Layman Linux

In this step by step guide I will show you how to install Fedora on your system via the Live CD. The steps remain similar for both the GNOME & KDE versions. I will be installing FEDORA 11 from the Fedora 11 GNOME LIVE CD.

Pre-Requisites:

1) Boot-able Fedora 11 LIVE CD. Click here to read how to make one.
2) CD-Drive on your computer.
3) Free Space on your hard-disk.
4) Free time preferably half an hour.

Starting with the Installation:

1) Set your computer to boot from CD-ROM drive. This can be done by changing the “Boot Device Priority” in the BIOS of your computer & making CD-ROM as the first boot device in there. To access your BIOS press F2, F8 or DEL key while your your computer boots. Some modern computers need no BIOS fiddling & should booth the Live CD automatically.

2) After the LIVE CD boots you should be able to see the desktop. Notice the Install to Hard-Drive icon on the desktop? Double click the icon to launch the Fedora system installer.

3) You will now be presented with the above screen. Simply click next here.

4) Next screen will prompt you to select the appropriate keyboard setup. Select as per your choice or leave it to the default ‘U.S English’ & hit next.

5) The following screen will ask you to enter the name for the computer which you wish to use when on a network. Enter the desired name & click on next.

6) The above screen prompts you to enter your location. Select a city near you & click next to proceed.

7) Fedora by default creates a user named ‘ROOT’ who has complete control over the system. You can call him the system administration. For this account a password is mandatory & should be entered at the above screen. Make a note of the password somewhere so you do not forget.

8 ) The next page will ask you the location to install the linux distro (here Fedora 11) on your Hard-Disk. Click on the drop-down menu to select from the options which are self-explanatory. Is you have multiple hard-disks on your system you can select the hard-disk you which to install from the drop-down menu at the bottom. Select Install in Free Space to install alongside windows assuming you have kept a partition free beforehand. Replace existing linux systems will remove all the linux OS’s installed on your hard-disk & install Fedora 11. Use entire hard-disk will erase all other OS’s including windows on your hard-disk & install Fedora 11. Manual partitioning is not recommended unless you know what you are doing. Click next after you are done. You should get a prompt stating changes will be written to the hard-disk. If you are satisfied click on “Write Changes to Disk” or else click on “Go Back” to modify your partitioning scheme.

9) After that above step is done the installer will begin installing Fedora on your system. First it will copy the entire LIVE CD image to your hard-disk & then carry forward with installing the packages. The process will finish most probably under half an hour even if you have a fairly old P4 machine. On newer systems it will be done sooner.

10) Now you should get to the final screen of installation stating the successful installation of Fedora 11 on your computer. Click on ‘Close’ & then go to System>Reboot. Reboot the PC, remove the LIVE CD from your drive & you will be able to boot into Fedora 11 after answering to a few simple post installation screens.

Congratulations. You have now successfully install Fedora 11 on your computer.

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