Installation Solutions

Dual Disk Dual Boot Issue Correction — by ScottGlaser — last modified Aug 05, 2008 02:37 PM

There are some instances where a user installs a new disk drive in their Windows system so as to load Fedora. Fedora does not install grub in the MBR of the primary disk properly. For those instances this procedure will correct that issue.

Using rpm.livna.org in FC6 and later — by Thorsten Leemhuis of rpm.livna.org — last modified Jan 30, 2008 03:46 AM

Ananconda, the installer for Fedora Core, is capable of using external RPM repositories during install. It's quite easy to use. Follow the steps below to add the livna repository during you install decreasing the amount of time required to setup your system.

rpm.livna.org post images — by scott_glaser — last modified Jan 30, 2008 07:46 AM

 

How Much Space? — by Tejas Dinkar — last modified Jan 30, 2008 03:46 AM

This is a Small Guide on How Much Space you should reserve for your Fedora Core installation, and where to allocate the space. Of Course, this will not be valid for 100% of cases, but is a general frame.

Setting up NetworkManager — by daMaestro — last modified Jan 30, 2008 03:46 AM

Howto setup NetworkManager for use with Fedora Core.

Installation and Configuration of User-Mode Linux (UML) — by balajig81 — last modified Jan 30, 2008 03:46 AM

This article describes how to setup and configure User-Mode Linux in Fedora Core 6. User-Mode Linux is a safe, secure way of running Linux versions and Linux processes. User-Mode Linux gives you a virtual machine that may have more hardware and software virtual resources than your actual, physical computer. Disk storage for the virtual machine is entirely contained inside a single file on your physical machine. With properly limited access, nothing you do on the virtual machine can change or damage your real computer, or its software.

Installing Fedora Using PXE Images — by zcat — last modified Jan 30, 2008 03:46 AM

Booting grub with the Fedora PXE vmlinuz/initrd images allows you to perform a network installation of Fedora over any existing linux distro, should you not be able to write to or boot from the conventional CD/DVD install media. A PXE netinstall can both be done locally, and with extra care, remotely using VNC. Both methods are explained in this HOWTO.