OPS235 Lab 2 - Fedora17
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OPS235 Lab 2 GNU/Linux Installation - Fedora 12
Objectives
- To perform a GNU/Linux installation using the Fedora 12 distribution
- To perform boot time customization and configuration
- To obtain network configuration from a DHCP server
- To secure the boot loader by adding password protection
- To investigate GRUB boot loader configuration
Reference
- Man pages
- mount
- rpm
- hostname
- uname
- ps
- ifconfig
- netstat
- route
- nslookup
- wc
- grub
- Resources on the web
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)
- USB Memory Stick (minimum 64M)
Prerequisite
- Completion of Lab 1
Introduction
In this lab, you are going to install the Fedora (GNU/Linux Distribution) to your hard disk from DVD.
You need a number of hard disk partitions/physical volumes for this installation: the /dev/sda1 (300M), the /dev/sda2 extended partition, the /dev/sda5 (300M), all created in Lab 2, and 4 new physical volumes which you will create during this lab.
After the installation, you will collect baseline information about your Fedora GNU/Linux system, do some post installation configuration to prepare your system for the remainder of the labs, manipulate the GRUB configuration, and start using the system.
Instructions
- Insert and secure your SATA hard disk to the removable disk slot.
- Power up the computer.
- Insert the Fedora 12 x_64 Installation DVD into the DVD drive.
- Reboot the system.