a authored by Alexander Douglas Yelovich's avatar Alexander Douglas Yelovich
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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.
* Once you enter your boot picker, select your USB drive.
* You should enter another, similar looking screen, select `Try or Install Ubuntu`.
* Once you enter your boot picker, select your USB drive by using the arrow keys
and hitting enter.
* You should enter another, similar looking screen, select `Try or Install Ubuntu`
by hitting enter.
![Ubuntu Grub Installer](uploads/training/grub.png)
* When prompted, choose
* Install Ubuntu
* Minimal Installation
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![Ubuntu Formatting](uploads/training/ubuntu-partition.png)
* On this screen, double click the free space you created back in Windows.
* For size, enter 512 MiB.
* For type, enter EFI
* Choose Primary, and Beginnning of Space
* Use as: EFI System Partition (this is where the software to choose the
operating system you boot into gets installed)
7. Repeat Step 6 with the following exceptions:
* 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).
* Select End of Space for the location
* For type, choose `swap area`.
* Choose Logical, and End of Space
* Use as: swap area (this is what Linux uses as temporary memory in the event
your RAM is full)
8. Repeat Step 6 with the following exceptions:
* For size just use the default entry (which should be the rest of the free space)
* For type choose `ext4`.
* For the mount point choose `/`.
* Choose Logical and Beginning of Space
* Use as: Ext4 journaling file system
* 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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