How To Install Ubuntu Server 9.04

Anyone that might be nervous about having to install Ubuntu Server really shouldn’t be!  It is much easier than you might think, in fact it will probably surprise you how easy it really is.  Then there’s the speed at which it installs.  In a matter of 15 minutes you can have Ubuntu Server 9.04 up and running!  Of course, it does come down to how fast your computer/server really is.  But a plain Jane computer it takes about 15 minutes to install.

Still unsure?  Well thats what I’m here for, because I will be showing you step by step with screenshots how easy it really is to install Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope Server.

This guide can be used for both i386 and AMD64 based installs as they are pretty much identical installing the base operating system.  So lets begin!

Things you will need to do this…

• Ubuntu install CD (can be downloaded from here)
• A Intel or AMD based computer/server (obviously you’ll want to have a system that you don’t mind wiping the hard drive, because these instructions will be formatting the drive for the new installation.  You can of course partition the drive if you like, but I won’t be covering that in this guide as it is just a basic guide for installing the operating system with no special configuration.)
• 15-20 minutes
• At least 256 megabytes of RAM
• If you are new to installing Linux I would suggest you take some time to figure out how your hard drives are plugged into your motherboard.  This is important because if you accidentally pick the wrong hard drive to install Ubuntu onto, you will essentially be wiping the wrong hard drive clean!  If you are unsure, you can unplug all drives except for the one you intend to wipe and install Ubuntu to.

Once you have downloaded and burned your .ISO image that you downloaded from Ubuntu you will want to configure your target system to boot from the CD of course.  Either via the hot key or via your Bios settings, both work just the same.

Click here to start the screen cast guide.