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284 Part III . Choosing and Installing a Linux Distribution To begin installing Fedora Core, you also need to have the Linux Bible 2005 Edition DVD that comes with this book (or a set of installation CDs that you obtain yourself), and you must either be dedicating your entire hard disk (or an added hard disk) to Linux, have a preconfigured Linux partition, or have sufficient free space on your hard disk outside any existing Windows partition. If you are not dedicating your whole hard disk to Fedora Core and you don t understand partitioning, refer to Chapter 7, which describes how to set up partitioning to allow multiple computer operating systems to coexist on the same hard drive. Choosing an Installation Method You can also install Fedora from any of several different types of media. You can still start the install process by booting the installation DVD. After booting the install process, however, you can type linux askmethod at the boot prompt, which offers you the choice of installing Fedora from the following locations: . Local CD-ROM This is the most common method of installing Fedora Core and the one you get by typing linux and pressing Enter from the Fedora installation boot prompt. Use this section for both DVD and CD installs. (You may need to change the BIOS if the DVD or CD doesn t boot.) All packages needed to complete the installation are on the DVD that comes with this book. . HTTP Lets you install from a Web page address (http://). . FTP Lets you install from an FTP site (ftp://). . NFS image Allows you to install from any shared directory on another computer on your network using the Network File System (NFS) facility. . Hard drive If you can place a copy of the Fedora Linux distribution on your hard drive, you can install it from there. (The distribution should be on a hard drive partition to which you are not installing.) Note Choosing Different Install Modes Although most computers enable you to install Fedora in the default mode (graphical), there may be times when your video card does not support that mode. Also, although the install process detects most computer hardware, there may be times when your hard disk, Ethernet card, or other critical piece of hardware cannot be detected and will require you to enter special information at boot time. The following is a list of commands that you could type at the installation boot prompt to change installation modes to start the Fedora Core install process. You would typically try these modes only if the default mode failed (that is, if the screen was garbled or installation failed at some point). For a list of other supported modes, refer to the /usr/share/doc/anaconda*/ command-line.txt file or press F2 to see short descriptions of some of these types.
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