In this hands-on project, you perform a kickstart installation. Following the kickstart...

In this hands-on project, you perform a kickstart installation. Following the kickstart installation, you manually run the firstboot wizard to configure system settings.

1. Switch to a command-line terminal (tty2) by pressing Ctrl+Alt+F2 and log in to the terminal using the user name of root and the password of secret.

2. At the command prompt, type cp anaconda-ks.cfg ks.cfg and press Enter to create a copy of the system-generated kickstart file. Next, type vi ks.cfg at the command prompt and press Enter. Delete the following section of the file:

#clearpart --none --drives=sda

#ignoredisk --only-use=sda

#part / --fstype=ext4 --size=30000

#part swap --size=4000

Then replace the deleted text with the following:

zerombr yes

clearpart --all

part / --fstype=ext4 --size=30000

part swap --size=4000

When finished, save your changes and quit the vi editor.

3. Place your Fedora 13 DVD in your DVD drive, type reboot at the command prompt and press Enter to reboot your computer. If DVD does not come before hard disk in your BIOS boot order, open the boot menu and select your DVD device to ensure that your system boots from your Fedora 13 DVD.

4. When you see the Fedora installation welcome screen, press Tab. If your hard disk is SATA or SCSI, append ks=hd:sda1:/root/ks.cfg to the boot options line and press Enter. Alternatively, if your hard disk is PATA, append ks=hd:hda1:/root/ ks.cfg to the boot options line and press Enter. After you press Enter, your computer will typically need 20 to 100 minutes to install Fedora 13, depending on your hardware.

5. When installation is complete, click Reboot and remove your DVD.

6. Click Forward at the Welcome screen of the firstboot wizard.

7. At the License Information screen, click Forward.

8. At the Create User screen, enter the following information:

9. When finished, click Forward. When prompted to use the password even though it is based on a dictionary word, click Yes.

10. At the Date and Time screen, confirm the local date and time and click Forward.

11. At the Hardware Profile screen, ensure that Do not send profile is selected and click Finish. Click No, do not send when prompted to reconsider sending your hardware profile.

12. Log in to the GNOME desktop environment as sample user one.

13. Open the System menu and navigate to Administration, Network and supply the root user password of secret when prompted.

14. Use the Network utility to configure the network interface on your system to obtain Internet access, using the configuration parameters provided by your instructor. Close the Network Configuration utility when finished.

15. Open the System menu again and navigate to Administration, Firewall. Supply the root user password of secret if prompted. Click Disable and then Apply followed by Yes to disable your firewall. Close the Firewall Configuration utility when finished.

16. Open the System menu again and navigate to Administration, SELinux Management. Supply the root user password of secret if prompted. Change the System Default Enforcing Mode to Disabled and close the SELinux Administration utility.

17. Log out of the GNOME desktop environment.