Workstation Install

Fedora Core 14

1. Install from DVD
   1. Boot from Fedora Core 14 Install DVD
   2. Choose Install or Upgrade Sytem
   3. Choose "Skip" when asked about disc test
2. Continue through installation
   1. Select Install
   2. Input a hostname like host.bkslab.org
   3. Select "America/Los Angeles" timezone and Choose "System clock uses UTC"
   4. Set root password
   5. Select "Use entire drive"
   6. Select Fedora Updates
   7. Proceed though installation (wait)
   8. Reboot system
3. Proceed through initial system configuration
   1. When asked to create user select "Use Network Login..." (don't change anything, just press OK)
   2. Proceed through Date and Time
   3. Send Hardware profile if you wish
4. Run Lab-Specific Configuration
   1. At Login screen press Control+Alt+F2
   2. Log in to shell with root password
   3. Download, extract and run configuration package, then reboot
      1. wget http://aaaa.docking.org/~teague/setup/fedora-14-bks-config.tar.gz (Note this is only accessible from within the lab)
      2. tar -xzf fedora-14-bks-config.tar.gz
      3. fedora-14-bks/setup
      4. reboot

Note the last step can be done as one:

    wget http://aaaa.docking.org/~teague/setup/fedora-14-bks-config.tar.gz && tar -xzf fedora-14-bks-config.tar.gz && fedora-14-bks/setup && reboot

Also, if a single step of the installation process needs to be run again for any reason, as root execute the following command:

    fedora-14-bks/setup <configuration section>

For example, to reconfigure NFS:

    fedora-14-bks/setup nfs

Older Versions

fc11:

1: Boot from fc11 install dvd
2: Choose install or upgrade system
3: skip disc test
4: Proceed with install:
    a: Choose install fedora, not upgrade
    b: select hostname in form of hostname.bkslab.org
    c: select timezone America/Los Angeles. Check system clock uses UTC
    d: set root password    
    e: select use entire drive
    f: Check Office and Productivity, Software Development 
    g: Make sure ethernet is plugged in and DHCPable
    h: Check Fedora 11 - Updates, click ok at next menu, click next
    i: wait for install completion
    j: remove disc, reboot
5: Boot machine
6: At Welcome screen, hit ctrl-alt-backspace
7: At login screen, hit ctrl-alt-f2
8: Login as root
9: scp -r sgehead:~pascal/bks11install . 
10: cd bks11install
11: sh install.sh > install.log 2>&1
12: Wait. There will be weird screen things happening, the console will change.
13: hit ctrl-alt-f2 again and wait for the shell prompt to reappear
14: edit /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 to reflect assigned ip
15: reboot

fc12:

(note: intel_iommu=off must be booted after install or machine will hang)

1: Boot from fc11 install dvd
2: Choose install or upgrade system
3: skip disc test
4: Proceed with install:
    a: Choose install fedora, not upgrade
    b: select hostname in form of hostname.bkslab.org
    c: select timezone America/Los Angeles. Check system clock uses UTC
    d: set root password
    e: select use entire drive
    f: Check Office and Productivity, Software Development
    g: Make sure ethernet is plugged in and DHCPable
    h: Check Fedora 12 - Updates, click ok at next menu, click next
    i: wait for install completion
5: boot machine
6: Click forward, forward, use network login, OK, forward, finish
7: hit ctrl-alt-f2
8: login as root
9: edit /boot/grub/grub.conf add rdblacklist=nouveau to end of kernel line
10 : edit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf, add blacklist nouveau to last line
11: reboot, into runlevel 3: (esc while booting, at grub menu hit e, down, e, space 3 enter b)
12: login as root
13: scp -r sgehead:~pascal/bks12install .
14: cd bks12install
15: sh install.sh > install.log 2>&1
16: Wait. There will be weird screen things happening, the console will change.
17: hit ctrl-alt-f2 again and wait for the shell prompt to reappear
18: edit /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 to reflect assigned ip
19: reboot