Difference between revisions of "Tutorials/Installation/Install with netinstall"

Latest revision as of 22:00, 6 July 2012

Netinstall of Fedora with the Sugar Desktop Environment

This install requires a high-speed Internet connection.
This can take over 1 hour for files to download even with high-speed Internet service.

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:

Boot Screen

Language

Basic Storage Device

Hostname

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

Time zone

Root Password

Enter it twice.

Installation Type

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.)

Write Changes to Disk

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.

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 This can take over 1 hour for files to download even with high-speed Internet service.}}
 This installation is suitable for 4 GB or greater USB sticks, or hard disks.
-===Download Fedora-16 netinstall.iso===
 Download links:
 :[http://fedoraproject.org/en/download-splash?file=http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/16/Fedora/i386/iso/Fedora-16-i386-netinst.iso Fedora-16-i386-netinst.iso]
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 *Burn to CD
 *Boot from the CD:
 ===Boot Screen===
 [[File:Screenshot-f16-sugar-netinstall-1.png|400px]]
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 ===Installation Type===
 ====Hard Disk Install====
-*Use All Space - (Shown in screen-shot)
+*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 an ext4 filesystem with no swap space for a 4 GB USB stick install.
+: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.)
 [[File:Screenshot-f16-sugar-netinstall-7.png|400px]]
 ===Write Changes to Disk===
 [[File:Screenshot-f16-sugar-netinstall-8.png|400px]]