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If Windows is currently using your entire hard disk, you will need to resize the Windows partition (see Lab 10.1, "Resizing a Windows Partition ") or add an extra disk drive. If Windows is not yet installed on your computer, you should install it before Fedora; otherwise, it may overwrite your Fedora bootloader (or, in some cases, the entire Fedora installation).

1.1.3.2. ...other Linux distributions?

To create a Fedora Core CD or DVD set, you must obtain the ISO image files .

To download the entire Fedora Core distribution for installation direct from disc, use one of these two procedures:

Go to the web page http://fedora.redhat.com/Download/mirrors.html and select an HTTP or FTP site for direct download. Select the directory for the desired Fedora Core version number (6), then the directory for your machine architecture (i386, PPC, or x86_64), and then select the iso directory. You will probably not need the files containing "SRPM" in the name. If you want the CD images, get the files containing "disc1," "disc2," and so forth in the name; to obtain the DVD image, get the file containing "DVD" in the name.

Use BitTorrent ( http://www.bittorrent.com ) to obtain the files from one of the Fedora torrents listed on http://torrent.fedoraproject.org/ .

Some download tools have problems with files over 2 GB in size. Most of the time, these problems affect only the download size, progress, or time-remaining displays during the download process, but some versions of the Lynx browser will not successfully download files over 2 GB. Older versions of wget also have a 2 GB limitation. If you are downloading onto a Windows system that is formatted with the FAT file system, the maximum file size may be 2 GB (FAT16) or 4 GB (FAT32).

Go to the web page http://fedora.redhat.com/Download/mirrors.html and select an HTTP or FTP site for direct download. Select the directory for the desired Fedora Core version number (6), then the directory for your machine architecture (i386, PPC, or x86_64), select the os directory, and then select the images directory. Download the file named boot.iso . (You can also find this file in the images directory of the Fedora Core DVD or CD disc 1).

Once you have the image files, burn them onto optical media using the CD-creator program available on the platform used for downloading. For example, on Windows you could use Nero or Roxio Easy Media Creator; on a Linux system (such as Fedora Core 4), right-click on the file and select "Write to disc," or use a tool such as K3B , xcdroast , or growisofs .

When burning a CD or DVD, use the ISO image file as the disc filesystem, but do not place the ISO image inside another filesystem on the disc. You will usually get the correct results if you save the ISO file to the desktop and then double-click on it.

To verify that the disk was created correctly, open it after you burn it: you should see several files and directories. If you see a single file with a .iso extension, the disc was not created correctly.

1.2.1.4. Buying Fedora Core CDs or DVDs

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1.2.1.5. Preparing files for a hard disk installation

1.2.1.6. Preparing a USB flash disk, network installation server, or PXE boot server

1.2.2. How Does It Work?

Each type of boot media has a unique standard for specifying how boot data is stored. On optical discs, the El Torito standard permits the system BIOS to find the boot software. For USB disks, a standard hard disk boot sector is used. For PXE network booting, a boot protocol (bootp) server is used to identify the boot files, and a trivial file transfer protocol (TFTP) server is used to serve them to the client system.

The first piece of software that loads from the boot media is the bootloader: isolinux for optical discs, syslinux for USB flash drives, or pxelinux for PXE boot servers.

After accepting boot parameters from the user, the bootloader subsequently loads two files:

vmlinuz

A compressed Linux kernel; the heart of the Fedora Core operating system.

initrd.img

A filesystem image that is loaded into memory and used as a ramdisk. This provides the drivers, startup scripts, and programs to get the system started.

Once these files have been loaded, the kernel is executed and begins the install process.

1.2.3. What About...

1.2.3.1. ...installing from a floppy disk?

1.2.4. Where Can I Learn More?

The Fedora Core installation guide: http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/fedora-install-guide-en/

Documentation on syslinux , isolinux , and pxelinux : http://syslinux.zytor.com/

Burning ISO images to CD/DVD: http://www.linuxiso.org/viewdoc.php/howtoburn.html

Fedora on Macintel: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraOnMactel

1.3. Installing Fedora Core

1.3.1. How Do I Do That?

A Fedora installation will usually take 15 to 90 minutes, depending on the speed of your computer and the amount of optional software you choose to install.

1.3.1.1. Preparing for dual-boot

For example, if you are using a CD for booting, and you want to use text mode and to be asked for the installation method, enter this boot string: