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ExcerciseNo1:GeneralIntroduction&LinuxOSInstallation
Aim:
TointroducethefundamentalsofFree/OpenSourceSoftwareandtoinstallLinuxOperating
SystemFedoraVer.12fromFOSSLabServer.
Descriptionoftheexercise:
a)Theorysessionfortwohourscoveringthefollowingtopics
a)IntroductiontoFOSS
b)FOSSLicenses
c)LinuxDistributions
d)PackagesRPMbased&Debianbased2or3sampleschosenintunewiththesyllabus
e)KernelKernelstructure
Reference:
FOSSBookavailablefordownloadat
http://www.nrcfoss.aukbc.org.in/down/3/(frominternet)or
under'Docs'in'FOSS_BOOKS'ofyourFLS(fromyourLAN)
b)HandsonsessionforonehouronLinuxinstallation(Fedora)fromFLS
AboutFedora...
Fedoraisafast,stable,andpowerfuloperatingsystemforeverydayusebuiltbyaworldwide
communityoffriends.It'scompletelyfreetouse,study,andshare.MoredetailsaboutFedorais
availableunder'Docs'in'Fedora_Document'ofyourFLS.
Apracticalexerciseforstudentstolearnbasiclinuxinstallationofarpmbasedoperatingsystem
fromFossLabServer
Prrequisites
1.
2.
3.
4.

Partitionshouldalreadybedone.
PXEbootoptionenabledinBIOSsetup
SufficientFreespaceavailableforinstallationoflinux(Min10GB)
Sessionsupervisedbyatrainedstaffmember

Procedurewithsteps:
SelectFedorabytypingfedora12nearboot:

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ChooseaLanguageandthenuseTABkeytopressOKandPressENTERkey.

Usethearrowkeysonyourkeyboardtoselectaninstallationmethod.HereselecttheNFSdirectory
anduseTABkeytoselecttheOKandpressENTER.

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PressOK

EntertheIPAddressofthemachinewhichisFLSinyourLAN,intheplaceof
name.example.comagainstNFSServerName.Thegivetheexportdirectoryas
/root/nfs/fed/fedintheplaceof/mirrors/r6.

Thentheinstallation proceedwiththeinitializationofAnaconda theFedorasysteminstaller. Just

waitforAnacondatoinitializeandgiveyoutheFedora12graphicalsysteminstaller.

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ThisisthestartofFedora12graphicalinstallationsetup.Click'Next'buttontoproceedwiththe
installationprocess

ChoosethelanguagethatyouwanttouseduringtheinstallationprocessofFedora12

Onthisinstallationwindowscreen,selectappropriatekeyboardlayoutsettingforyourFedora12
system.

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GivethehostnameforyourFedora12systemwhichistobeusedtoidentifyyourFedora12
systemonthenetwork.

click'Next'buttontoproceed
ToconfigureFedora12timezone,justclickonnearestcityavailableontheworldmaponthebox
providedonthisscreentosetcorrecttimezoneforyourFedora12system,orjustclickonthedrop
downboxandchoosethecorrecttimezonebyselectingthenearestcityavailable.

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Click'Next'buttontoproceed

KeyinrootpasswordforyourFedora12systemandclickon'Next'buttontoproceed
SetupFedora12partition.Onthisscreenyouneedtochoosethebestpartitionoptionwheretoput
Fedora12onyoursystemharddisk.

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Installationrequirespartitioningofyourharddrive.Youcanalsochoosetocreateyourown
customlayout.

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Clickonthedropdownmenuandchoose'createcustomlayout'
CreatearootpartitionbyclickingontheNewButtonandthencreateaswappartition.

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SelectStandardPartitiontocreateapartition

Mountpointmustbe'/'forarootpartitionandfilesystemtypeExt4.Sizedefinestheamountof
harddiskspacefortheparticularpartition.

SimilarlyCreateSwappartitionalso.SwapsizecanbedoublethesizeofRAM.
Clicknexttocontinue
ThentheFedora12promptyouwith"Writingstorageconfigurationtodisk".Whatthisboxsayis
thattheFedora12systeminstallationgoingtowritepartitionandformattingyoursystemharddisk
asyouconfigureonpreviousscreen.andifyoucontinuewithwritechangetodisk,allthedataon

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theharddiskwillbelost.Clickon"Goback"buttontoreconfigurepartitionlayoutorifyoureally
surethatyouwanttoproceedtoinstallFedora12justclickon"Writechangetodisk".

ThescreenshowtheFedora12systeminstallercreatingfilesystemon/dev/sda1thefirstportionon
thefirstharddiskonthesystem.

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ThenFedora12systeminstallerdisplaythescreenwhereyouwanttoplacetheFedora12boot

loader.Thedefaultoptionusuallyplaceonthefirstsystemharddisk,youcanspecifyorchangeto
otherlocationbyclickon"Changedevice"button.

Leavedefaultbootloaderoptionasitis...oryoucancustomizeasyouseefit.Click'Next'buttonto
proceed.ThenFedora12systeminstallationwizardretrievetheinstallationrepositoryfromFLS
server.

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TocustomizeoraddingmoresoftwarepackagesthatyouwanttoinstallorincludeonyourFedora
12installation,selectcustomizenowbuttonandthenclickonleftboxwindowthatshowDesktop
Environments,Applications,Development,Servers,BaseSystemandLanguages.Tickthecheck
boxontherightwindowtoaddingandincludetheselectedpackagegroupsoftware.

You can further customize the installation packages, by selecting optional packages in group
package.Toselectalloptionalpackages,clickonrightmousebuttontoopendropdownmenu
option... the menu option include Select the package, Select all optional packages, Deselect
packagesandDeselectalloptionalpackages.Toinstallpackagesandalltheiroptionalpackages.
chooseandclickSelectalloptionalpackagesasshowonthescreenshotbelow.

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Clickon'Next'buttontoproceedwiththeinstallationprocess
Afterthepackagedependenciescheckingisdone,theinitialprocessofinstallationFedora12
operatingsystemwillstart.Theconfigurationprocessmaytakeseveralminutestocomplete,thisis
shownbytheprogressbarindicationbox.

Theactualprocessofinstallingsoftwarepackagestoyoursystem'sharddisk.Theprocessmay
taketimetocompletebasedonyouroverallpackagesselection.

Pleasewaitforinstallationprocesstofinishinstallingallpackages.
Tofinishuptheinstallationprocessyouneedtoclickonthe'Reboot'buttontorebootthesystem
andproceedwiththeFedora12basicsystemconfiguration.

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Screen shot below shows the Fedora 12 boot up screen.

1.

HereistheFedora12Firstbootconfigurationwelcomescreen.ThisisFirstBootConfiguration
screenkickinonlyonthefirstbootofFedora12aftertheinstallationprocesscompleted.The
Fedora12SetupAgent(FirstBootConfiguration)process,enableustodosomebasicconfiguration
ofFedora12systembeforeweloginontheFedora12systemforthefirsttime.Thescreenshot
belowjustshowfirstscreenofSetupAgentFirstBootConfigurationprocess.clickonthe'Forward'
buttontoproceedwiththeFedora12configurationprocess.

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ThisscreendisplaytheFedora12LicenseInformation.LicenseInformationscreen.No
configurationorsettingneedtobedoneonthisscreenjustclick'Forward'buttontocontinuewith
theinstallationprocess.

TheFedora12configurationcontinuewithCreatingUser.Thisuseraccountisnonadministrative
useraccount(normaluseraccount).YouneedtocreatenewuseraccountbyfillingtheUsername,
FullName,PasswordandConfirmPasswordonthetextboxprovidedonthisscreen.
NextscreenhelpsinthedateandTimeconfiguration.ThentheFedora12installationsetupagent
proceedwiththeHardwareprofiler.Fedora12hardwareprofiledetectyoursystemhardwareand
makeanprofileoutofit.Thishardwareprofilecontainsallyoursystemhardwareinformationand
informationabouttheLinuxFedora12operatingsysteminstalled.Pleasenotethatonthisscreen,
Fedorausesmoltasfedora12hardwareprofilertoenableyousendyourFedora12system
informationprofileanonymously.

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Clickon'Finish'buttontoproceed,pleasenotethatifyouwanttosendyoursystemhardware
profiletotheFedoraProject..justclickontheSendProfileradiobuttonbeforeyouclickonthe
'Finish'button.ThenjustkeyintheuserpasswordandhittheEnterkeyorclickon'LogIn'button
tostartlogintothesystem.

References:
http://
docs
.fedoraproject.org/enUS/Fedora/12/
html

/Installation_
Guide

/index.html
http://www.labtestproject.com/fedora_screenshot/001_fedora_12_screenshot_step_by_step_installat
ion.html