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while your computer is starting up. There usually is a small splash screen when you start your
computer telling you which key to press. You can look up the model of your computer or
motherboard (if you are on a desktop) to figure out which key to press.
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Once you enter your boot picker, select your USB drive.
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You should enter another, similar looking screen, select
`Try or Install Ubuntu`
.
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Once you enter your boot picker, select your USB drive by using the arrow keys
and hitting enter.
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You should enter another, similar looking screen, select
`Try or Install Ubuntu`
by hitting enter.

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When prompted, choose
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Install Ubuntu
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Minimal Installation
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On this screen, double click the free space you created back in Windows.
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For size, enter 512 MiB.
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For type, enter EFI
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Choose Primary, and Beginnning of Space
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Use as: EFI System Partition (this is where the software to choose the
operating system you boot into gets installed)
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Repeat Step 6 with the following exceptions:
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For size, enter twice the amount of RAM available in your computer (If you do not know,
type
`Control-Alt-T`
and then at the prompt type:
`lshw -c memory`
. The memory entry is the
amount of RAM in your computer. Type
`exit`
to return to the original window).
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Select End of Space for the location
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For type, choose
`swap area`
.
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Choose Logical, and End of Space
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Use as: swap area (this is what Linux uses as temporary memory in the event
your RAM is full)
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Repeat Step 6 with the following exceptions:
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For size just use the default entry (which should be the rest of the free space)
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For type choose
`ext4`
.
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For the mount point choose
`/`
.
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Choose Logical and Beginning of Space
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Use as: Ext4 journaling file system
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Mount point:
`/`
(this is like the Linux equivalent of
`C:`
in Windows)
9.
Continue and fill in account details, and then the installation should begin. Once it is done
your computer should restart and then you should see a screen that looks like the start of the
installation. This is the grub bootloader. Whenever you want to boot into Ubuntu, select the
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