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Installation

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

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Installation

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  1. Installation

  2. 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.

  3. 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

  4. Which Architecture? Table 2.1. Processor and architecture types

  5. 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 https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User_Guide-Using_Media • Make USB media

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

  7. Installation Method • DVD/CD-ROM • Hard Drive • NFS • FTP/HTTP

  8. 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.

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. 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 • http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Anaconda/Kickstart

  13. 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

  14. PXE boot

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