Advice, installing Stretch Minimal Server
 

Apologies in advance if any of this is blatantly obvious - still very much a Linux beginner.

I want to install a very basic Debian (Stretch) install, with the intent of then installing OMV on top.

OMV4 (based upon Stretch) is available as an .iso but for some reason it just will not work with my server.

A couple of initial queries:

1. How do I install Debian, so that the SSD is partitioned as GPT, rather than MBR?

2. When I get asked to enter my Domain Name, what should I put, if anything?

3. Why do I get asked to add a root password, but then have to add another user with another password?

4. When it comes to the software selection screen, I untick everything except for SSH.

If I then try to log on to the server (with PUTTY), I log on as Root but when I type in the password, I am told that access is denied - why is this?

Thanks in advance.

The best shot is to try what is listed here as second answer.
https://askubuntu.com/questions/5864...server-install
If you are able to boot in UEFI mode, the first answer applies to you. I know this is Ubuntu, but Debian can boot in UEFI as well.

If your computer is directly connected to the internet and has an official name & domain and external IP adress, enter it. If not, anything will do as long as it is domain.ext (e.g. mandino.local)

Because this is Debian and Debian acts as normal Linux. Root password is for root. Then you have to enter your name and password to be able to log in as non-root user.

SSH root access is disabled by default. You log in using the user name created in the previous question and do su root and enter the root password. You might want to install sudo. You can enable root login, but it is discouraged.

jlinkels

Thank you so much for that.

The link you posted worked and I now have GPT on my SSD.

Thanks also for clarifying the root issue - it seems I misunderstand the basics of how Linux works.