ntroduction to gnu/linux linux installation and basic commands

Introduction to GNU/LinuxLinux Installation and Basic Commands

Jaganadh GProject Lead (NLP R&D)

jaganadhg@gmail.com

Weekly Tech Session for R&D Team365 Media Pvt. Ltd

17 December 2010

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Linux Installation - Requirements

Requirements

Any GNU/Linux Distro CD or DVD

a CD or DVD drive, and the capability to boot from this drive

a 400 MHz processor or faster

at least 1 GB of memory (RAM)

at least 10 GB of permanent storage (hard drive) space

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Let’s Start Installation

Power on the machine and insert the CD/ DVD

Reboot the system and set the primary boot device as CD /DVD

When the system boots you will get a screen like

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Language Selection

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Keyboard Configuration

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Storage Devices

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Select Installation Type

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Setting the Hostname

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Time Zone Configuration

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Set the Root Password

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Disk Partitioning Setup

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Disk Partitioning Setup

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Write changes to disk

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Boot Loader Configuration

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Package Group Selection

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Package Group Selection

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Installing Packages

At this point there is nothing left for you to do until all thepackages have been installed. How quickly this happens dependson the number of packages you have selected and your computer’sspeed.After installation completes, select Reboot to restart yourcomputer. Fedora ejects any loaded discs before the computerreboots.

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Firstboot

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License Agreement

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System User

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Date and Time

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Hardware Profile

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Your installation is complete

Fedora is now installed on your computer. Log in with theusername and password that you created during the installationprocess.

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