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Overview

The installation procedure is fairly simple, and consists of only a few steps:

1. Download files to make media or another bootable configuration.

2. Prepare system for installation.

3. Boot the computer and run the installation process.

4. Reboot and perform post-installation configuratio.

Download Files

Do any one of the following:

1. Download the ISO image for a Live image. Create CD media from the ISO file using your preferred application. You may also use the livecd-tools package to write the image to other bootable media such as a USB flash disk. To install the distribution to your hard disk, use the shortcut on the desktop after you log in.

2. Download the ISO images for the full distribution on CD or DVD. Create CD or DVD media from the ISO files using your preferred application, or put the images on a Windows FAT32 or Linux ext2/ext3 partition.

3. Download the boot.iso image for a minimal boot CD or bootdisk.img file for a minimal boot USB flash drive. Write the image to the approriate physical media to create bootable media.

4. Download the rescuecd.iso image for a reduced-size boot CD. Write the image to the appropriate physical media to create bootable media.

5. Download the vmlinuz kernel file and the initrd.img ramdisk image from the distribution's isolinux/ directory. Configure your operating system to boot the kernel and load the ramdisk image.

   
   

Prepare for Installation

Back up any user data you need to preserve, and if necessary, resize existing partitions to make room for Fedora. To resize your NTFS partition from the Fedora installer, use the ntfsresize and fdisk commands.

Use Ctrl+Alt+F2 to switch to a virtual terminal from the installation program if you are not using a Live CD. Perform any resize operations before proceeding to the installer's partitioning options.

Install Fedora

Boot from the desired media, with any options appropriate for your hardware and installation mode. If you boot from the Live CD, select the "Install to Hard Disk" option from the menu to run the installation program. If you boot from minimal media or a downloaded kernel, select a network or hard disk resource from which to install.

Proceed through all the steps of the installation program. The installation program does not change your system until you make a final confirmation to proceed. When installation is finished, reboot your system.

If you boot the DVD, rescue CD, or minimal boot media, the boot menu options include:

• Install or upgrade an existing system. This option is the default. Choose this option to install Fedora onto your computer system using the graphical installation program.

• Install or upgrade an existing system (text mode). Choose this option to install Fedora onto your computer system using the text-based installation program. If your computer system has problems using the graphical installation program, you can install the system with this option. Installing with this option does not prevent you from using a graphical interface on the system once it is installed.

• Rescue installed system. Choose this option to repair a problem with your installed Fedora system that prevents you from booting normally. Although Fedora is an exceptionally stable computing platform, it is still possible for occasional problems to occur that prevent booting. The rescue environment contains utility programs that allow you fix a wide variety of these problems.

• Boot from local drive. After you boot from the Fedora media, if you decide you need to boot your system from its existing hard disk, choose this option.

Graphical and Text Interfaces

If one of the following situations occurs, the installation program uses a text mode:

• The installation system fails to identify the display hardware on your computer

• Your computer has less than 192 MB of RAM

• You choose the text mode installation from the boot menu

The text screens provide the same functions as the standard screens. You can configure your system for graphical interface use after installation.