Fedora 8 (F8) Installation
This article provides a pictorial guide for performing a basic server installation of Fedora 8 (F8).- Boot from the CD or DVD. At the boot screen, press the "Enter" key.
- Skip the media test by tabbing to the "Skip" button and pressing the "Enter" key.
- Click the "Next" button on the welcome screen.
- Select the appropriate language, then click the "Next" button.
- Select the appropriate keyboard, then click the "Next" button.
- Click the "Yes" button on the warning dialog.
- Check the "Review and modify partitioning layout" option, then click the "Next" button.
- Click the "Yes" button on the warning dialog.
- The current partitioning layout is presented.
- Highlight the "/boot" mount point, then click the "Edit" button. Enter the "200" as the size of the partition, then click the "OK" button.
- Highlight the "/" mount point, then click the "Edit" button. This displays the Volume Group dialog.
- Highlight the "/" logical volume, then click the "Edit" button. Enter the appropriate size for the logical volume, then click the "OK" button.
- Highlight the swap logical volume, then click the "Edit" button. Enter the appropriate size for the logical volume, then click the "OK" button. For Oracle installations it's a good idea to use about 2Gig (2048) of swap.
- Check the volume group is configured correctly, then click the "OK" button.
- If you are happy with the partitioning layout, click the "Next" button.
- Accept the default boot loader settings by clicking the "Next" button.
- If you are using DHCP to configure your network settings, then ignore the next three screens and click the "Next" button. Otherwise, highlight the "eth0" interface and click the "Edit" button.
- Enter the appropriate IP address and subnet mask, then click the "OK" button.
- Enter the appropriate hostname, gateway and DNS information, then click the "Next" button.
- Select the appropriate timezone by clicking on the nearest city on the map, then click the "Next" button.
- Enter the root password, then click the "Next" button.
- Check the "Cutomize now" option, then click the "Next" button.
- Select the appropriate package groups, then click the "Next" button.
- Click the "Next" button on the confirmation screen.
- Wait while the installation completes.
- Click the "Reboot" button.
- Once the reboot has completed, click the "Forward" button on the welcome screen.
- Accept the license agreement by clicking the "Forward" button.
- Disable the firewall, then click the "Forward" button, accepting the warning dialog.
- Disable SELinux, then click the "Forward" button, accepting the warning dialog.
- Set the appropriate date and time values, then click the "Forward" button.
- Decide if you want to send a hardware profile to the Fedora project, then click the "Forward" button.
- Create any required users, then click the "Finish" button. Accept any warnings and the reboot warning message.
- When the system has restarted, you are presented with the login screen.
- After you've logged in, you are are presented with the default Fedora desktop.
Hope this helps. Regards Tim...
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