* [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 [https://linuxize.com/post/how-to-use-nano-text-editor/ beginners guide how to install/use the nanoeditor] as needed).
=Prerequisites=