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OPS235 Lab 3 - Fedora17

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Installing from the Network
=== Installing from the Network ===
{{Admon/tip|Authenticate to the network|The rest of this lab uses network access. Be sure to authenticate to the network using your browser before proceeding.}} VM details: * Name: fedora2* Boot media: Network installation* Installation source: http://belmont.senecac.on.ca/fedora/releases/12/Fedora/x86_64/os/* Memory: 512MB* Disk space: 10GB* CPUs: 1 Steps:# Create the VM as you did with the ''fedora1'' virtual machine, except:#* In step 1 of 5, set the installation type to "Network Install (HTTP, FTP, or NFS)"#* In step 2 of 5, provide the URL http://belmont.senecac.on.ca/fedora/releases/12/Fedora/x86_64/os/#* # Observe the boot process. How is it different from booting from an optical disc (CD/DVD)?# Start the installation process. When you get to the disk partitioning step, enable the checkbox labelled ''Review and modify partition layout''. On the next screen, change the logical volumes as follows:#* Reduce the size of the root LV to 4000 MB.#* Add a logical volume with a size of 1000 MB and a mountpoint of /home (you can name it whatever you want).# On the software selection screen, uncheck the box for ''Office and Productivity'' (as well as the other software choices).# On the same screen, select the "Fedora 12 - x86_64" and the "Fedora 12 - x86_64 - Updates". ''DO NOT'' enable the "Test Updates" repository.# Complete the installation. Record the time taken to install, and compare this to the time taken by the previous installations.
=== Installing using Kickstart ===

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