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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 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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-{| width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"
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+<br>
-|width=25% align=left bgcolor=#C3D9FF| ''' ← [[Sugar_Creation_Kit#Introduction_to_the_Sugar_Interface|Sugar Creation Kit]]'''
+<big><big>'''Netinstall of Fedora with the Sugar Desktop Environment'''</big></big>
-|width=50% align=center bgcolor=#C3D9FF|'''Use Blue Bars to Navigate this Tutorial
+{{Note/important|''This install requires a high-speed Internet connection.''<br>
-|width=25% align=right bgcolor=#C3D9FF| '''
+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.
-</div>
-==F16 Netinstall Sugar-Desktop==
-*'''This install requires a working Internet connection.'''
-:This can take over 1 hour for files to download even with high-speed Internet service.
-:These screen shots were taken from a VirtualBox 4.1 install.--[[User:Satellit|Satellit]] 19:26, 24 January 2012 (EST)
-===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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 : [http://fedora.osuosl.org/linux/releases/16/Fedora/i386/iso/Fedora-16-i386-netinst.iso Fedora-16-i386-netinst.iso]
 : [http://fedora.osuosl.org/linux/releases/16/Fedora/x86_64/iso/Fedora-16-x86_64-netinst.iso Fedora-16-x86_64-netinst.iso]
+(Addition downloading will be needed during installation.)
 *Burn to CD
 *Boot from the CD:
 ===Boot Screen===
 [[File:Screenshot-f16-sugar-netinstall-1.png|400px]]
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 [[File:Screenshot-f16-sugar-netinstall-3.png|400px]]
 ===Hostname===
-:(leave it alone)
+:(Leave it alone, or choose a name for your installation host.)
 [[File:Screenshot-f16-sugar-netinstall-4.png|400px]]
 ===Time zone===
 [[File:Screenshot-f16-sugar-netinstall-5.png|400px]]
 ===Root Password===
-:enter twice
+: Enter it twice.
 [[File:Screenshot-f16-sugar-netinstall-6.png|400px]]
 ===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)
+:(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]]
 ===Customize Now===
-*Important check this box
+* '''Important''', check this box.
 [[File:Screenshot-f16-sugar-netinstall-10.png|400px]]
-===Choose Sugar-Desktop and select Optional Packages===
+===Choose Sugar Desktop Environment===
-*Uncheck GNOME Desktop Environment - Unless you want it to install also.
+* Uncheck GNOME Desktop Environment - Unless you want it to install also.
-*'''Check Sugar Desktop Environment'''
+* '''Check Sugar Desktop Environment'''.
-*Click '''Optional Packages'''
+===Select Optional Packages===
-*Choose extra Sugar applications to install
+* Click '''Optional Packages'''.
-*Close
+* Choose extra Sugar applications to install.
-*Next
+* Close.
+* Click Next.
 [[File:Screenshot-f16-sugar-netinstall-11.png|400px]]
 ===Installation===
-*Install begins
+* Install begins.
-: this may take a bit of time to download from the internet
+: This may take a bit of time as software components are downloaded from the Internet.
 [[File:Screenshot-f16-sugar-netinstall-12.png|400px]]
-*Install Complete
+* Install completed.
 [[File:Screenshot-f16-sugar-netinstall-Congratulations.png|400px]]
 *When you reboot you will proceed to a "FirstBoot" series of questions and then Sugar will start.
-<div style="border-top:1px solid #888888; border-bottom:1px solid #888888; margin:0px;">
-{| width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"
-|-
-|width=25% align=left bgcolor=#C3D9FF| ''' ← [[Sugar_Creation_Kit#Introduction_to_the_Sugar_Interface|Sugar Creation Kit]]'''
-|width=50% align=center bgcolor=#C3D9FF|'''Use Blue Bars to Navigate this Tutorial
-|width=25% align=right bgcolor=#C3D9FF| '''
-|}
-</div>