Installing Fedora 10

Nice article. Fedora 10 installs and runs in SATA and IDE systems. On SCSI systems the live CD will boot and install but the OS will lockup solid when booted from a SCSI hard drive.

i have one question please
how should I burn 4 Gb on a blank CD ?
or do u have to use a DVD for burning the ISO ?
please help me .

use a dvd Bogdan :)

Great guide. One question - can you later change the paraphrase you entered during the setup? If so, how?

I tried my level best to install fedora10 but the curser of my mouse remains invisible, but with fedora9 there is no such problem, even not with ubuntu. Can anybody help me to solve this problem.

@parry24 Probably there is something wrong with Xorg.conf. That is why it goes invisible.

Excellent tips and tricks. Everything work except for wireless mouse (max com), ...though wireless keyboard works OK. Additional fonts would be a good thing.
I changed from Vista to Fedora 10 and feel quite comfortable.
Janusz

I'm having a problem. At the screen where it ask to test media or skip. When I select skip, the Anaconda installer tries to load. Then it will say "x startup failed" and then the installation will go through the text format instead of the gui. After the installation completes Fedora 10 loads with the text format. I want the gui format. What should I do?

For brian: That's strange... It appears to be a hardware problem... Can you please tell me what configuration your computer has? (graphics card, memory, processor).

I have the same problem with brian. My computer's graphic card is NVIDIA Quadro NVS 295, capacity of memory is 2G and CPU is Intel Xeon. It is strange that my collegue's computer is the same as mine, but his installation is graghic mode.

hello, i am trying to burn the Fedora 10 ISO, but my blank CD is not big enough. Is there a way to shrink the size of the ISO or do I just need to buy a bigger CD?

For anon: Please use a DVD disc.

i m currently using windows xp 64-bit, i want to install fedora 10 too.i have already formatted one drive, and i want to install in that drive. so can u help me how can i install in that particular drive....

For vicky: Make sure only that hard drive is selected on the partitioning step... this one -> http://news.softpedia.com/images/extra/LINUX/large/fedora10installguide-large_010.jpg

nice one
thanks for ur support
i am new to linux & im using the live cd version
yaa a lot the same its is

thanks anyways

I am using Fedora9 on my Celeron machine with GUI.
But with Fedora10, GUI installation fails. I could load only text based version of Fedora10.
Thanks

How do I do a text, not graphics, installation of Fedora 10? It is not an option. For Fedora 9, I had to do a text install, and edit the xorg.conf. I probably have to do the same with Fedora 10. The hardware is an IBM Blade.

Press TAB at boot process and write 'text' for kernel parameters.
When you finish install process try Xorg -configure

- Hi,
windows vista is installed in C drive .
I want to install linux in unallocated space in the hard drive .
so while installing when the option for formatting is to be selected, then which option shud i select .. it will show u four options .. 1) remove all partions.................. 2)intall on empty space in selected drive ........... 3)............ 4)... create custom layout ... so which one shud be selected .
thanks,
Bhaven
(+919845701848)

For bhaven: The second option (intall on empty space in selected drive).

plz provide screenshots tutorial installation using "Use free space on the selected drives and create default layout"

I formatted my PC (AMD) processor and installed Fedora10 32bit , I want to uninstall it to windows 32bit. (my Hard Drive is SATA2)
what to do?

Can anyone be of help.
I just bought a T5800 windows vista with 3 GB and and 250 hard disk
I have partition the unallocated space on the hard disk to 10 GB but can't
find it when I get to the partition section to choose where to install fedora.
Will be grateful if someone can help.
Thanks.

On the partitioning step, choose "Create custom layout" and you will have access to that partition. Otherwise, you can choose "Use free space on the selected drives and create default layout" to use the free space on the hard drive.

Fedora 10 failed to load off a live CD on multiple machines for me, never bothered to give the DVD a shot after the utter failure of the live CD. I used to run fedora 8 for quite a while and liked it, oh well.

I've installed Fedora 10 x64 on a seperate 70Gb partition, on a hard drive where I have Vista Home Premium (32bit) installed too.
My first problem was that it automatically booted into Windows with no option for Fedora. So I played around with "Rescue installed system" and .."upgrade an existing system" to no avail. I ended up reinstalling Fedora a couple times. The second time I looked at the custom partition options and there were 2 more partitions than previously, including a VLM (?). I deleted the VLM and all the extra partitions, and recreated the 70Gb partition on the remaining free space.
Now, on booting it enters a cycle where it just boots and restarts. I have managed to get it into the command line environment, but yum doesn't work (it says it can't find yummain), it can't find xorg.conf or Xorg.conf and I'm at a loose end... I need the computer to work on intensive programs so thought 64 bit Fedora would be best.. I could try 32 bit fedora (x86) but would rather not resort to that.
Any suggestions, please????

I have a Dell 1525 Inspiron with a 4312 wireless card. I have the Broadcom driver for it and the instructions to install it. However, I have to use the 'make' command and it says the command cannot be found. Being extremely new to Linux I have no idea of what to do. Any help for complete installation of the driver for this card would be appreciated and can be sent to vpn1951@yahoo.com .

Thanks.

I'm having trouble loading the GUI interface for fedora 10. I'm having a similar problem Brian had in comment #8. It will continue to load but only in text format and I also would like the GUI. System info is:
mobo - xfx 750a
cpu - phenom x4 9550
mem - 4gb of patriot
gpu - nvidia 9800gt

Any information or advice would be greatly appreciated. I've tried Ubuntu, gentoo, slackware, and now Fedora (which I really want).

Thanks in advance

i install fedora 10 on my computer but there is no authority to paste any thing in OPT directory how i can get authority to paste my application on it.
please help me thank you

I installed fedora 10 in text mode but during the setup it asked for a password which i entered and remembered. After rebooting after installation it goes to a screen which asks for login: and password: which i cannot get past. I tried the password that i entered during setup

Hi, I'm having the same problem as Brian item#8, then after the install which is the same as Chaos item #24 I get the same problem as Ronald item #26. Any help would be appreciated.

greetings,

i am having the same problem (fedora 10 wont shunt to graphical; text only) as both brian in # 8 and chaos in # 24.

running an older and slower hp laptop.

debian installed okay

thanks for any advice

I have been trying to get my monitor screen resopution to 1024 X 768.
The only options I have now are 800 X 600 and lower.
I saw the command somewhere to change this but I forgot where it was.
Can anyone help me?
I am running an Intel Celeron 2.0 Ghz with a Nfren LCD monitor. Everything is pretty much generic.

xrandr -s 1024x768

u may check it under the system change...

Thank you. Now I have to figure out where to put it.

i have a question..my computer sleeps on "waiting for hardware to initialize".. i have even tried text moad but in vain..how can i solve this prob?

Hi, M new to Linux, I down loaded fedora 10 from the site usig utorrent,
written with iso magig 5 and nero 9 (2 dvds, down loaded twice the hash says that its 100% ok )
My hardware isAMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4400+
on ASUS m2a-vm
500 gb sata hdd , with sony dvd drive.
when I try to install
I get an error line saying that
could not find kernal Image: linux
boot:

I tried vmlinuz initrd=initrd.img
but it didnt work,
can some one help me with this plz

sabari

how i can install remote desktop in fedora 10

I can't seem to find my head drive...only 31mb ata wdc wd10eads - 00l shows up but that's not my western digital 1tb hd...help!

Thanks a lot for the tut, but I have a very annoying problem when I try to Install Fedora. The first steps go perfectly but after I reboot and input the password, in the welcome screen with the "Click "Forward" " thing, my mouse pad and my keyboard just stop responding, I even tried with a USB mouse but nothing happens the only thing that works is the screen, what can I do?

This guide will definitely help to install fedora for the begainers. There is almost everything described here. One can easily install and run fedora with the help of this guide. The screen shots are also make this guide easy to understand.

i want to install fedora on one of free spaces that i have in my hard disc, but when i choose install on free space, it says that there isn't choosen the right partition, and in fact i didn't choose any partiton. When i choose rezie partition ..... and something like hat, after that it gives me the possibility to choose where i want to install fedora, but after that it says no enough space for /boot. The space that i have in my local dick is about 37Gb. What shiuld i do? Can someone help me pease, i need to install fedora today. Please, thank you in advanced.

I have query. I installed Fedora 10 in my laptop. I could not able to see any source files( .c, .h) in any specific path.
Kindly help me... Thanks in ADVANCE!!!!

I have downloaded fedora 10 i386. i dont have dvd writer to burn it on dvd. its copied with me on my usb flash drive. my computer doesnot support "boot from usb" either. so can i install fedora 10 using my usb or by coping it on my hard drive?

I'm having a problem. At the screen where it ask to test media or skip. When I select skip, the Anaconda installer tries to load. Then it will say "x startup failed" and then the installation will go through the text format instead of the gui. After the installation completes Fedora 10 loads with the text format. I want the gui format. What should I do?

My system configuration is given below

Processor - AMD Phenom8650 64 bit Tri Core
Motherboard - ASUS

Would appreciate if someone could help me out with getting the GUI working

I just wanted to say I am glad that you have taken the time to construct an invaluable tutorial. I am not necessarily a noob but enough of one to desire images with my descriptions. You have lessened the anxiety of the whole partition, install bit. I have been scouring the net for the past few days trying to find relevant and useful info that I can actually apply. So anyway this is getting long-winded. Thank you for taking the time to share with the ever growing Linux community.

I am having fedora 10 i386 dvd which i got from my friend. My system config are Intel P4 3GHz, 512RAM, 945 motherboard. When i try to install it checks disk 100% after that my monitor automatically turn off but cpu is running, I am waiting for long time but it cannot install. I tried many time but the same result. can you pls tell me what the problem is? Pls mail me what i do and how can i install.

hi,
I'm not new with linux but i never tried a dual boot before i either install windows or linux in one drive. My question is, is there any tutorial out there on how to install Fedora 10 or 11 in a laptop with a windows xp on it? i've read the article above but i'm still cautious about installing fedora. Are there any alternative method?

i love your program, but i forgot my password and cant log on how do i get on to change my password please help

i am a little new to linux. after skiping the test local file screen,i get an error saying that "x startup failed" then it goes into txt mode and my installation is completed. but after that when i reboot it asks me for login and password which i never entered during installation as it never asked to enter.
i have
samsung syncmaster 920nw monitor(19 inches)
nvidia geforce 7050/nforce 610i graphics card
intel core2duo @2.40ghz
2gb of ram
please help me
thanks in advance

You can try to reset the password this way: when your computer starts up, it should present you at one point with a screen that is similar to the one in the first screenshot, except that it might have a plain black wallpaper. Press the "e" key to edit the boot entry, then highlight the "kernel [...]" like and press "e" again. Go to the end of the line, add a space then type "single". Confirm with enter, then press the "b" key to boot.
This should let you enter a text console, where you will have super-user powers. Type "passwd" and it will ask you to enter and confirm a password. Then type "reboot" to restart the system. When it starts, you just have to enter the username root and the password you have chosen.
When you are in the graphical environment, please go to "System -> Administration - > Users and groups" and create a new non-root user for yourself, since using the root account for everyday tasks is unsecure.
Good luck!

hi can anyone help me plz...
i have formatted my I drive...
how to select this i drive in partition phase of installation..

Nice tutorial! Except one little thing: during installation, after i setup the partitions [boot, swap, root] it asks me where to install the boot loader and he proposes /dev/sda. I already accept it's option once, installed and after the reboot he asked again the system disc instead of loading Fedora 10... What am I doing wrong pls? I already installed Fedora like this few times and everything was ok.
Thank you.

Did the CD boot or was it the installed system that requested for you to insert the installation CD. Try to do all the steps again, and eventually format/create new partitions for installation, so that you don't have any leftovers from another operating system.

I hava a problem installing FC 10 into my AMD system. If I select ex3 for "/boot" and "/", the installation freezes when it fomats the hard-drive. If I select "ex2" instead, the installation goes through the fromatting but then freezes anywhere when it is copying files to the hard-drive. My system is AMD Phenom 9600 Any sugguestion to resolve this problem is greatly appreciated.

The problems might be triggered by a variety of causes, ranging from CD errors to faulty hardware. After a failed installation, try to boot a live CD and mount the "/" partition. In the "/root" folder there should be a few files, among which you should find install.log and install.log.syslog. These files contain all messages and errors that are produced during the installation. Try to look in them for obvious problems (read/write errors, logged program crashes).
Good luck!

thank you for the tutorial, my question is, after i'm finish install, my fedora cannot boot, it say grub error 17

GRUB Error 17 usually appears when the hard drive is accessed in a mode that isn't correct for that particular implementation. In your computer's BIOS, check that the hard drive where Ubuntu is installed has its MODE set to AUTO (it might be set as LBA, large, normal or some other variant of those).

THANKS VERY MUCH FOR LINUX

hi. i want to install fedora 10 in my laptop that is hp1330 model.
but i have 2 problem with that:
1.when it start to installation, give the message that "x startup failed" and it will go in text format.
2, if i continue with text format, inthe part of partitioning this say that you don't have enough space for partitioning while, i have 40 G free space on my hard dive.
i will be thankful if you can help me

i have completed My Installation on my Pc....now i have to logon to Root(#) user..how can i logon plz telme.

Logon as normal user and change in a terminal to root with the command:

su

You will be prompted for the root password.

To make it possible to logon as root with the grafical logon screen do then the following:

In the terminal where you became root:

cd /etc/pam.d
nano gdm

There you will find a line:

auth.... root quiet

Just uncomment this line with a #
#auth.... root quiet

Save this file and open in the same directory /etc/pam.d the file gdm-password:

nano gdm-password

There you will find the same line and uncomment it.

Now you are all set to login as root at the login screen when you choose 'other'
you'll be prompted for the user

i had windows xp sp2 in my system but i want to install fedora10 in my system .can u tell me how to install fedora10 in my system?

hai i got some problem during the installation of fedora.My problem is partition memory not enough for Fedora even if 25 gb of memory available.please help me?

I have a computer with windows vista pre-installed.
The disk has following partitions
sda1, sda2, sda3, sda4 and one allocated partition.
I tried to use unallocated partition to install fedora 10 but the message was dispalyed that it is not a primary partition
So Itried to use sda4 which was originnaly a NTFS partition.
By going through "use custom layout" step I formatted this partition to be used for linux.
In the next step the installer asks whether to use /dev/sda for boot record. If I select it then I have two options sda2 and sda 4 . sda 2 has windows installed. sda 4 is the newly formateed one.
Alternatively I can deselect /dev/sda.
I am not sure which one I should use. Also, Once the installation is complete whch one will be the default OS to boot.

Hey,

Stuck on a weird problem

Got a ADM box with XP already on it.

I pushed in the bootable Fedora 10 CD .. and it's done with "
Anaconda (the Fedora installer) will load .."

And then I see the nice fedora wall paper with NO "Next" button on it !! Is it something odd with my monitor ?

Please help me out

Regards,
-Roshan

I have 2 partitions on my drive.One has windows 7,i wanted to remove this and put fedora. so how do i select the partition option while installing the Fedora. i use fedora 6

Thanks

Mahesh

I have give the passphrase password at the time of installation of fedora 10, and now it is asking for password at the time of booting and take more time then earlier. I want to remove this password ask at the time of booting. Is their a way to remove it with out formatting the system. As I doesn't to format now.

please help me

with regards,

sunil

I want how to install federo on pen drive usb flash drive

Many Thanks! It has worked.

very very thanx 4 this user guide this is very useful...

thanxxx

thank you

Thanks for support!!!!!

how to test without installing like ubuntu option?

Hi..I am new to Linux,this is my problem.
During the installation part of the hard drive,there are 4options appearing
1)Remove all partitions on selected drives and create default layout.
2)Removelinux partitions on selected drives and create default layout.
3)Resize existing partition and create default layout in free space.
4)Use free space on selected drives and ceate default layout.
5)Create custom layout.

One drive on my PC( H Drive) is empty..kept it aside for this installation.How do i select H drive...I mean it does not give me the options where the drives are displayed and I can directly click on H drive.
I tried the 2 and 4 th option but both the times Error partioning box was displayed.
What do I do?
Kindly Help me.

its very useful with clear screen shots...thanks

great :)

Thank you softpedia, from this site my project got completed.

can any body help me out how to install network simulation softwares in fedora..

very nice