Tutorials/Installation/Install with netinstall

Netinstall of Fedora with the Sugar Desktop Environment

This installation is suitable for 4 GB or greater USB sticks, or hard disks. Download links:
 * Fedora-16-i386-netinst.iso
 * Fedora-16-x86_64-netinst.iso

alternate links:
 * Fedora-16-i386-netinst.iso
 * Fedora-16-x86_64-netinst.iso

(Addition downloading will be needed during installation.)
 * Burn to CD
 * Boot from the CD:

Hostname

 * (Leave it alone, or choose a name for your installation host.)



Root Password

 * Enter it twice.



Hard Disk Install

 * Use All Space - (Shown in screen-shot). This will delete all data and preexisting operating system from the machine.

4 GB USB stick install

 * Use "Create Custom Layout"
 * Choose the USB device as a target and format it as / ext4 filesystem with no swap space for a 4 GB USB stick install.
 * (USB sticks will just get worn out more rapidly with a swap file.)



Customize Now

 * Important, check this box.

Choose Sugar Desktop Environment

 * Uncheck GNOME Desktop Environment - Unless you want it to install also.
 * Check Sugar Desktop Environment.

Select Optional Packages

 * Click Optional Packages.
 * Choose extra Sugar applications to install.
 * Close.
 * Click Next.

Installation

 * Install begins.
 * This may take a bit of time as software components are downloaded from the Internet.


 * Install completed.
 * When you reboot you will proceed to a "FirstBoot" series of questions and then Sugar will start.