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OPS235 Lab 3 - Fedora17

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Installing from a Live Disc
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# Step 3 of 5: Set the memory to 512 MB and the number of CPUs to 1.<br />[[Image:Virt-manager4.png]]
# Step 4 of 5: This next step creates a disk file that will be used to simulate the virtual machine's disk drive. Select a size of 10 GB and checkmark the box labeled ''Allocate entire disk now''.<br />[[Image:Virt-manager5.png]]# Step 4 5 of 5: Review the options that you have selected. '''Make a note of the storage location.''' If anything needs to be changed, use the ''Back'' button to go back and edit it; otherwise, click ''Finish''.<br />[[Image:Virt-manager6.png]]
# The virtual machine will now start. You will see a window which displays the virtual video card from the VM. The video It's important to note that the VM can (and often will) run even when this display is not present. The virtual machine is running from the live disc at this point, and no software has been installed on the ''hard drive'' of the virtual machine.
# Login to the VM and double-click on the ''Install to Hard Drive'' icon. When prompted for the hostname, enter "fedora1", and when prompted for the timezone, select ''America/Toronto'', and when asked about storage, select ''Use Entire Disk''. '''Use the default values for all other fields.''' Notice that the installer does not ask you what software should be installed; compare the installation time to the amount of time it took to do your Lab 2 installation.
# When the installation is complete, select the menu option System>Shutdown to stop the Live Disc.
# Start the VM from its disk image by selecting Virtual Machine>Run from the virtual machine menu. You will get the ''Firstboot'' configuration questions during the boot process (asking you to create a user, set the date and time, and optionally send the hardware profile to the Fedora Project). Create a user with the same name as your Matrix account.

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