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Installing Fedora

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This is guide for users with previous Fedora experience using screenshots, how to install Fedora 20 “Heisenbug” (F20) using Live CD or Live USB. Fedora 20 “Heisenbug” Installation can be done also with using Fedora NetInstall (Net Install) with gPXE and BFO (boot.fedoraproject.org) .  Also see http://computoman.blogspot.com/2014/10/fedoracentos-ipxe-bootscripts.html and www.romomatic.org Note: now Fedora 21 is the latest version. 1. Before Fedora 20 “Heisenbug” Installation 1.1 Download Fedora 20 LiveCD Image https://fedoraproject.org/get-fedora Select your favorite Live CD (Gnome, KDE, LXDE, XFCE) and architecture i686 or x86_64. On this guide I use Fedora 20 Gnome Live CD and 64-bit version. 1.2 Burn Fedora 20 Image to CD/DVD or Create Live USB and Boot Computer Using Fedora 20 Installation Media Remember to check Fedora 20 image MD5 sum and then burn image to CD with your favorite CD burner or create LiveUSB example with  https://fedoraproject.org/w...

Fedora/Centos ipxe bootscripts.

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Been spending time looking at booting systems to the net to install linux operating systems. So far we have looked at Arch and Debian based systems. Both Fedora and Centos have pre-made iso's for network install. Centos: http://www.centos.org/download/ Fedora: http://fedoraproject.org/en/get-fedora But if you want to roll your own, here are some scripts to look at: Fedora  #!ipxe   dhcp any   # Set source URI   set mirror http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/20     # Detect CPU architecture and calculate repository URI   set arch i386   set repo ${mirror}/Fedora/${arch}/os     # Start installer   kernel ${repo}/images/pxeboot/vmlinuz initrd=initrd.img repo=${repo}   initrd ${repo}/images/pxeboot/initrd.img   boot or   #!ipxe   dhcp any   # Set source URI   set mirror http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/18   ...