- Preface
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- 1. Document Conventions
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- 1.1. Typographic Conventions
- 1.2. Pull-quote Conventions
- 1.3. Notes and Warnings
- 2. We Need Feedback!
- 3. Acknowledgments
- Introduction
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- 1. Background
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- 1.1. About Fedora
- 1.2. Getting Additional Help
- 2. About This Document
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- 2.1. Goals
- 2.2. Audience
- 1. Quick Start for Experts
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- 1.1. Overview
- 1.2. Download Files
- 1.3. Prepare for Installation
- 1.4. Install Fedora
- 2. Obtaining Fedora
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- 2.1. Downloading Fedora
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- 2.1.1. How Do I Download Installation Files?
- 2.1.2. Which Architecture Is My Computer?
- 2.1.3. Which Files Do I Download?
- 2.2. Obtaining Fedora on CD or DVD
- 3. Making Media
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- 3.1. Making an installation DVD
- 3.2. Preparing a USB flash drive as an installation source
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- 3.2.1. Making Fedora USB Media on a Windows Operating System
- 3.2.2. Making Fedora USB Media in UNIX, Linux, and Similar Operating Systems
- 3.3. Making Minimal Boot Media
- I. Installation and Booting
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- 4. Planning for Installation on the x86 Architecture
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- 4.1. Upgrade or Install?
- 4.2. Is Your Hardware Compatible?
- 4.3. RAID and Other Disk Devices
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- 4.3.1. Hardware RAID
- 4.3.2. Software RAID
- 4.3.3. FireWire and USB Disks
- 4.4. Do You Have Enough Disk Space?
- 4.5. Selecting an Installation Method
- 4.6. Choose a boot method
- 5. Preparing for Installation
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- 5.1. Preparing for a Network Installation
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- 5.1.1. Preparing for FTP and HTTP installation
- 5.1.2. Preparing for an NFS installation
- 5.2. Preparing for a Hard Drive Installation
- 6. System Specifications List
- 7. Booting the Installer
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- 7.1. Starting the Installation Program
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- 7.1.1. Booting the Installation Program on x86, AMD64, and Intel 64 Systems
- 7.1.2. The Boot Menu
- 7.1.3. Additional Boot Options
- 7.2. Booting from the Network using PXE
- 8. Configuring Installation Source
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- 8.1. Installation Method
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- 8.1.1. Installing from DVD
- 8.1.2. Installing from a Hard Drive
- 8.1.3. Installing via NFS
- 8.1.4. Installing via FTP or HTTP
- 9. Using the Fedora installer
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- 9.1. The Text Mode Installation Program User Interface
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- 9.1.1. Using the Keyboard to Navigate
- 9.2. The Graphical Installation Program User Interface
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- 9.2.1. Screenshots during installation
- 9.2.2. A Note about Virtual Consoles
- 9.3. Language Selection
- 9.4. The Installation Summary Menu
- 9.5. Date and time
- 9.6. Keyboard Configuration
- 9.7. Language Support
- 9.8. Installation Source
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- 9.8.1. Installing from Additional Repositories
- 9.9. Network Configuration
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- 9.9.1. Edit Network Connections
- 9.10. Software Selection
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- 9.10.1. Core Network Services
- 9.11. Storage and partitioning
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- 9.11.1. Specialized and Networked Disks
- 9.11.2. x86, AMD64, and Intel 64 Boot Loader Installation
- 9.12. Encrypt Partitions
- 9.13. Reclaim disk space
- 9.14. Creating a Custom Partition Layout
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- 9.14.1. Adding and Configuring Partitions
- 9.14.2. Create Software RAID
- 9.14.3. Create LVM Logical Volume
- 9.14.4. Create a Btrfs subvolume
- 9.14.5. Recommended Partitioning Scheme
- 9.15. Begin installation
- 9.16. The Configuration Menu and Progress Screen
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- 9.16.1. Set the Root Password
- 9.16.2. User Creation
- 9.17. Installation Complete
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- 9.17.1. GNOME Initial Setup
- 9.17.2. Initial Setup in Other Desktop Environments
- 10. Troubleshooting Installation on an Intel or AMD System
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- 10.1. You are unable to boot Fedora
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- 10.1.1. Are You Unable to Boot With Your RAID Card?
- 10.1.2. Is Your System Displaying Signal 11 Errors?
- 10.2. Trouble Beginning the Installation
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- 10.2.1. Problems with Booting into the Graphical Installation
- 10.3. Trouble During the Installation
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- 10.3.1.
No devices found to install Fedora
Error Message - 10.3.2. Reporting traceback messages
- 10.3.3. Trouble with Partition Tables
- 10.3.4. Using Remaining Space
- 10.3.5. Other Partitioning Problems
- 10.3.1.
- 10.4. Problems After Installation
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- 10.4.1. Trouble With the Graphical GRUB Screen on an x86-based System?
- 10.4.2. Blocked by a GRUB command line after upgrading?
- 10.4.3. Booting into a Graphical Environment
- 10.4.4. Problems with the X Window System (GUI)
- 10.4.5. Problems with the X Server Crashing and Non-Root Users
- 10.4.6. Problems When You Try to Log In
- 10.4.7. Is Your RAM Not Being Recognized?
- 10.4.8. Your Printer Does Not Work
- 10.4.9. Apache HTTP Server or Sendmail stops responding during startup
- II. Advanced installation options
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- 11. Boot Options
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- 11.1. Configuring the Installation System at the Boot Menu
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- 11.1.1. Specifying the Language
- 11.1.2. Configuring the Interface
- 11.1.3. Updating anaconda
- 11.1.4. Specifying the Installation Method
- 11.1.5. Specifying the Network Settings
- 11.2. Enabling Remote Access to the Installation System
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- 11.2.1. Enabling Remote Access with VNC
- 11.2.2. Connecting the Installation System to a VNC Listener
- 11.2.3. Enabling Remote Access with ssh
- 11.3. Logging to a Remote System During the Installation
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- 11.3.1. Configuring a Log Server
- 11.4. Automating the Installation with Kickstart
- 11.5. Enhancing Hardware Support
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- 11.5.1. Overriding Automatic Hardware Detection
- 11.6. Using the Maintenance Boot Modes
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- 11.6.1. Loading the Memory (RAM) Testing Mode
- 11.6.2. Verifying boot media
- 11.6.3. Booting Your Computer with the Rescue Mode
- 12. Installing Without Media
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- 12.1. Retrieving Boot Files
- 12.2. Editing the GRUB Configuration
- 12.3. Booting to Installation
- 13. Setting Up an Installation Server
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- 13.1. Setting Up cobbler
- 13.2. Setting Up the Distribution
- 13.3. Mirroring a Network Location
- 13.4. Importing the Distribution
- 13.5. Manually configure a PXE server
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- 13.5.1. Setting up the Network Server
- 13.5.2. PXE Boot Configuration
- 13.5.3. Starting the
tftp
Server - 13.5.4. Adding a Custom Boot Message
- 13.5.5. Performing the PXE Installation
- 14. Installing Through VNC
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- 14.1. VNC Viewer
- 14.2. VNC Modes in Anaconda
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- 14.2.1. Direct Mode
- 14.2.2. Connect Mode
- 14.3. Installation Using VNC
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- 14.3.1. Installation Example
- 14.3.2. Kickstart Considerations
- 14.3.3. Firewall Considerations
- 14.4. References
- 15. Kickstart Installations
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- 15.1. What are Kickstart Installations?
- 15.2. How Do You Perform a Kickstart Installation?
- 15.3. Creating the Kickstart File
- 15.4. Kickstart Options
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- 15.4.1. Advanced Partitioning Example
- 15.5. Package Selection
- 15.6. Pre-installation Script
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- 15.6.1. Example
- 15.7. Post-installation Script
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- 15.7.1. Example
- 15.8. Making the Kickstart File Available
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- 15.8.1. Creating Kickstart Boot Media
- 15.8.2. Making the Kickstart File Available on the Network
- 15.9. Making the Installation Tree Available
- 15.10. Starting a Kickstart Installation
- 16. Kickstart Configurator
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- 16.1. Basic Configuration
- 16.2. Installation Method
- 16.3. Boot Loader Options
- 16.4. Partition Information
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- 16.4.1. Creating Partitions
- 16.5. Network Configuration
- 16.6. Authentication
- 16.7. Firewall Configuration
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- 16.7.1. SELinux Configuration
- 16.8. Display Configuration
- 16.9. Package Selection
- 16.10. Pre-Installation Script
- 16.11. Post-Installation Script
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- 16.11.1. Chroot Environment
- 16.11.2. Use an Interpreter
- 16.12. Saving the File
- III. After installation
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- 17. Your Next Steps
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- 17.1. Updating Your System
- 17.2. Finishing an Upgrade
- 17.3. Switching to a Graphical Login
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- 17.3.1. Enabling Access to Software Repositories from the Command Line
- 17.4. Subscribing to Fedora Announcements and News
- 17.5. Finding Documentation and Support
- 17.6. Joining the Fedora Community
- 18. Upgrading Your Current System
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- 18.1. Determining Whether to Upgrade or Re-Install
- 18.2. Upgrading Your System
- 19. Removing Fedora
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- 19.1. Fedora is the only operating system on the computer
- 19.2. Your computer dual-boots Fedora and another operating system
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- 19.2.1. Your computer dual-boots Fedora and a Microsoft Windows operating system
- 19.2.2. Your computer dual-boots Fedora and Mac OS X
- 19.2.3. Your computer dual-boots Fedora and a different Linux distribution
- 19.3. Replacing Fedora with MS-DOS or legacy versions of Microsoft Windows
- IV. Technical appendixes
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- A. An Introduction to Disk Partitions
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- A.1. Hard Disk Basic Concepts
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- A.1.1. It is Not What You Write, it is How You Write It
- A.1.2. Partitions: Turning One Drive Into Many
- A.1.3. Partitions within Partitions — An Overview of Extended Partitions
- A.1.4. Making Room For Fedora
- A.1.5. Partition Naming Scheme
- A.1.6. Disk Partitions and Other Operating Systems
- A.1.7. Disk Partitions and Mount Points
- A.1.8. How Many Partitions?
- B. ISCSI disks
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- B.1. iSCSI disks in anaconda
- B.2. iSCSI disks during start up
- C. Disk Encryption
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- C.1. What is block device encryption?
- C.2. Encrypting block devices using dm-crypt/LUKS
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- C.2.1. Overview of LUKS
- C.2.2. How will I access the encrypted devices after installation? (System Startup)
- C.2.3. Choosing a Good Passphrase
- C.3. Creating Encrypted Block Devices in Anaconda
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- C.3.1. What Kinds of Block Devices Can Be Encrypted?
- C.3.2. Saving Passphrases
- C.3.3. Creating and Saving Backup Passphrases
- C.4. Creating Encrypted Block Devices on the Installed System After Installation
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- C.4.1. Create the block devices
- C.4.2. Optional: Fill the device with random data
- C.4.3. Format the device as a dm-crypt/LUKS encrypted device
- C.4.4. Create a mapping to allow access to the device's decrypted contents
- C.4.5. Create filesystems on the mapped device, or continue to build complex storage structures using the mapped device
- C.4.6. Add the mapping information to
/etc/crypttab
- C.4.7. Add an entry to
/etc/fstab
- C.5. Common Post-Installation Tasks
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- C.5.1. Set a randomly generated key as an additional way to access an encrypted block device
- C.5.2. Add a new passphrase to an existing device
- C.5.3. Remove a passphrase or key from a device
- D. Understanding LVM
- E. The GRUB Boot Loader
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- E.1. Boot Loaders and System Architecture
- E.2. GRUB
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- E.2.1. GRUB and the boot process on BIOS-based x86 systems
- E.2.2. GRUB and the boot process on UEFI-based x86 systems
- E.2.3. Features of GRUB
- E.3. Installing GRUB
- E.4. GRUB Terminology
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- E.4.1. Device Names
- E.4.2. File Names and Blocklists
- E.4.3. The Root File System and GRUB
- E.5. GRUB Interfaces
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- E.5.1. Interfaces Load Order
- E.6. GRUB Commands
- E.7. GRUB Menu Configuration File
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- E.7.1. Configuration File Structure
- E.7.2. Configuration File Directives
- E.8. Changing Target Environment at Boot Time
- E.9. Additional Resources
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- E.9.1. Installed Documentation
- E.9.2. Useful Websites
- F. Boot Process, Init, and Shutdown
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- F.1. The Boot Process
- F.2. A Detailed Look at the Boot Process
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- F.2.1. The firmware interface
- F.2.2. UEFI-based x86 systems
- F.3. The Boot Loader
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- F.3.1. The GRUB2 boot loader for x86 systems
- F.3.2. Boot Loaders for Other Architectures
- F.4. The Kernel
- F.5. Booting with systemd
- F.6. systemd
units
- F.7. systemd targets
- F.8. Running Additional Programs at Boot Time
- F.9. Administering services with systemd
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- F.9.1. Checking up on services
- F.9.2. Starting and stopping services
- F.9.3. Running services automatically
- F.9.4. Killing and Masking services
- F.9.5. Getting more from
systemd
- G. Logging the Installation
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- G.1. Log files and formats
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- G.1.1. Logging on the installed system
- G.2. Remote logging with rsyslog
- G.3. Remote logging via
virtio
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- G.3.1.
virtio
logging withvirt-install
- G.3.2. Adding a
virtio
log channel withvirsh edit
- G.3.3. Listening for
virtio
logs
- G.3.1.
- H. Other Technical Documentation
- I. Contributors and production methods
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- I.1. Contributors
- I.2. Production methods
- J. Revision History
- Index
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