Installation

Overview  Download files to make media or another bootable configuration.  Prepare system for installation.  Boot the computer and run the installation process.  Reboot and perform post-installation configuration.

Download files  Full set of the software on DVD Everything Rescue operations  Live images For try out including Graphics Interface Can activate “Install to hard Disk” later  Minimal Bootable CD Install Fedora directly over Internet  Source code

Which Architecture? Processor manufacturer and model Architectur e type for Fedora Intel (except Atom 230, Atom 330, Core 2 Duo, Centrino Core2 Duo, and recent vintage Xeon); AMD (except Athlon 64, Athlon x2, Sempron 64, and Opteron); VIA C3, C7 i386 Intel Atom 230, Atom 330, Core 2 Duo, Centrino Core 2 Duo, and Xeon; AMD Athlon 64, Athlon x2, Sempron64, and Opteron; Apple MacBook, MacBook Pro, and MacBook Air x86_64 Apple Macintosh G3, G4, G5, PowerBook, and other non-Intel models ppc Table 2.1. Processor and architecture types

How to make Media  How to burn ISO image into CD/DVD What is the ISO image?  A archive file (disk image) in a format defined by ISO  Data files  File system metadata: boot code, structures, attributes Writing CDs/DVDs In Fedora  Use CD/DVD creator in Gnome  Use k3b in KDE  See Using_Mediahttps://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User_Guide- Using_Media  Make USB media

Start the installation program  Boot CD-ROM  Power off your computer  Insert the media  Change the BIOS boot priority

Installation Method  DVD/CD-ROM  Hard Drive  NFS  FTP/HTTP

Preparation  Read the release notes  Make decision of upgrade or Re-Install  Check for hardware compatibility  Check for space requirement Extend file system is needed for upgrade  System specification list Decide on disk layout for new install  LVM?  What Paritions? What size? Network settings  IP, Netmask, Gateway, DNS, etc.

Preparation  For a Hard disk Installation Copy iso from DVD to disk dd if=/dev/dvd of=/location/of/disk/space/f11.iso  For NFS installation Is nfs installed?  #rpm –qa | grep nfs Install  #yum install nfs Start the daemon  #service nfs start  #/etc/init.d/nfs start  #chkconfig –list nfs Export the files  For FTP/HTTP installation

Exercise  Burn a boot CD  Live DVD Download FC15 live DVD Burn DVD media Try out to boot the live DVD  Upgrade to FC15 Load FC14 first Download FC15 installation DVD Burn installation DVD Update to FC14 from FC15

Exercise  Dual boot  Install Windows  Download vista from MSDNAA  Burn DVD  Install Windows Install Solaris Install FC15 Configure grub to boot from all three OS

Automated installation - Kicksart  Kickstart a system administrator can create a single file containing the answers to all the questions that would normally be asked during a typical installation.  How Do You Perform a Kickstart Installation? Kickstart installations can be performed using a local CD-ROM, a local hard drive, or via NFS, FTP, or HTTP.  To use kickstart, you must: Create a kickstart file. Create a boot diskette with the kickstart file or make the kickstart file available on the network. Make the installation tree available. Start the kickstart installation.  See document

Preboot Execution Environment  PXE Boot computer using a network interface  independently of available data storage devices or installed operating systems Locate PXE boot server and network bootstrap program name Download the network bootstrap program into RAM Execute Network bootstrap program

PXE boot