Fedora 21 (Workstation) Installation Steps with Screenshots

Fedora 21 (Workstation) Installation Steps with Screenshots

Given that I have no internet connection, somehow I have managed a copy of Fedora 21 workstation , or, I have downloaded the concerned .iso file from Fedora 21 official site using https://getfedora.org/en/workstation/ and burnt the iso file in a dvd.

Now to install, I already know the minimum requirements 1GHz or faster Processor, 1GB RAM & atlaest 10GB unallocated Disk Space . So let's walk through the installation steps, screen by screen, and see what it does.

Step-1 :Boot the computer with the installation DVD.

Select the First Option ‘Start Fedora Live’ & hit Enter.

Step-2: Choose ‘Install to Hard Drive’ option

 Step-3 :Language Selection

Since no network connection keep the default (English (United States)). If there is an active network connection, Installer will attempt to determine the geographic location and then make an educated guess at the appropriate language based on that.

Step-4 :Installation Summary

 

Here four tasks to be completed, one of which is mandatory before installation can begin and has not been completed yet. Note the yellow warning across the bottom of the screen, and the fact that the 'Begin Installation' button is not active.

Step-4(a) Set Time Zone

For active internet connection, installer wil determine location and set the Timezone. Otherwise need to set the timezone, click on that item and you get this screen:

 

There are two ways to set the timezone here: either click somewhere near the appropriate location on the map, or choose the Region and City from the drop-down lists.

You can also set the time and date in this screen, if necessary, and choose 12- or 24-hour format.click Done.

Step -4(b): Keyboard selection - click on the Keyboard selection - Keep the default .

 

 

Step-4(c): Installation Destination, and you will get this screen:

 

Click on the hard drive to select it, and see the check-mark appear (shown above). At that point, alternatives for normal/standard/typical installation available.

Step-4(c)(i):automatic partitioning

Just click Done and Installer will figure things out .

In automatic partitioning (default), Installer will create one small ext4 partition for /boot, and one large LVM partition to hold the rest of the installation (root, home, var, etc.) assuming sufficient free disk space, Installer will simply take it all for the LVM partition.

If there is not enough free space, it will ask for help in freeing up space, by deleting, shrinking or taking over existing partitions.

 

Step-4(c)(ii): Manual Partition

For complicated/non-standard disk layout, and you have to specify the partitions yourself, and need to click the 'I will configure partitioning' radio button. Click Done, and if accept automatic partitioning, Installer will only bother for more input if it is not able to figure out a reasonable automatic partitioning scheme.

If selected 'I will configure partitioning', will get this screen: a logical view of the disk partitioning.

Step-4(c)(ii)(*): LVM

At the top of the screen find the default partitioning scheme is still LVM, and if 'Create them automatically' is clicked, Installer will go off and do exactly what it would have done in automatic partitioning in the previous screen. Here, however, find the results of that:

 

In this case there will be a Btrfs partition for root and home, a separate ext4 partition for /boot (sorry, still no booting from btrfs here), a new FAT32 partition for EFI boot, and a new separate partition for swap.

Step-4(c)(ii)(***): Standard Partitions

The other automated option is to choose Standard Partitions and then click 'Create them

automatically', which results in this layout:

 

Here there will be separate ext4 partitions for root, home and boot, a FAT32 for EFI boot and a swap partition. Goodness, that's a lot of partitions!

Step-4(c)(iii) - to create new partitions

Finally, for absolute control over the partitions, to create new partitions, click the 'plus' button at the bottom; to take over (or merge) with a partition in an existing installation, click on the title for that installation and then select the partitions you want.

a minimum installation will include at least three partitions - , Root (/), Swap & home. Simply select them from the list, and then give the new installation details.

Step-5: Accept Changes

Once the partitioning is complete, click Done. Installer will analyze the new layout, and if it is unacceptable for some reason (no root, whatever) it will complain. If it requires reformatting or otherwise destroying an existing partition, it will display this warning and ask for confirmation:

 

It is important to know that whatever may be the disk partitioning sequence, there will be no changes made to disk drive(s) until the actually start the installation is clicked. So at this point click Accept Changes.

Step-6: Begin Installation

 

Here find that the yellow warning bar is gone from the bottom of the screen, and the Begin

Installation button is now active. Click Begin Installation, and Installer will get busy. At this point, if chosen to overwrite any existing partitions, they are toast... once clicked, it's too late to go back.

Step-7: root password and user account

Now, while Installer is performing the installation, enter the root password and user account info.

Root Password Creation

 

This is pretty obvious, just click on Root or User configuration.

 

Once you have entered the user account and root password information, you just have to wait for the installation to finish. This takes about 20 to 30 minutes on the systems I have installed so far. When Installation is done, you will get this screen:

Click on Quit and you will be returned to the Live desktop. Reboot the system.

(Note: Don’t forget to unplug the DVD / USB stack after the reboot process (So that you don’t boot it again).

Once you reboot, the system will ask you to select your new Fedora Linux from the boot menu. On the login screen, enter your new user login credentials that you’ve created during installation.