INTRODUCTION ............... 1
STEP BY STEP FEDORA INSTALLATION GUIDE .......... 2
1. BACKGROUND ............ 3
2. BEFORE YOU BEGIN .... 3
2.1. Networking ..... 3
2.2. Installing Fedora Core as a Server . 4
2.3. Installing from a Network Server .... 4
2.4. Installing Fedora Core on a Managed Network ............. 4
CHAPTER 1. BEGINNING THE INSTALLATION ....... 4
1.1. BOOTING FROM A DISC ............ 5
1.2. USING OTHER REMOVABLE MEDIA ........... 7
1.2.1. Preparing the Boot Media........... 7
1.2.2. Booting from the Media ............... 8
1.3. BOOTING FROM THE NETWORK USING PXE 8
CHAPTER 2. OTHER INSTALLATION METHODS .... 9
2.1. INSTALLATION FROM A NETWORK SERVER 10
2.1.1. TCP/IP Configuration ............... 10
2.1.2. Network Service Setup ............... 10
2.2. INSTALLATION FROM A HARD DRIVE ........ 12
CHAPTER 3. IDENTIFYING YOUR LOCALE ......... 13
3.1. LANGUAGE SELECTION........... 13
3.2. KEYBOARD CONFIGURATION ... 13
CHAPTER 4. UPGRADING AN EXISTING SYSTEM 14
4.1. UPGRADE EXAMINE ............... 14
4.2. UPGRADING BOOT LOADER CONFIGURATION ............. 15
CHAPTER 5. INSTALLATION TYPES .. 16
5.1. CHOOSING AN INSTALLATION TYPE .......... 16
5.2. SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS...... 17
CHAPTER 6. DISK PARTITIONING .... 18
6.1. CHOOSING A PARTITIONING METHOD ....... 18
6.1.1. Setting up Partitions Automatically ........... 18
6.1.2. Setting Up Partitions Manually . 19
6.2. GENERAL INFORMATION ON PARTITIONS ... 19
6.2.1. Partition Types .......... 20
6.2.2. Understanding Logical Volume Management (LVM)20
6.3. DISK DRUID ......... 20
CHAPTER 7. BOOT LOADER........... 23
7.1. KEEPING YOUR EXISTING BOOT LOADER SETTINGS ... 24
7.2. BOOTING ADDITIONAL OPERATING SYSTEMS ........... 25
7.3. SETTING A BOOT LOADER PASSWORD.... 25
7.4. ADVANCED BOOT LOADER OPTIONS ...... 26
CHAPTER 8. NETWORK CONFIGURATION .......... 27
8.1. NETWORK DEVICES ............... 28
8.2. COMPUTER HOSTNAME........... 28
8.3. MISCELLANEOUS SETTINGS ..... 28
CHAPTER 9. SECURITY CONFIGURATION .......... 29
9.1. FIREWALL............ 29
9.2. SECURITY-ENHANCED LINUX (SELINUX) . 30
CHAPTER 10. TIME ZONE SELECTION ............. 30
10.1. SELECTING A TIME ZONE ..... 30
10.2. COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME (UTC) 31
CHAPTER 11. SET THE ROOT PASSWORD ......... 31
CHAPTER 12. PACKAGE SELECTION 32
12.1. PACKAGE INSTALLATION DEFAULTS ....... 33
12.2. PACKAGE GROUP SELECTION 33
12.3. ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE SUPPORT ......... 35
12.4. EVERYTHING OR MINIMAL INSTALLATIONS .............. 35
CHAPTER 13. ABOUT TO INSTALL ............. 35
CHAPTER 14. INSTALLING PACKAGES ........ 36
CHAPTER 15. FIRST BOOT ...... 37
15.1. LICENSE AGREEMENT.... 38
15.2. DATE AND TIME.......... 38
15.3. DISPLAY .... 39
15.4. SYSTEM USER .............. 41
15.5. SOUND CARD .............. 41
15.6. ADDITIONAL CDS ........ 42
CHAPTER 16. YOUR NEXT STEPS ............. 43
16.1. DOCUMENTATION ON THE WEB ....... 44
16.2. COMMUNITY SUPPORT ... 44
GNU FREE DOCUMENTATION LICENSE ..... 45

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