Netw 240 Week 1 Ilab

NETW240 Week 1 Lab: Installing Fedora Linux

Click on the diagram that appears and your virtual lab experience will begin.

If your connection isn't working, verify connectivity by clicking Verify Connection in the Tools section on the left navigation bar.

Assignment

Understand how to install Fedora Core Linux on x86 processor machines.

Understand how to perform a custom Linux installation.

Understand how to use the text book and lab notes to determine hardware and software installation requirements.

Understand how to select, activate, load, and troubleshoot system options and parameters.

Understand how to use the Disk Druid graphical tool to create and format hard drive partitions

Story

You have been asked to install Fedora 13.

Conditions

You are doing this remotely so the text based Red Hat installer will be used.

Notes

WARNING: PLEASE READ BEFORE CONTINUING. Since the Red Hat text based installer is used in this lab, you will not be able to use your mouse to click on buttons and other controls in the installer forms. Once you have clicked on the PC in the vLab window and opened your connection to the device, you will need to click once in the connection window with your mouse so that it gains focus. From then on in the install forms you will use your cursor keys (arrow keys) to navigate between selectable elements, your space bar to select them and your Enter key to click the selected option. In the Sample Solution instructions, this is what is meant by click. It might take a few minutes to get used to this navigation, but it's easy to master.

Diagram

Suggested Approach

Install Fedora 13 using the text based installer. See the Sample Solution for detailed steps.

Step 1 : Prepare for Install

Action:

Given that this is an online lab, we are assuming that we have placed the installation DVD in this server and have just powered-on the workstation so that it boots from the DVD unit. No action is necessary on your...