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This chapter deals with the preparation for installing Ubuntu before you even boot the installer. This includes backing up your data, gathering information about your hardware, and locating any necessary information.
3.1. Overview of the Installation Process
3.1. Overview of the Installation Process3.2. Back Up Your Existing Data!3.3. Point release and HWE kernel3.4. Information You Will Need3.4.1. Documentation3.4.1.1. Installation Manual3.4.1.2. Hardware documentation3.4.2. Finding Sources of Hardware Information3.4.3. Hardware Compatibility3.4.3.1. Testing hardware compatibility with a LiveSystem3.4.4. Network Settings3.5. Meeting Minimum Hardware Requirements3.6. PrePartitioning for MultiBoot Systems3.7. PreInstallation Hardware and Operating System Setup3.7.1. Systems with UBoot firmware3.7.1.1. Setting the ethernet MAC address in UBoot3.7.1.2. Kernel/Initrd/DeviceTree relocation issues in UBoot3.7.2. Systems with UEFI firmware