fedora 15 server installation

8/3/2019 Fedora 15 Server Installation

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Pre-installation Steps

The disk space is checked and Partitioning is done for separate Fedora installation. The

Booting sequence is made to start initially on the DVD.

On Installation

Fedora 15 server Installation

Boot from Fedora 15 DVD, Select Install a new system or upgrade an existing system:

Since it takes a long time to test the installation media so we skip this test here:


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Since we are using a locally attached hard drive, Basic Storage Devices is selected here:


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As we want a fresh Fedora installation, click on the Yes, discard any data button next:


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host name for the server is selected:

Time zone is selected:


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Give root a password:


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Next we do the partitioning. Select Replace Existing Linux System(s). This will give

you a small /boot partition and a large / partition which is fine for our purposes:

Select Write Changes to Disk:


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The hard drive is being formatted:


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Now we select the software we want to install. Uncheck Graphical Desktop and check Web

Server instead. Then check Customize now. Afterwards, select the additional repositories Fedora

15 - x86_64 and Fedora 15 - x86_64 - Updates (if you are on an i686 system, the names are

probably Fedora 15 - i686 and Fedora 15 - i686 Updates):


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Finally, the installation is complete, and you can remove your DVD from the computer andreboot it:


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Post-installation

The following code is is run to check if the installer got your ip address right:[root@ECED ~]# ifconfig

lo Link encap:Local Loopback

inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0

inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host

UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1

RX packets:108 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

TX packets:108 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

collisions:0 txqueuelen:0

RX bytes:8300 (8.1 KiB) TX bytes:8300 (8.1 KiB)

p128p1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 78:E3:B5:8F:4A:58

inet addr:10.133.40.248 Bcast:10.133.40.255 Mask:255.255.255.0

inet6 addr: fe80::7ae3:b5ff:fe8f:4a58/64 Scope:Link

UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1

RX packets:214258 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

TX packets:137319 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0


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collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000

RX bytes:277507129 (264.6 MiB) TX bytes:11639411 (11.1 MiB)

Interrupt:42

[root@ECED ~]#

Check your /etc/resolv.conf if it lists all nameservers that you've previously configured:

[root@ECED ~]# cat /etc/resolv.conf

# Generated by NetworkManager

domain bdu.edu.et

search bdu.edu.et ECED2000

nameserver 10.133.5.15



# NOTE: the libc resolver may not support more than 3 nameservers.

# The nameservers listed below may not be recognized.nameserver 10.132.5.16

[root@ECED ~]#

For the client installation

The same procedure is followed for the client installation except Graphical desktop is selectedinstead of webserver


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