1. Before Fedora 16 “Verne” Installation
1.1 Download Fedora 16 LiveCD Image
Select your favorite Live CD (Gnome, KDE, LXDE, XFCE) and architecture i686 or x86_64. On this guide I use Fedora 16 Gnome Live CD and 64-bit version.
1.2 Burn Fedora 16 Image to CD or Create Live USB and Boot Computer Using Fedora 16 Installation Media
Remember to check Fedora 16 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 16 Installation Media.
2. Fedora 16 “Verne” Installation
2.1 Fedora 16 Boot Option Menu
2.2 Fedora 16 “Verne” Live Media Booting
2.3 Start Fedora 16 Installation Click Install to Hard Drive
You find this from Gnome Menu or on Gnome Shell Activities and start typing install…
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:
Create new LVM logical volume:
Final partition layout example:
Finish partitioning with writing changes to disk:
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