Linux Blog: Installation Guide : Fedora 15

Things you need to get started?

· You will need one of the Fedora 15 Live CD ISO images that corresponds to your hardware architecture (i386 or amd64), and which can be downloaded from fedora home page.
· You will need a 700 MB CD, because when the download will finish, you need to burn the ISO image with your favorite CD/DVD burning application (Brasero on Linux, or Nero, CDBurnerXP, Roxio on Windows).
· You must have a minimum of 10 GB free space on your hard drive, for the Fedora 15 installation.

Great, now let's begin. Insert or leave the CD in your CD/DVD-ROM device, and reboot the computer in order to boot from it. Hit the F8 or F12 key (depending on your BIOS) to select the CD/DVD-ROM as the boot device. Boot from the CD.

Fedora 15 will automatically boot in 10 seconds.

Wait for the system to load.......

In a couple of minutes you will be greeted by the new GNOME 3 environment...

Go to the Activities button on the left side of the panel and click on the "Install to Hard Drive" icon, or in case you don't have 3D support go to Applications -> System Tools -> Install to Hard Drive. The installation wizard will appear.

Choose your language...

When you will be asked what type of devices will your installation involve, choose the "Basic Storage Devices" if you are a regular user and you just want to install Fedora on your regular hard drive. Click the Next button...

Choose a name for your computer and click on the Next button...

Select the nearest city in your time zone and click the Next button...

Type in a password (twice) for the root account (system administrator) and click the Next button...

When you will be asked which type of installation would you like, you have several options to choose from. For example, you can install Fedora 15 alongside another operating system, such as Ubuntu 11.04 or Windows 7, if you choose the "Use Free Space" option. But if you want to install Fedora 15 and erase all the data on your hard drive, you must choose the first option - "Use All Space".

At this step you can also choose to encrypt your entire hard drive, by checking the "Encrypt system" option.

Whichever you choose, click the Next button to continue...

You will be warned that all your data on the existing hard drive will be deleted. Click the "Write changes to disk" button when asked...

The hard drive will be formatted and the partitions will be created...

Everything will be done automatically from now on, just sit back and watch how the Live CD packages are copied to your hard drive. The installation process will take about 8-10 minutes (depending on your computer specs and the selected packages).

When the installation is over, you will get a "Congratulations, the installation is complete" screen. Click the "Reboot" button and your computer will automatically restart...