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:
.png)
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 .
.png)
Step-4(c):
Installation Destination, and you will get this screen:
.png)
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.
(ii).png)
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.
(2).png)
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:
(ii)(1).png)
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:
(ii)(3).png)
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.
