Fedora 17 “Beefy Miracle” Install Guide with Screenshots
This is guide with screenshots, howto install Fedora 17 “Beefy Miracle” (F17) using Live CD or Live USB. Fedora 17 “Beefy Miracle” Installation can be done also with using Fedora NetInstall (Net Install) with gPXE and BFO (boot.fedoraproject.org).
1. Before Fedora 17 “Beefy Miracle” Installation
1.1 Download Fedora 17 LiveCD Image
Select your favorite Live CD (Gnome, KDE, LXDE, XFCE) and architecture i686 or x86_64. On this guide I use Fedora 17 Gnome Live CD and 64-bit version.
1.2 Burn Fedora 17 Image to CD or Create Live USB and Boot Computer Using Fedora 17 Installation Media
Remember to check Fedora 17 image MD5 sum and then burn image to CD with your favorite CD burner or create LiveUSB example with liveusb-creator. And boot computer using Fedora 17 Installation Media.
2. Fedora 17 “Beefy Miracle” Installation
2.1 Fedora 17 Boot Option Menu
2.2 Fedora 17 “Beefy Miracle” Live Media Booting
2.3 Start Fedora 17 Installation Click Install to Hard Drive
2.4 Select Keyboard Layout
2.5 Select Storage Device
2.6 Set Hostname
2.7 Select Timezone
2.8 Enter root Password
Select good and secure password for root user.
2.9 Select Installation Type
It’s good to create custom partition layout or at least review and modify partition layout.
2.10 Select Storage Devices
2.11 Partition Layout
Use default or create custom partition layout:
Modify partition:
Create new LVM logical volume:
Create /tmp LVM volume:
Final partition layout example:
Finish partitioning with writing changes to disk:
2.12 Configure Fedora 17 Bootloader (Grub 2)
2.13 Installing Fedora 17 “Beefy Miracle” on Hard Drive
2.14 Fedora 17 Installation Completed
Then simply reboot computer.
3. Finishing Fedora 17 Installation
3.1 Fedora 17 Boot Menu (Grub 2)
3.2 Booting Fedora 17 “Beefy Miracle”
3.3 Fedora 17 Welcome Screen
3.4 Accept Fedora License
3.5 Setup date and time – Set NTP servers
3.6 Create Fedora user
3.7 Fedora 17 “Beefy Miracle” login
3.8 Fedora 17 “Beefy Miracle” desktop screenshots
Gnome Shell 3.4 plain
Gnome 3.4 Details
Thanks a lot. I was always stuck while creating LVM.
nice guide thanks a lot…can you please do guide how to make dual boot fedora 17 alongside windows 7 using LVM and non-LVM partition…sorry for my english. your reply is much appreciated.
I did a simple partition with Windows 7 Utlimate on the same drive and it worked for dual boot without any problem.
did u tell me or explain me how to install linux with existing windows 7. just like u install plzzzz help me how to install it
Hi nitin,
If you do not have unpartitioned free space, then I recommend you to shrink your Windows 7 partition (on Windows) as small as you want. And then install Fedora 17 example using “Use free space” method.
how did you do it
Hi i tried the steps mentioned by you and the installation process is successful upto 2.14, but after rebooting everytime i am presented with the screen do you want to install on harddrive. I am using virtualbox 4.1.16. Please let me know the virtualbox verion you used.
Hi Dinesh,
Did you removed your installation media?
I used also VirtualBox 4.1.16 and real computer… :)
Thanks for the guide.
Very helpful.
HI Jr,
I was installing fedora 17 on virtualbox and i was keeping the iso image at the same location as at the time of installation.It seems some bug in virtualbox it shouldn’t ask for installation when installation has already been done.
I tried your solution by moving the virtual disk iso file to a different location and then it worked fine. I found this behavior pretty strange.
Thanks for your help.
You can’t move the iso file when the virtualbox is running so you need to save the virtual machine and close the virtualbox and then move the iso file and start the VM.
Hi again Dinesh,
Actually VirtualBox works normally, because installation should start again if you have CD (iso image) on drive and you do not change boot order. Despite the fact that if the system has been installed or not. This works exactly same way on real computers. :)
You are welcome! It’s good to hear that you got it working! :)
hi..
i tried to install fedora 17 on my pc along with windows7 by creating free space. Everything was ok untill “copying live image to hard drive” , after that it showed “error in istalling boot ladder”, “installation is complete but system may not be bootable”
please help me .. i’m new to linux…
friend i have problam in installation of squid and samba do you give me a fauvor to send me the installation tutorial on my email address please……..
i am very thankfull to you
also i use fedora 14 and 17 so in any verson you give me the tutorial please
I have tried for three days to successfully install fedora 17 on virtualbox. When I use the live CD it only shows a black screen. When I use the full DVD it hangs on the keyboard selection screen. I am not sure what I am doing wrong.
Hi,
Could you tell specs about your VirtualBox virtual machine?
Hi. I had an hp tm2 tablet with Windows 7 and wanted to put F 17 on it in dual boot.
Following this method of installation from a USB I goofed up….
At step 2.9: Select Installation Type
… instead of “create custom partition” layout I selected “use all space”!!!
I also said yes to “Write changes to disk”.
I realised the mistake in a few seconds and turned off the laptop.
Now it has no OS & the usb live boot of F 17 shows the whole hard drive to be ext4.
Please advise if there is a way to recover from this?
Hi Samir,
Do you have any backups from your system? Did you have some valuable data on your disk?
Maybe you could recover your Windows without data using recovery discs. If you some valuable data missing, then it might be possible to recover your overwritten data, but you might need some real data recovery specialist help. It’s possible to try to use some recovery tool from Internet, but if you have very valuable data then it still might be better to contact data recovery specialist.
i have a one problem 1) i use the custom layout 2)i select the free space drive i.e f 3)cutomize now 4) select all packages 5)but all packages install than error=> system may not be bootable.
pls help me
Hi aniket,
I quickly checked Fedora 17 bugs and found this: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=817225, and unfortunately this sounds like exactly same bug.