Here are some of my Ubuntu installation settings. See also: **Create Disc Image**, Driver Installation Settings, Operating System Settings, Operating System Installation Times, Operating System Requirements, Operating System Startup Times.
Where are you?
Region: Europe
Time Zone: Finland Time
Keyboard layout
Finland: Finland
Prepare disk space (depends, one or multiple OSs)
(*) Install them side by side, choosing between them each startup: (drag the slider)
Conventional hard drive (120 GB):
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition (/dev/sda1) 60.3 GB
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS 59.7 GB
SSD hard drive (32 GB):
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition (/dev/sda1) 20.0 GB
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS 12.0 GB
( ) Erase and use the entire disk
[SCSI1 (0,0,0) (sda) - 120.0 GB ATA WDC WD1200BEVE-0] (conventional hard drive)
[SCSI1 (0,0,0) (sda) - 32.0 GB ATA TS32GSSD25-M] (SSD hard drive)
The following partitions are going to be formatted: (Linux only installation)
partition #1 SCSI1 (0,0,0) (sda) as ext4
partition #5 SCSI1 (0,0,0) (sda) as swap
After initial installation and updates:
Hardware Drivers (HP laptop):
Broadcom B43 wireless driver
Software modem (SmartLink modem)
Notes
After installation in text-only view press Ctrl+j to restart system.
If you installed Linux by resizing Windows partition: use chkdsk (should happen automatically when starting Windows) before doing anything else.
Results
HP laptop: OK.
Wings desktop computer: Ubuntu 10.04 doesn't understand DisplayPort and later DVI.
Welcome
(Language:) English
[Install Ubuntu]
Preparing to install Ubuntu - DO NOT ALLOW UPDATES OR THIRD PARTY AT THIS POINT (or Ubuntu will not get installed because of Broadcom WiFi, link)!!!*
[ ] Download updates while installing
[ ] Install third-party software
Installation type
(*) Replace Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition with Ubuntu
Where are you?
Helsinki (Finland)
Keyboard layout
Finnish: Finnish
Results
HP laptop: OK.
Last modified: June 29th, 2015
Author: Tomi Häsä (tomi.hasa@gmail.com)
URL: http://sites.google.com/site/tomihasa/ubuntu-installation-settings