Tutorials/Installation/Install with netinstall

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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 Fedora-16 netinstall.iso

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)

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.

(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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