Step-By-Step Tutorial:Base System

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Base System

In first screen you need to select installation language:

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Select your country:

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Choose a keyboard layout:

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Setup starts to inspect your hardware setup:

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If your network doesn't have DHCP, you can configure network manually:

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Insert the hostname for your system, for example vhcs-test:

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Insert your domain name, for example example.com:

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Next thing to do is a disk partitioning. Easiest way is to create one big partition for mount point / and a little swap partition:

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Base system installation procedure starts:

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Selecting GRUB boot loader:

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Remove installation CD and reboot system:

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After reboot, selecting timezone:

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Insert your root password:

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Creating a second user to system, for example admin:

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Select your installation method. Select http or ftp to install from Internet:

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Select a mirror for your installation:

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You can use HTTP proxy to install your system too.

Selecting softwares to install (we can leave this empty now):

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Network installation starts up:

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Exim configuration, we're not doing any configurations now because Exim is going to be replaced with Postfix:

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Base system installation is finished now!:

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