{"id":3121,"date":"2013-03-09T20:51:01","date_gmt":"2013-03-10T01:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.databook.bz\/?page_id=3121"},"modified":"2013-10-19T12:43:03","modified_gmt":"2013-10-19T16:43:03","slug":"installing-fedora-linux-15-through-17","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.linux-databook.info\/?page_id=3121","title":{"rendered":"Installing Fedora Linux 15 Through 17"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><!--\nTH P { margin-bottom: 0in; direction: ltr; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); widows: 2; orphans: 2; }TH P.western { font-family: \"Liberation Serif\",serif; font-size: 12pt; }TH P.cjk { font-family: \"Times New Roman\",serif; font-size: 10pt; }TH P.ctl { font-family: \"Times New Roman\",serif; font-size: 10pt; }TD P { margin-bottom: 0in; direction: ltr; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); widows: 2; orphans: 2; }TD P.western { font-family: \"Liberation Serif\",serif; font-size: 12pt; }TD P.cjk { font-family: \"Times New Roman\",serif; font-size: 10pt; }TD P.ctl { font-family: \"Times New Roman\",serif; font-size: 10pt; }P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; direction: ltr; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); widows: 2; orphans: 2; }P.western { font-family: \"Liberation Serif\",serif; font-size: 12pt; }P.cjk { font-family: \"Times New Roman\",serif; font-size: 10pt; }P.ctl { font-family: \"Times New Roman\",serif; font-size: 10pt; }A:link {  }\n--><\/style>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">This document takes you through the process of preparing for and installing Fedora Linux on your computer. This document is good for Fedora 15 through Fedora 17. The installation for Fedora 18 and higher has completely changed and will be covered in <a title=\"Installing Fedora Linux 15 through 17\" href=\"http:\/\/www.linux-databook.info\/?page_id=3332\" target=\"_blank\">Installing Fedora Linux 18 and Above<\/a>.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">A minimal system does not have any type of graphical interface and is an excellent platform for use as a firewall, router, or any type of server such as a web, FTP or email server. It can be used as all of these at the same time. This document will install a basic system with the KDE Desktop. Any additional functionality required later can be added as it is needed using the YUM package manager.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">The partitioning for this system will include a single standard EXT4 partition for \/boot which cannot be part of a Logical Volume. The rest of the hard drive will be used as a Physical Volume (PV) on which Logical Volumes will be created for the rest of the filesystems. Not all of the PV will be used so that free space can be used later.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium; font-family: times new roman,times;\"><strong><em>Note: This document depicts a sample installation and is intended for learning purposes only and is not intended for production use.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>You may use this document to develop your own installation procedures that meet the needs of your environment.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Insert the Fedora Linux installation DVD provided by the instructor into the DVD drive of your computer.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Reboot or turn on the computer.You will use the graphical installation because it allows more control over disk partitioning. At the installation Welcome screen, choose \u201c<b>Install a new system or upgrade an existing system<\/b>\u201d and press the <b>Enter<\/b> key.<\/span>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_3124\" style=\"width: 586px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linux-databook.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Fedora15Installation001.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3124\" class=\" wp-image-3124  \" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin: 1px;\" alt=\"Illustration 1: The Fedora 15 Installation DVD Welcome menu.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.linux-databook.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Fedora15Installation001.png\" width=\"576\" height=\"432\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3124\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Illustration 1: The Fedora 15 Installation DVD Welcome menu.<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Use the <b>Tab<\/b> or the <b>Right Arrow<\/b> key to move the highlight to the <b>Skip<\/b> button and press <b>Enter<\/b> to go directly to the installation and skip over the media check. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">At the initial Fedora graphical splash screen press <b>Enter<\/b> or use the mouse to click on the <b>Next<\/b> button.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">English should be the default language on the language selection screen. If not, select English and click <b>Next<\/b>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">The U.S. English Keyboard should be the default. If not, select it and click <b>Next<\/b>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Leave <b>Basic Storage Devices<\/b> checked and click <b>Next<\/b>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">We will not be upgrading any possible existing installation. Choose <b>Fresh Installation<\/b> and click <b>Next<\/b>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Type the hostname of your computer. <b>Do NOT press Enter or click Next!<\/b><\/span>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_3131\" style=\"width: 567px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linux-databook.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Fedora15Installation008.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3131\" class=\"wp-image-3131    \" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin: 1px;\" alt=\"Illustration 2: Click the checkbox for System eth0 or pXpX to connect automatically during startup. The actual device name will be different on your system.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.linux-databook.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Fedora15Installation008.png\" width=\"557\" height=\"416\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3131\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Illustration 2: Click the checkbox for System eth0 or pXpX to connect automatically during startup. The actual device name will be different on your system.<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">There is also a button on this page, <b>Configure Network<\/b>. Click on this button to see the options available. Click on the <b>em1 <\/b>entry and then the <b>Edit<\/b> button. The device in Illustration 2 is for a pluggable NIC in motherboard slot 2 and a single port\u00a0 &#8211; p2p1. Yours may be \u201cEthernet Motherboard 1\u201d, i.e.,\u00a0 EM1, or some other name depending upon your host. Place a check in the <b>Connect automatically<\/b> checkbox. This is supposed to start the network during startup. With a server or desktop installation, if you do not check this box the network will not start until a user logs in to the GUI. Although that could be corrected manually after the installation, now is the best opportunity to make this change.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Click on the <b>IPV4 Settings<\/b> tab. Notice that although the default is for DHCP to provide configuration data for the NICs, you can also specify a static IP address and manually enter DNS and gateway server entries. Do not change anything here as we will use DHCP for this document.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">When you have finished exploring, click <b>Apply<\/b> on the <b>Editing System eth0<\/b> window<b> <\/b>and then <b>Close<\/b> on the <b>Network Connections<\/b> window. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Click <b>Next<\/b> on the Hostname page.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Select the correct Time Zone for your Location. The default is Eastern\/New York. Also remove the check from the <b>System clock uses UTC<\/b> checkbox. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Enter the root password (use \u201clockout\u201d for example, with no quotes) in both spaces and click <b>Next<\/b>. You will receive a message window indicating that this is a weak password. For this class it is fine and the instructor requires that you use it, so click on <b>Use Anyway<\/b>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">There are several options on the next screen which asks which type of installation you would like. Choose the <b>Create custom layout<\/b> option and click <b>Next<\/b>.<\/span>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_3135\" style=\"width: 563px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linux-databook.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Fedora15Installation012.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3135\" class=\"wp-image-3135  \" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin: 1px;\" alt=\"Illustration 3: This disk is empty and ready for partitions to be created.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.linux-databook.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Fedora15Installation012.png\" width=\"553\" height=\"415\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3135\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Illustration 3: This disk is empty and ready for partitions to be created.<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">If there were partitions on the disk they will be shown on the disk Device screen. If there are any existing partitions, remove all of them. If it was Linux partitions, start with the Logical Volumes, then the Volume Group and the Physical Volume, and end with the \/boot and other EXT partitions. Your disk should be empty of partitions and look like Illustration 3. If you need help deleting existing partitions be sure to ask the instructor.<\/span>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_3136\" style=\"width: 563px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linux-databook.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Fedora15Installation013.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3136\" class=\" wp-image-3136   \" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin: 1px;\" alt=\"Illustration 4: Create a Standard Partition for \/boot.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.linux-databook.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Fedora15Installation013.png\" width=\"553\" height=\"415\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3136\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Illustration 4: Create a Standard Partition for \/boot.<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">You first need a \/boot partition so click on the <b>Create<\/b> button. Be sure to select <b>Standard Partition<\/b> as shown in Illustration 4, and click <b>Create<\/b>. The Add Partition window is displayed. Only the \/boot partition needs to be a Standard partition.<\/span>\n<div id=\"attachment_3137\" style=\"width: 563px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linux-databook.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Fedora15Installation014.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3137\" class=\"wp-image-3137  \" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin: 1px;\" alt=\"Illustration 5: The \/boot partition should be a 500MB EXT4 partition.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.linux-databook.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Fedora15Installation014.png\" width=\"553\" height=\"415\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3137\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Illustration 5: The \/boot partition should be a 500MB EXT4 partition.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><br clear=\"LEFT\" \/><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">In the <b>Add Partition<\/b> window select \/boot from the Mount Point drop-down. Leave the File System type as EXT4 and the size at the default of 500MB. 500MB is the default size for all partitions in this menu, but it is not the best choice for most partitions. Click on <b>OK<\/b> to create the \/boot partition.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3139\" style=\"width: 563px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linux-databook.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Fedora15Installation016.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3139\" class=\" wp-image-3139  \" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin: 1px;\" alt=\"Illustration 6: Create an LVM partition for the rest of the disk space.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.linux-databook.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Fedora15Installation016.png\" width=\"553\" height=\"415\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3139\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Illustration 6: Create an LVM partition for the rest of the disk space.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Now you need to create a Physical Volume (PV) out of a portion of the remaining disk space to use for the rest of the Logical Volumes. Click on <b>Create<\/b>, choose <b>LVM Physical <\/b>Volume. Type 20000 (20,000MB or 20GB) in the <b>Size<\/b> field and click <b>OK<\/b>. At least some of the remaining space on the disk will be used later. It does not normally make sense to create multiple PVs on a single physical hard drive, but this enables us to pretend that there are multiple physical hard drives for later lab projects. We will also leave some unused space on the PV for later use. After creating the new Physical Volume, your disk partitioning should look like Illustration 7.<\/span>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_3141\" style=\"width: 483px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linux-databook.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Fedora15Installation018.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3141\" class=\"wp-image-3141 \" style=\"margin: 5px; border: 1px solid black;\" alt=\"Illustration 7: The completed Physical Volume should look like this.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.linux-databook.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Fedora15Installation018.png\" width=\"473\" height=\"355\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3141\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Illustration 7: The completed Physical Volume should look like this.<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">The next step is to create a Volume Group (VG). Click the <b>Create<\/b> button and select LVM Volume Group and click <b>Create<\/b>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">At this point you have the <b>Make LVM Volume Group<\/b> and <b>Make Logical Volume<\/b> windows displayed. You can create all of the needed Logical Volumes within this window. Select <b>\/<\/b> (root) for the <b>Mount Point<\/b>. Leave the <b>File System Type<\/b> at EXT4. Type <b>root<\/b> for the <b>Logical Volume Name<\/b> and 2000 (2GB) for the <b>Size<\/b>. Click the <b>OK<\/b> button when you are finished entering the data.<\/span>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_3143\" style=\"width: 563px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linux-databook.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Fedora15Installation020.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3143\" class=\" wp-image-3143  \" style=\"margin: 1px; border: 1px solid black;\" alt=\"Illustration 8: Creating the Logical Volume for the \/ (root) partition.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.linux-databook.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Fedora15Installation020.png\" width=\"553\" height=\"415\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3143\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Illustration 8: Creating the Logical Volume for the \/ (root) partition.<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Now create the rest of the required Logical Volumes using sizes in the sample table below. This table shows all of the partitions and Logical Volumes you should have when you are completed including the \/boot partition which was previously created, as well as the Physical Volume (PV) and Volume Group (VG). <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<dl>\n<dd>\n<table style=\"width: 482px;\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\">\n<colgroup>\n<col width=\"94\" \/>\n<col width=\"50\" \/>\n<col width=\"122\" \/>\n<col width=\"114\" \/>\n<col width=\"59\" \/> <\/colgroup>\n<thead>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<th width=\"94\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Mount Point<\/span><\/th>\n<th width=\"50\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">LVM<\/span><\/th>\n<th width=\"122\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Volume Name<\/span><\/th>\n<th width=\"114\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Filesystem Type<\/span><\/th>\n<th width=\"59\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Size<\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"94\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">\/boot<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"50\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">No<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"122\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"114\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">EXT4<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"59\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">500M<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"94\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">PV<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"50\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"122\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"114\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Physical Volume<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"59\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">20GB<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"94\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">VG<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"50\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"122\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"114\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Volume Group<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"59\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"94\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">\/<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"50\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Yes<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"122\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">root<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"114\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">EXT4<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"59\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">15GB<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"94\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">\/home<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"50\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Yes<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"122\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">home<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"114\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">EXT4<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"59\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">2GB<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"94\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">\/tmp<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"50\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Yes<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"122\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">tmp<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"114\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">EXT4<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"59\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">2GB<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"94\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">\/var<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"50\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Yes<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"122\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">var<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"114\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">EXT4<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"59\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">2GB<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"94\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">NA<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"50\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Yes<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"122\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Swap<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"114\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Swap<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"59\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">2GB<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><i>Table 1: Filesystem and Volume mount points and sizes. Note that the Volume Group is sized automatically by the sizes of the defined Logical Volumes. Everything else is left as free space in the Volume Group.\u00a0This uses about 15.5 GB of space. I have installed a full version of Fedora on a NetBook computer with the KDE Desktop along with Libr\u00e9Office, Thunderbird, Firefox and other application programs in about 8GB of disk space. <\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3144\" style=\"width: 624px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linux-databook.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Fedora15Installation021.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3144\" class=\" wp-image-3144 \" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin: 1px;\" alt=\"Illustration 9: Creating the Logical Volume to be used for swap space.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.linux-databook.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Fedora15Installation021.png\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3144\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Illustration 9: Creating the Logical Volume to be used for swap space.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"24\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Note that the \/tmp filesystem in Illustration 9 is specified as btrfs.\u00a0<em><strong>Do NOT use BTRFS!!<\/strong><\/em> Use EXT4 for all filesystems except swap. The BTRFS filesystem format may be the default in future Fedora Linux systems but there are still some missing utilities such as on-line fsck for btrfs and this is why it is not quite ready for prime time.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">To create the Swap partition, click <b>Add<\/b> and select <b>Swap<\/b> as the <b>File System Type<\/b>. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Your completed Logical Volumes should look like those in Illustration 10.\u00a0<\/span>\n<div id=\"attachment_3145\" style=\"width: 563px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linux-databook.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Fedora15Installation022.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3145\" class=\" wp-image-3145  \" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin: 1px;\" alt=\"Illustration 10: The completed Logical Volumes should look like this.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.linux-databook.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Fedora15Installation022.png\" width=\"553\" height=\"415\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3145\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Illustration 10: The completed Logical Volumes should look like this.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><br clear=\"LEFT\" \/><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Click on the <b>Next<\/b> button to complete creation of the disk partitions and Logical Volumes. Then click <b>Write Changes to Disk<\/b> in the <b>Confirm<\/b> window. At this time the partitioning layout you have just defined will be created and written to the hard drive, and all of the filesystems will be created. If you are installing on a system that had a running operating system this is the point of no return. Once you have clicked on the <b>Write Changes to Disk<\/b> button, the <i><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">contents of the disk will be irretrievably overwritten<\/span><\/i>. This is the \u201cNo turning back\u201d point.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">No changes are required to the <b>Boot Loader<\/b> configuration so click <b>Next<\/b>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">The software selection screen allows the choice of four primary software installation options. Choose <b>Graphical Desktop<\/b> and ensure that the <b>Customize now<\/b> radio button is selected. Do not change the repository selection. Click <b>Next<\/b>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">The software selection menu is displayed as shown in Illustration 11. Select the various desktop environments as shown, especially the KDE Software Compilation. Linux has multiple desktops which users can choose, providing huge amount of flexibility. <\/span>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_3149\" style=\"width: 563px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linux-databook.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Fedora15Installation026.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3149\" class=\" wp-image-3149 \" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin: 1px;\" title=\"Illustration 11: Select the KDE Software Compilation and other desktop environments.\" alt=\"Illustration 11: Select the KDE Software Compilation and other desktop environments.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.linux-databook.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Fedora15Installation026.png\" width=\"553\" height=\"415\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3149\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Illustration 11: Select the KDE Software Compilation and other desktop environments.<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Observe while the installation process checks for dependencies, transfers the install image to the hard drive and begins the installation. Notice that there are about 1504 packages being installed for Fedora 15. The minimum number of packages for a minimal Linux system is about 198.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">When you see the \u201cCongratulations, your Fedora installation is complete\u201d screen, remove the DVD and click the <b>Reboot <\/b>button.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This document takes you through the process of preparing for and installing Fedora Linux on your computer. This document is good for Fedora 15 through Fedora 17. 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