Fedora Core Installation Guide

Switch on the computer.

Insert the first disc into the CD or DVD drive.

A boot screen appears, with a boot: prompt at the bottom.

If you hit Enter, the installation runs in default mode. In the default mode, the installation runs from CD or DVD discs, and uses a graphical interface if possible. To change the installation mode, at the boot: prompt, type linux followed by one or more of the following options:
  • To install from a hard drive or network server, add the directive askmethod.
  • To use a text interface, add the directive text.
  • To retry installation because the installation aborted at an early stage, add the directive acpi=off.

When you issue a command at the boot: prompt, the first stage of the installation program starts. After it loads, the following screen appears:

Select OK to test the disc, or select Skip to proceed with the installation without testing the disc.

After you test the first disc, another screen appears and shows the result:

Select OK. The following screen appears:

Select Test to test the next disc in the set, or Continue to proceed with the installation.

After you test your discs and select Continue, or if you choose to skip testing, the main graphical installation program loads.

Highlight the correct language on the list and select Next.

Highlight the correct layout on the list, and select Next.

Personal Desktop
This is the default installation type. It provides a graphical working environment with an office suite, Internet applications and multimedia software.
Workstation
This installation type includes the software installed on a Personal Desktop, and adds software for development and systems administration. Choose this installation type if you plan to compile software from source code.
Server
This installation type provides network servers such as the Apache Web server and the Samba suite of services, and administration tools. This installation type provides no graphical environment by default.
Custom
This installation type does not provide any disk partitioning layout for you. It also does not include any additional software beyond a Personal Desktop. If you perform a Custom installation, the installation program will present dialogs for these selections during the installation process.

Click Next once you have made a selection.

Choose Automatic partitioning at the partitioning menu to use a preset partitioning layout. Disk Druid then displays additional options:

Remove all Linux partitions on this system
Removes all ext2, ext3, and Linux swap partitions from all hard disks
Remove all partitions on this system
Removes all partitions from all hard disks
Keep all partitions and use only existing free space
Uses only the unpartitioned space on the hard disk(s) to install Fedora Core

Select the desired option.