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Installing Ubuntu Server
At this point, we should be ready to get an installation of Ubuntu Server going. In 
the steps that follow, I'll walk you through the process.
Installing media
To get started, all you should need to do is insert the installation media into your 
server or device and follow the onscreen instructions to open the boot menu. The 
key you press at the beginning of the POST process differs from one machine to 
another, but it's quite often 
F10
, 
F11
, or 
F12
. Refer to your documentation if you 
are unsure, though most computers and servers tell you which key to press at the 
beginning. You may miss this window of opportunity the first few times, and that's 
fine—to this day I still seem to need to restart the machine once or twice to hit the 
key in time.
When you first boot from the Ubuntu Server install media, you'll see an icon near 
the bottom that looks like the following (it will go away after a few seconds):
Figure 1.6: This icon indicates other options are available
This icon is your indication that you can press 
Enter
 here to select additional options, 
such as your language. If you don't press 
Enter
 within a few seconds, the installer 
will proceed automatically with the default options (such as setting the language 
to English). If you do press 
Enter
, you'll see a screen something like the following 
screenshot:

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