Installing Ubuntu Desktop on Ubuntu Server¶

sudo apt install ubuntu-desktop

Using the installer to setup RAID1 (mirrored) boot disks¶

• Under Guided storage configuration, select Custom storage layout and hit the space bar

• Select Done and hit enter

• Storage configuration

• Clear all partitions from your drives (if existing partitions/RAID exist)
• You should now have 2 identically-sized drives with all free space under AVAILABLE DEVICES
  • For each of your drives under AVAILABLE DEVICES...
  • Tab to select the local disk and hit enter
  • Tab to select Use As Boot Device (or Add As Another Boot Device) and hit enter
  • Tab- to select free space under that drive and hit enter
  • Tab- to select Add GPT Partition and hit enter
    • Tab, then hit enter
    • Tab to select Leave unformatted, then hit enter
    • Tab to select Create then hit enter
  • Select Create software RAID (md) and hit enter
  • Leave Name as md0 and tab
  • Leave RAID Level as 1 (mirrored) and tab
  • Tab to the first of you drives' partitions labeled as partition 2 and hit Space to choose it
  • Tab to the second of you drives' partitions labeled as partition 2 and hit Space to choose it
  • Tab to Create and hit enter
  • Under md0 select free space and hit enter
  • Select Add GPT Partition and hit enter
  • Set the Size to 2G and hit tab
  • Tab again, leaving Format set to ext4
  • On Mount, hit enter, then select /boot, then hit enter
  • Tab to select Create then hit enter
  • Under md0 select free space again and hit enter
  • Select Add GPT Partition and hit enter
  • Leave the Size blank and hit tab
  • Hit enter on Format, select Leave unformatted, and hit enter
  • Tab to select Create then hit enter
  • Select Create volume group (LVM) and hit enter
  • Leave Name set to vg0 and hit tab
  • Under md0 select partition 2 and hit space to choose it
  • Tab to Create and hit enter
  • Under vg0 (new) select free space and hit enter
  • Select Create Logical Volume and hit enter
  • Leave the Name set to lv-0
  • Select Create and hit enter
  • Select Done and hit enter
  • On the Confirm destructive action screen, select Continue and hit enter

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