* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GUID_Partition_Table GUID-partitioned] hard drives (such as those previously used in a Mac or have GPT partition tables) are not supported in this tutorial.
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_nano nano] is used as the command-line text editor (refer to [httphttps://www.howtogeeklinuxize.com/howtopost/42980/thehow-beginnersto-guide-touse-nano-the-linux-command-line-text-editor/ beginners guide to nano] as needed).
=Prerequisites=