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Installation Type
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Here you need to determine what type of system you are installing: Personal Desktop,
Workstation, Server, or come up with your own Custom install.
Selecting one of the pre-defined install types does not allow you to select individual packages.
To do that you need to use the Custom option.
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Disk Setup
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Here is a crucial, and most feared, section of any Linux installer...Setting up disk partitions!
To start off with we will say that most normal Linux users (especially new ones) don't need to worry
about RAID or LVM so you can just ignore those two buttons.
If you are installing Fedora on a seperate hard drive by itself you should use the "Automatic Partitioning"
option. If you are dual booting with Windows or another operating system you will need to create an empty
partition before getting started (I don't believe the Fedora installer can resize Windows partitions?).
If you are creating your own partitions, the minimum you will need are a root ("/") partition and a
Swap partition. The only restictions are that the Root partition, which will contain all the system files,
needs to be big enough to accomadate the install (usaully around 2-4 Gigs minimum) and the Swap partition
should approximately 2.5 times the amount of RAM you have on your machine.
Though not techinically needed, I suggest making a "/home" partition. This is where all user data
(think My Documents in Windows) is stored. Creating a seperate Home parition lets you re-install or
install another Linux distribution (perhaps an upgrade to future versons of Fedora) without losing your
personal data.
Terminology: in Linux your hard drives will be labeled hd(letter)(number). The letter refers to the
corrisponding position of the drive in the computer itself. So the the first IDE drive would be labeled
hda. The number refers to the partition of drive. So the first partition on the first IDE drive would be
labeled hda1.
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Boot Loader Configuration
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The Boot Loader is what allows you to start the operating system. It also lets you choose which
operating system you want to boot into if you have more than one installed your computer.
Here you can most likely use the default settings.
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Network Configuration
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If you are on a LAN (Local Area Network) or have a cable/DSL modem you will need to configure
your network settings.
By default the installer sets it up as DHCP, which automatically gets this information for your
from your ISP (Internet Service Provider). Most cable internet, as well as the other broadband
internet, providers use DHCP so you will want to leave these settings as-is.
If you need to manually enter your IP address simply click the "Edit" button to do so.
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Firewall Configuration
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Firewalls are always good to have enabled, especially if you have a broadband connection or
are on a LAN. It's a good idea to leave these settings as they are unless you plan on
running a web, mail, or ftp server or accessing your computer via ssh (just say no to Telnet!),
in that case just click on the appropriate protocol to allow it to pass through the firewall.
Please note that this is asking what services should be able to come in...not out, so if you
simply want browse the web and not become a web server leave the HTTP protocol unchecked.
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