example admin:
Select your installation method. Select http or ftp to install from Internet:
Select a mirror for your installation:
You can use HTTP proxy to install your system too.
Selecting softwares to install (we can leave this empty now):
Network installation starts up:
Exim configuration, we're not doing any configurations now because Exim is going to be replaced with Postfix:
Base system installation is finished now!:
