optical disc, or if you entered the method or askmethod keywords at the boot prompt ( Figure 1-1 ).
Figure 1-5. Language selection screen
Select the language to use during installation using the up/down cursor keys, and then press Enter to proceed. The keyboard selection screen shown in Figure 1-6 will appear.
Figure 1-6. Keyboard selection screen
Select the entry that matches your keyboard and press Enter.
If you included the askmethod keyword at the boot prompt or booted from a USB flash disk or a PXE boot server, the installation method dialog shown in Figure 1-7 will appear next.
Figure 1-7. Installation method dialog
If you select an installation method that is network-based (NFS, FTP, or HTTP), you will be presented with a network configuration screen where you can enable automatic IP configuration through DHCP and select IPV4 (used on most networks) and/or IPV6. If you do not enable DHCP support, an additional page will appear to collect the IP settings (IP address, netmask, DNS server, and gateway). In most established networks (including small business or home networks with a broadband Internet connection through a router/gateway device), the IP settings can be obtained from a DHCP server. If in doubt, try the DHCP server option; if it fails, you will be given the opportunity to enter the network information manually.
If you select the hard disk installation method, you will be prompted to select the disk device and path to the Fedora Core ISO images. Use Table 1-4 to determine the disk device, and append the partition number to the device name (for example, use /dev/hda2 for partition 2 on the IDE primary master disk); for the path, enter the pathname of the directory containing the ISO images, using the forward-slash ( / ) character to separate directories instead of the Windows-style backslash ( ).
1.3.1.5. Installation stage 2
At this point, control of the system passes from the boot media to the installation media. For example, if you've used a USB flash drive to boot and HTTP for the installation method, it is at this point that the system switches over to software from the HTTP server.
If you're using a graphical installation, the graphical environment will be started now, and the splash screen shown in Figure 1-8 will appear. Click Next to proceed.
If your mouse is not working, you can activate a graphical button on the installation screen by using the keyboard; just press Alt and the letter underlined in the button label. For example, to view the release notes while on the splash screen in Figure 1-8, press Alt-R (because
If you are using a text-mode installation, you will see a text-based version of each of the following screens; the layout may be slightly different to accommodate the available screen space and the absence of a mouse pointer. Use the Tab key to navigate among the controls on the text screen.
You cannot manually create a new Logical Volume configuration using the text-mode installer
Figure 1-8. Fedora Core graphical-installation splash screen
If you have not already selected your language and keyboard type, the screens shown in Figures 1-9 and 1-10 are presented to collect this information.
Figure 1-9. Graphical language selection
Figure 1-10. Graphical keyboard selection
1.3.1.6. Upgrading a Fedora installation
The installation program will check to see if you have an existing Fedora installation; if you do, it will offer you the option of upgrading the current system instead of performing a new installation (Figure 1-11).
Figure 1-11. Upgrade option
Choose Install Fedora Core if you want to replace your existing installation, or 'Upgrade an existing installation' if you want to upgrade your existing Fedora system to Fedora Core 6. Click Next.
This dialog may appear if you previously started a Fedora installation, but aborted the installation process before it was finished (producing a partially installed system). In that case, choose Install rather than Upgrade to ensure that the new system is complete.
If you have an existing Fedora installation and you want to replace it with Fedora Core 6, but you wish to preserve the data in your home directories, and the home directories have their own filesystem or partition, you can choose Upgrade.
If you choose Install, skip to the next section titled 'Performing a New Fedora Installation.' Otherwise, the screen shown in Figure 1-12 will appear, asking what you want to do with the bootloader configuration.
Figure 1-12. Bootloader configuration during upgrade
Choose an option based on your current bootloader:
Use this if your previous installation installed the GRUB bootloader (the default for recent versions of Fedora Core).
Use this if you are using a third-party bootloader program. You will need to refer to your bootloader documentation to determine how to update the bootloader manually.
Select this option if you are using the older LILO bootloader. The installation system will replace LILO with GRUB.
Click Next. After a few seconds, the screen shown in Figure 1-13 will appear.
Figure 1-13. Fedora installation confirmation screen
