To install Fedora Core from discs, you need five installation CDs, or the
installation DVD. There are separate disc sets for each supported
architecture.
To install Fedora Core, you must use the boot and installation media that is
particular to your architecture. Refer to Chapter 2, Understanding i386 and Other Computer Architectures for information on hardware architectures
and how to determine the right one for your computer.
You may use the first CD or DVD installation disc from the complete Fedora Core
distribution to boot your computer. The Fedora Core distribution also includes
image files for boot-only CD or DVD media and USB
media. You can convert these files into bootable media using standard Linux
utilities or third-party programs on other operating systems.
You may boot your computer with boot-only media, and load the installation
system from another source to continue the process. The types of
installation source for Fedora include:
CD or DVD media installation discs
hard drive, either attached by USB, or internal to the computer
network installation server, using either HTTP, FTP, or NFS
You can use this facility to install Fedora Core on machines without using
installation discs. For example, you may install Fedora Core on a laptop with no CD
or DVD drive by booting the machine with a USB pen drive, and then using a
hard drive as an installation source.
The supported boot media for Fedora include:
CD or DVD media (either installation disc #1 or a special boot-only
disc)
USB media
network interface (via PXE)
Installation from Diskettes
There is no option to either boot or install Fedora Core from diskettes.
4.1. Preparing CD or DVD Media
The images/boot.iso file on the first Fedora Core
installation disc is a boot image designed for CD and DVD media. This file
also appears on FTP and Web sites providing Fedora Core. You can also find this
file on mirror sites in the Fedora Core distribution directory for your
particular architecture.
The Fedora Core distribution is also downloadable as a set of CD-sized ISO image
files or a single DVD-sized ISO image file. You can record these files to
CD or DVD using a CD or DVD burning program on your current operating
system:
Windows operating systems
Burn an ISO image to disc using your installed CD or DVD burning
software. Most software has an option labeled Burn image
file to disc or Make disc from ISO
image. If your software offers a choice of image
formats, choose "ISO image" as the file type. If several ISO formats
are offered, choose the closest match to "Mode 1, 2048-byte blocks."
Apple MacOS X
Open the Disk Copy application, found in the
/Applications/Utilities folder. From the menu,
select Image → Burn Image.... Select the CD image to burn, check that the burn
options are correct, and select the Burn
button.
Linux operating systems
If you are using a recent version of the GNOME desktop
environment, right-click the ISO image file and choose
Write to disc. If you are using a recent
version of the KDE desktop environment, use
K3B and select Tools → Burn CD Image, or Tools → Burn DVD ISO
Image if appropriate. The following
command line works for many other environments: