Installing Linux

Fedora 9

Operating system and Linux

background of fedora

Configuring Fedora

Installing Fedora

Agenda

Operating system and Linux

What is Operating system?

As per wiki, the definition of Operating system is "a software that manages

computer hardware and software resources and provides common

services for computer programs. The operating system is an essential

component of the system software in a computer system. Application programs usually require an operating system to

function."

What is Linux?

As per wiki, the definition of Linux is "a Unix-like and mostly POSIX-compliant computer operating

system assembled under the model of free and open source software

development and distribution. The defining component of Linux is the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on 5 October

1991 by Linus Torvalds."

Background of Fedora

About Fedora

Fedora is a Linux-based operating system that is free and open source software. Fedora is always free for anyone to use, modify, and distribute.

Fedora is a RPM based linux distribution that is partly sponsored by RedHat and is released every 6-8 months or so.

Major Commercial vendors in Linux are RedHat, Ubuntu, Fedora, SUSE etc.

As per wiki, the definition of Fedora is "an operating system based on the

Linux kernel, developed by the community-supported Fedora Project

and owned by Red Hat. Fedora contains software distributed under a free and

open source license and aims to be on the leading edge of such technologies."

Step 1: Install from CD

If you use the Fedora 9 Live CD note that the steps are different. So, download a Fedora 9 DVD from fedoraproject.org.

Insert your DVD in to the DVD tray and restart your computer making sure from the BIOS that your CDROM is the first booting device.

Step 2: Install options

Select the first option "Install or upgrade an existing system".

Step 3: Validation the media

It is good to check the installation media before installing Fedora to make sure that the DVD was burned successfully. This should take a few minutes to complete. Of course it isn't obligatory.

Configuring Fedora

Step 4: Anaconda

Here is our first Fedora 9 screen, Anaconda (the Fedora installer) will load and you'll see the welcome screen.

Click 'Next'

Step 5: Select Language

Next select the language you like to use during installation process.

Step 6: Keyboard layout

Next select the appropriate keyboard for your system.

Step 7: Warning message

A warning message about the hard drive partitions may appear. If so, click the 'Yes' button.

Step 8: Network Settings

It's time to setup your network. If you have a DHCP network (dynamic IP address) you can click Next, but if you have a static IP address (ask your provider if you're not sure) click the 'Edit' button and follow the instructions below.

If you have an IPv4 address, make sure it's enabled. If you have an IPv6 address, make sure it's enabled too (if you don't have an IPv6 address, uncheck the 'Enable IPv6 support' option).

Check the "Manual configuration" option and enter your IP address and the Netmask (ask your provider if you don't know them).

Do the same for the IPv6 address (if you have one). Click OK once you've finished. Select the 'manually' option. Optional, you can setup the system's hostname (e.g. john.fedora.linux). Enter your Gateway and Primary/Secondary DNS servers (ask your provider if you don't know

them).

Step 8: Network Settings

Step 9: Select City

Here select a city close to yours and in the same time zone to configure your system clock. If you have also installed Windows installed on your computer and you will make a dual boot system make sure that the "System clock uses UTC" box isn't selected.

Step 10: root password

Type twice your root password. Root is the administrator of the system. So, it is good this to be a strong password. Not just 123456.

Step 11: Partitioning

Here comes the partitioning part! If you have an empty hard drive, all you have to do is click 'Next' (make sure the "Remove all partitions on selected drives and create default layout" option is selected). If you don't have an empty hard drive and you still want to install Fedora 9 on your machine, then make sure you select the "Use free space on the selected drives and create default layout" option (10 GB minimum of free space is required). Click 'Next‘.

The most common case in installation is that you already have Windows installed and you want to try Fedora 9 as well.

Select option “Remove linux partitions on selected drives and create default layout”. By default, the installation process erases any existing Linux partitions on the selected drives, and

replaces them with the default set of partitions for Fedora.

Step 11: Partitioning

Next select the language you like to use during installation process.

Step 12: swap, root, data, primary partitions

A Fedora system has at least three partitions: A /boot partition A / partition A swap partition Boot partition is a disk partition that contain the boot sector. Remaining files and folder comes under root directory. In windows virtual memory is there to expand the memory pool but linux uses swap partitions to

expand this pool, by automatically moving portions of memory between RAM and swap partitions if insufficient RAM is available.

•Please note that the partition numbers are counted from zero, not from one. So (hd0, 1) means the second partition of the first hard disk drive. Similarly, (hd0, 4) specifies the first extended partition of the first hard disk drive. •Note that the partition numbers for extended partitions are counted from `4', regardless of the actual number of primary partitions on your hard disk.

Step 13: LVM, RAID

Here is the default layout. Fedora uses LVM Volume Groups but this isn't something that you should think of.

As per wiki, the definition of LVM is "a logical volume manager for the Linux kernel that manages disk drives and similar mass-storage devices."Note, LVM is only available in the graphical installation program.

As per wiki, "RAID , originally redundant array of inexpensive disks; now commonly redundant array of independent disks, is a data storage virtualization technology that combines multiple disk drive components into a logical unit for the purposes of data redundancy or performance improvement."

Step 14: MBR

Select to install boot loader, grub, on /dev/sda. This is the MBR of the first hard disk of your computer. If you have also Windows installed they will appear in the boot loader operating system list and you can choose the default. Of course you can change this at any time

Step 15: Select packages

The basic installation of Fedora 9 includes software for general and internet usage. You can also select now packages for Software Development or Web Servers. If you don't know what those are leave them unselected. You can also choose what packages will be installed by clicking on "Customize now". If you want to install KDE as well or just KDE choose Customize now.

Step 15: Select packages

Here are all the packages contained in Fedora 9 DVD to select those you want.

Installing Fedora

Step 16: Installation begin

When you are ready click the Next button and the installation will begin.This should take a few minutes depending on your computer.

Step 17: Reboot

When the installation completes remove the DVD from the tray and click the Reboot button.

Step 18: Restart

Remove the DVD from your optical drive and your brand new Fedora 9 Linux operating system will start for the first time.

Step 19: Welcome screen

This is the Welcome screen of Fedora 11. You will see it only the first time you boot in Fedora.

Step 20: License Information

The License Information of Fedora.

Step 21: Create User

Now create a new user. This will be the default user that you will use to log into Linux

Step 22: Date and Time

Make sure the time and date are correct.

Step 23: Feedback to Fedora

You can also send your hardware profile to The Fedora Project to provide feedback.

Step 24: Log-In

This is Fedora Log in screen.

Step 25: GNOME

And this is Fedora 9 default Desktop Environment, Gnome.

Installation Completed

Thank You

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