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IN THIS CHAPTER
Proper preparation and planning before installation can pay big dividends later on. If you are deploying Linux using Fedora Core, you will need to decide how you want to put it to use. Installing Linux for the first time can seem daunting to inexperienced users or system administrators, but this chapter shows you how easy the installation can be if you make some simple preinstallation plans and decisions. Disk partitioning can be one of the most unfamiliar parts of the installation process, but it's an essential step toward configuring a multiplatform system. As you learn in this chapter, disk partitioning also is a manageable process when you take the time to plan ahead. In this chapter, you learn how to prepare for an effective, efficient Fedora Core installation. The chapter begins with a checklist of considerations that can help you to plan how you will use Linux after installation, so you can plan for making the right choices during the installation itself. This chapter also outlines some of the basic hardware requirements for using Linux (with some specifics for the Fedora Core release on this book's CD-ROMs and DVD), and it highlights some potential hardware problems you can plan for and avoid. The chapter also walks you through a general overview of the installation process, and it offers in-depth planning advice for partitioning your hard disk to support different configurations. As you are about to learn, Fedora is a flexible Linux distribution that can adapt to a variety of hardware configurations and can be installed in a number of ways. |
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