How to Install Windows Server 2008 Step by Step

Installing Windows Server 2008 is pretty straightforward and is very much like installing Windows Vista, but I thought I'd list the necessary steps here for additional information. For those of you who have never installed Vista before, the entire installation process is different than it used to be in previous Microsoft operating systems, and notably much easier to perform.

Using Vista's installation routine is a major benefit, especially for a server OS. Administrators can partition the system's hard drives during setup. More importantly, they can install the necessary AHCI or RAID storage drivers from a CD/DVD or even a USB thumb drive. Thus, error-prone floppies can finally be sent to the garbage bin.

Note: Windows Server 2008 can also be installed as a Server Core installation, which is a cut-down version of Windows without the Windows Explorer GUI. Because you don’t have the Windows Explorer to provide the GUI interface that you are used to, you configure everything through the command line interface or remotely using a Microsoft Management Console (MMC). The Server Core can be used for dedicated machines with basic roles such as Domain controller/Active Directory Domain Services, DNS Server, DHCP Server, file server, print server, Windows Media Server, IIS 7 web server and Windows Server Virtualization virtual server.

To use Windows Server 2008 you need to meet the following hardware requirements:

Component	Requirement
Processor	• Minimum: 1GHz (x86 processor) or 1.4GHz (x64 processor) • Recommended: 2GHz or faster Note: An Intel Itanium 2 processor is required for Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems
Memory	• Minimum: 512MB RAM • Recommended: 2GB RAM or greater • Maximum (32-bit systems): 4GB (Standard) or 64GB (Enterprise and Datacenter) • Maximum (64-bit systems): 32GB (Standard) or 2TB (Enterprise, Datacenter and Itanium-based Systems)
Available Disk Space	• Minimum: 10GB • Recommended: 40GB or greater Note: Computers with more than 16GB of RAM will require more disk space for paging, hibernation, and dump files
Drive	DVD-ROM drive
Display and Peripherals	• Super VGA (800 x 600) or higher-resolution monitor • Keyboard • Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device

Upgrade notes:

I will not discuss the upgrade process in this article, but for your general knowledge, the upgrade paths available for Windows Server 2008 shown in the table below:

If you are currently running:	You can upgrade to:
Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition (R2, Service Pack 1 or Service Pack 2)	Full Installation of Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition Full Installation of Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition
Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition (R2, Service Pack 1 or Service Pack 2)	Full Installation of Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition
Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition (R2, Service Pack 1 or Service Pack 2)	Full Installation of Windows Server 2008 Datacenter Edition

Follow this procedure to install Windows Server 2008:

1. Insert the appropriate Windows Server 2008 installation media into your DVD drive. If you don't have an installation DVD for Windows Server 2008, you can download one for free from Microsoft's Windows 2008 Server Trial website.

2. Reboot the computer.

3. When prompted for an installation language and other regional options, make your selection and press Next.

4. Next, press Install Now to begin the installation process.

5. Product activation is now also identical with that found in Windows Vista. Enter your Product ID in the next window, and if you want to automatically activate Windows the moment the installation finishes, click Next.

If you do not have the Product ID available right now, you can leave the box empty, and click Next. You will need to provide the Product ID later, after the server installation is over. Press No.

6. Because you did not provide the correct ID, the installation process cannot determine what kind of Windows Server 2008 license you own, and therefore you will be prompted to select your correct version in the next screen, assuming you are telling the truth and will provide the correct ID to prove your selection later on.

7. If you did provide the right Product ID, select the Full version of the right Windows version you're prompted, and click Next.

8. Read and accept the license terms by clicking to select the checkbox and pressing Next.

9. In the "Which type of installation do you want?" window, click the only available option – Custom (Advanced).

10. In the "Where do you want to install Windows?", if you're installing the server on a regular IDE hard disk, click to select the first disk, usually Disk 0, and click Next.

If you're installing on a hard disk that's connected to a SCSI controller, click Load Driver and insert the media provided by the controller's manufacturer.

If you're installing in a Virtual Machine environment, make sure you read the "Installing the Virtual SCSI Controller Driver for Virtual Server 2005 on Windows Server 2008"

If you must, you can also click Drive Options and manually create a partition on the destination hard disk.

11. The installation now begins, and you can go and have lunch. Copying the setup files from the DVD to the hard drive only takes about one minute. However, extracting and uncompressing the files takes a good deal longer. After 20 minutes, the operating system is installed. The exact time it takes to install server core depends upon your hardware specifications. Faster disks will perform much faster installs… Windows Server 2008 takes up approximately 10 GB of hard drive space.

The installation process will reboot your computer, so, if in step #10 you inserted a floppy disk (either real or virtual), make sure you remove it before going to lunch, as you'll find the server hanged without the ability to boot (you can bypass this by configuring the server to boot from a CD/DVD and then from the hard disk in the booting order on the server's BIOS)

12. Then the server reboots you'll be prompted with the new Windows Server 2008 type of login screen. Press CTRL+ALT+DEL to log in.

13. Click on Other User.

14. The default Administrator is blank, so just type Administrator and press Enter.

15. You will be prompted to change the user's password. You have no choice but to press Ok.

16. In the password changing dialog box, leave the default password blank (duh, read step #15…), and enter a new, complex, at-least-7-characters-long new password twice. A password like "topsecret" is not valid (it's not complex), but one like "T0pSecreT!" sure is. Make sure you remember it.

17. Someone thought it would be cool to nag you once more, so now you'll be prompted to accept the fact that the password had been changed. Press Ok.

18. Finally, the desktop appears and that's it, you're logged on and can begin working. You will be greeted by an assistant for the initial server configuration, and after performing some initial configuration tasks, you will be able to start working.

Next, for the initial configuration tasks please follow my other Windows Server 2008 articles found on the Related Windows Server 2008 Articles section below.

For Official Microsoft information on Windows Server 2008, see the Windows Server 2008 homepage.

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How to install Ubuntu Server 9.04 Linux Operating System

Ubuntu Server 9.04 Installation Guide
So before we start the installation make sure that you have your Harddrive formatted and Ready or a blank Virtual Machine Ready.

Now go and download the Ubuntu Server 9.04 Edition from

http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download-server

It is compatible with both AMD and INTEL, the only option you need to look as is whether you want to run a 32 bit or 64 bit version, most likely it will be 32bit and I will be going through the steps for the 32 bit version.

So apart from downloading ubuntu you can get it sent to you for FREE or buy the DVD, it can take up to 4 weeks for the FREE version to reach you.

Starting the Installation
New Machine

So for a setup on a new machine simply burn the .ISO image to a CD or DVD and insert it into your DVD drive.

Now when your computer starts up you'll want to press F8, F10, or F11 depending on your motherboard do enter the boot options. Alternatively you can enter your BIOS using DEL or F1 and configure boot options to use the CD-ROM drive as your First Boot Priority.

Virtual Machine

Installing on a Virtual Machine is a lot simpler , just install DAEMON tools or an image mounting software and mount the image on a virtual drive, and start up your blank virtual machine.

Select your Desired Language for your Operating System

Here you can Test your Memory , check the disc for defects or continue with the Installation 
"Install Ubuntu Server"

Once again Select your Desired Language

Select your country

Ubuntu Installer Main Meny - Detect Keyboard Layout

Now its time to detect your keyboard layout , you can choose no if you know exactly what type of keyboard you have (as in layout of keys to specific country requirements) . Its easier to go through the keyboard layout test and hit yes or no if the letter appears on your keyboard

It will then go through the process of configuring basic network settings, and peripheral 
devices

Configure the Network - Hostname


Now its time to choose a hostname , you can make up anything you want its recommended to keep it nice and short so its easier to access through a command line only interface. Here I just chose the default name ubuntu

Setting up CLOCK

Now it will go through the process of contacting the world clock server, and may ask you
to select your time Zone from a list

Select from a Worldwide list , if that makes it easier

The Disk partitioner will then scan through your Disk drives

Logical Volume Management

So now we are up to partitioning options, We can select to use the guided method or setup things manually, here I will just choose Guided

You can also choose to use LVM , which stands for logical volume management. LVM role is to basically allow the server administrator to have full control over there partitions and create logical volume's from physical drives.

This is very useful for a server that may require modification of partitions, its very common to find you have made a partition too small and need to expand it and this is possible with basic partitioning programs like gparted but usually require your server be restarted LVM allows you to resize your paritions and keep your server up.

Here I will use entire disk with LVM, if your not so worried about running out of room on your partitions then use entire disk would be an acceptable option.

Here I select my disk I wish to install ubuntu onto.

Apply changes to your Partition to Continue,
REMEMBER writing the changes will erase anything else currently on that partition

Select partition size

Once partitioning has been setup it will start to install main components of the ubuntu operating system

Username and Passwords

Now choose your full name for the user, its simply your name not your actual login one just your full name or anything you want to use instead

Now enter your username, this will be the username you log into the server with

Enter your password for your username to login with

You can choose to encrypt your home directory for security reasons but generally it is not necessary

Configuring APT

Now Ubuntu goes through the process of configuring APT (advanced packaging tool) this tool allows you to download and install updates for your server. example get openssh apt-get -y install openssh

Freezes? - Some users may notice some freezing or sometimes the installation appears to stop completely this is usually due to the Ubuntu server being busy and your computer unable to contact it, if this occurs it may be necessary to try again later or just leave it for a while.

Here you can choose whether or not to allow automatic updates, its recommended to get security updates automatically otherwise choose no automatic updates and manually update security features as patches come out

Almost Finished

here you can choose software needed for your
server, you can always skip this an install
components needed later on using APT

Now once you've selected the software you want for your server, ubuntu will finishing installing all the needed software.

Starting Ubuntu Server 9.04

So once you've completed the installation select CONTINUE and your system will reboot , remember to remove the CD or unmount the image at this point.

Now once it loads up simply log in with your username and password. :) that's it for the basic installation instructions. let me know if you have any questions

login and off you go

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