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=Performing Lab 1=
== Instructions ==
# Set your computer's drive selector switch to external, then power up the computer.
# Insert the Fedora Live CD into the CD/DVD drive.
# Reboot the system.
# The boot process is completed when you see the GDM Login Screen. Click on "Automatic Login" to login as the "Live System User".
# We are going to start by opening a terminal window to access our shell environment. Click on Applications --> System Tools --> Terminal to start the terminal.
# At the top of the terminal window, you should see the command prompt similar to [liveuser@localhost ~]$ This prompt indicates that it is ready to take your command. The program that is running is called a shell.
# At the command prompt, enter the command whoami (all in one word) and press return. This command shows the so-called User Name. Make notes of this user name.
# At the command prompt, enter the command pwd and press return. This command shows the so-called present working directory or current working directory. Record the present working directory of the shell running on the terminal window. As we have not yet changed directories this should also be your users home directory. (Also indicated by the ~ character in the prompt)
{{Admon/important|Using Superuser Privilege|Throughout this course, you may need to execute commands using the privileges of the the administrative user (username "root", also called the "superuser"). To switch from your account to the root account, type the command: <code>su</code>
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==Instructions=Investigation 1 - How do you manually create hard disk partitions?===
* Enter the command <code>fdisk -l /dev/sda</code> and describe the output in your log book. The output may be similar to the following:
* Use the '''p''' option the display the new partition and record it in your log book.
* Remember to use the '''w''' option to write the new partitions information instead of the '''q''' option to quit without saving.
* Enter the command <code>fdisk -l /dev/sda </code> again, and view the partition table to confirm that the partitions were properly created.
* Exit the fdisk prompt.
* Logout and restart Fedora.
