Command
key on macOS or the Right Ctrl
key on Ubuntu to capture your mouse in the virtual machine and vice versa.
The Born2beroot project requires a command-line-only environment, so choose the version without a graphical interface.
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Choose the installation language. The default is English.
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Choose your country or, if it’s not listed, use the “Other” option to find the continent and country.
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Select the correct keyboard layout. If you use ANSI, select American English.
If you're unsure about your keyboard layout you can consult Keyboard layouts.![]()
Set the machine's hostname as your login followed by 42, according to the project guidelines.
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Leave this field blank, as the project does not mention the need for a domain.
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Set a password for the root (system administrator) and remember or note it down.
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Create an additional user with your login for "daily use" (not root) and set a password for it.
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I recommend use allways the same password to make it easier and simple.
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Choose the region that corresponds to your country.
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Select “Guided - use entire disk and set up encrypted LVM” to configure partitions with encrypted LVM.
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Choose the disk you want to partition (usually the only one available).
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Choose
Separate /home partition
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Select “Yes” to confirm writing changes
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Click “Cancel” to prevent data deletion on the disk.
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Define a password for disk encryption and save it for future use.
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Enter “max” or the maximum value shown to allocate all the space.
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Select
Finish partitioning and write changes to disk
and confirm withYes
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Choose
Yes
option to continue and confirm that you do not want to make further changes to the disk.![]()
We choose the
No
option because we do not need any additional packages.![]()
Select your country.
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Select the mirror
deb.debian.org
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Skip the proxy configuration by leaving it blank and clicking Continue.
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choose the
No
option.![]()
Deselect all package options using the space bar and click Continue.
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Choose “Yes” to install GRUB on the hard drive.
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Choose the
/dev/sda
device to install the bootloader.![]()
After installing GRUB, select Continue to finish the process.
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