OPS235 Lab 2 - Fedora17

OPS235 Lab 2 GNU/Linux Installation - Fedora 12

Objectives

1. To perform a GNU/Linux installation using the Fedora 12 distribution
2. To perform boot time customization and configuration
3. To obtain network configuration from a DHCP server
4. To secure the boot loader by adding password protection
5. To investigate GRUB boot loader configuration

Reference

• Man pages
  • mount
  • rpm
  • hostname
  • uname
  • ps
  • ifconfig
  • netstat
  • route
  • nslookup
  • wc
  • grub

• Resources on the web
  • Fedora Release Notes
  • Fedora Installation Guide
  • Protecting Grub
  • Grub Details and Sample Config
  • One-way Hash Function
  • GRUB Tutorial
  • Password Security

Required Material

• Fedora 12 x_64 Installation DVD - You can burn this onto a DVD-R in the Open Lab
• SATA Hard Disk (the same one used for Lab 1)