Tutorials/Installation/Install with netinstall



Netinstall of Fedora with the Sugar Desktop Environment

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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.