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* Fedora 17 x_64 x86_64 Installation DVD

=== Part 1: simple things Simple Things ===

=== Part 2: Partitioning === {{Admon/tip |You're supposed to use this hard drive only for this course| But if you really need to use it for two courses, and the professor for the other (probably windows) course will allow it - ask your professor for help with partitioning .}} <ol> <li>If you get a warning with something like "This device may contain data" - it's probably your new hard drive and you can safely use it.</li> <li>Select '''Create Custom Layout''', we don't want to use the Fedora default setup now.</li> <li>On your drive you will need at least the following partitions. These may be primary partitions or logical drives. If you have more space than 250GB available - you can add the extra space in equal parts to /home and /var/lib/libvirt/images</li> <ul><li>'''20GB''' for '''/''' (i.e. "root")</li> <li>'''30GB''' for /home</li> <li>'''8GB''' for '''swap''' (Note: "swap" must be selected from the drop down menu)</li> <li>'''100GB''' for '''/var/lib/libvirt/images'''</li></ul> <li>Record briefly in your lab logbook what partitions you created of what size and what device names were assigned to them (/dev/sda1, etc.).</li></ol> === Part 3: Completing Installation ===

<li>Select '''Create Custom Layout''', we don't want to use the Fedora default setup now.</li> <li value="13">When prompted, make certain to select '''Fresh Install''' in order to erase any previous contents of the hard disk.</li> <li>You will be prompted to confirm the options that you have chosen prior to performing the DVD install. If you are not certain, you can "Go Back". As soon as you are satisfied with your selections, then click '''Write Changes to Disk'''.</li> <li>Record briefly in your lab logbook what activity occurs during this installation process.</li> <li>Select in the next screen the '''Graphical Desktop''' applications, and in the additional repositories section (at the bottom) accept the default settings, then proceed. You may look at what's available if you choose "Customize now" but you don't need to customize the software installed at this point.</li>

{{Admon/important|Boot-up Issues (Fedora16) in Seneca's Computer labs|Each time you boot from your removable hard drive: :* '''Press the function key F10 and specify the hard disk device to boot'''<br />(eg. SATA drive). :* If the user is prompted for a password, '''simply press ENTER''' <br />(without typing any password) at the password prompt.}} <ol> <li value="21">When the system starts, set or accept the time and date default.</li> <li>Create a user account for yourself using the same name user ID as your learn account, and create a suitable password (do not forget password!).</li>

{{Admon/tip important|Backup up to your Pathname for USB KeyStick|When your USB key is inserted into your computerThe procedure has changed to refer to the usb device for distributions prior to Fedora17 (eg. /media/usb-device-name). For Fedora17, the new device pathname is recognised and assigned a :<br /><b>/run/media/userloginid/usb-device-name</b> . <br /><br />Note: You can view your USB drive by issuing press the command <codeb>ls /mediatab</codeb> and view key to guess what the mounted devices. Then you can issue a Linux command as "superuserloginname/usb-user" to copy the files to your USB device-name is...}} 

<li value="13">Copy the installation log file <code>'''/root/install.log'''</code> and the file '''ps.lst''' to a USB memory key, or '''scp''' to your matrix account as a backup.</li></ol> {{Admon/tip |Backup up to your USB Key|When your USB key is inserted into your computer, the device is recognised and assigned a name. You can view your USB drive by issuing the command <code>ls /run/media/yourusername</code> and view the mounted devices. Then you can issue a Linux command as "super-user" to copy the files to your USB device.}}<ol><li value="14">View the section below to learn about and perform an update on your fresh Fedora16 Fedora install (you may have to find spare time to perform this install if you are running short on lab time). '''Do <u>not</u> proceed to Investigation 3 without performing an update'''.</li>

{{Admon/tip |Updating Fedora|The Fedora 16 software is updated frequently to add features, fix bugs, and upgrade security. '''Perform a system update to get the latest versions of the packages installed in Fedora: Start the Firefox web browser, turn off popup window blocking (select ''Edit>Preferences'', then select the Content tab and uncheck the box to Block Popups), then login to SeneNET. Open a terminal and type <code>su</code> to start a shell as root. Enter the command <code>yum update</code>''' This will download and install all of the packages that have been updated since the installation DVD image was created. If you complete this command at Seneca it should run quite fast as Seneca College hosts a Fedora Repository mirror (a copy of all of the current fedora packages, on a local web server).}}

{{Admon/tip |Learning How Rusty Issuing Linux commands since ULI101?|To be an effective Linux administrator, you need to Learn|Refer become comfortable on issuing Linux commands in a shell, and use resources to quickly learn how to properly formulate Linux commands...<br /><br />You can run the following online tutorials to practice (refresh) issuing Linux commands. These tutorials were designed for another course called "OPS435", but you can still use them for practice. Simply open a shell, SSH into the Matrix server (eg. ssh yourusername@matrix.senecac.on.ca) and run the following 4 tutorials (you can copy and paste these separate pathnames and run like a program):<br /><br />'''/home/ops435/tutorials/tutorial1<br />/home/ops435/tutorials/tutorial2<br />/home/ops435/tutorials/tutorial3<br />/home/ops435/tutorials/vi-tutorial'''<br /><br />You can also refer to the section above called '''Linux Command Online Reference''' to see how use use the following Linux commands to obtain the required information.}}

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