Installation NotesThis beat is located here:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats/InstallerTo learn how to install Fedora, refer to
http://docs.fedoraproject.org/install-guide/. If you
encounter a problem or have a question during installation that is
not covered in these release notes, refer to
http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/FAQand
http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Bugs/Common.Anacondais the name of the Fedora
installer. This section outlines issues related to
Anacondaand installing Fedora 11.Installation in text modeWe recommend that you use the graphical installer to
install Fedora on your computer wherever possible. If you are
installing Fedora on a system that lacks a graphical display,
consider performing the installation over a VNC connection (see
"Chapter 12. Installing Through VNC" in the
Fedora 11 Installation Guide). If your
system has a graphical display, but graphical installation fails,
try booting with the
option (see "Chapter 9. Boot
Options" in the
Fedora 11 Installation Guide) or with the
Install system with basic video driveroption
when booting from the Fedora 11 Distro DVD.The text-mode installation option in Fedora 11 is
significantly more streamlined than it was in earlier versions.
Text-mode installation now omits the more complicated steps that
were previously part of the process, and provides you with an
uncluttered and straightforward experience.These steps are now automated in text mode:
Package selectionAnacondanow automatically selects
packages only from the base and core groups. These packages
are sufficient to ensure that the system is operational at
the end of the installation process, ready to install updates
and new packages.Advanced partitioningAnacondastill presents you with
the initial screen from previous versions that allows you to
specify where
Anacondashould install Fedora on
your system. You can choose to use a whole drive, to remove
existing Linux partitions, or to use the free space on the
drive. However,
anacondanow automatically sets the
layout of the partitions and does not ask you to add or
delete partitions or file systems from this basic layout. If
you require a customized layout at installation time, you
should perform a graphical installation over a VNC connection
or a kickstart installation. More advanced options yet, such
as LVM, encrypted filesystems, and resizable filesystems are
still only available only in graphical mode and
kickstart.Bootloader configurationAnacondanow performs bootloader
configuration automatically.Kickstart installations in text modeText-mode installations using kickstart are carried out in
the same way that they were in previous versions. However,
because package selection, advanced partitioning, and bootloader
configuration are now automated in text mode,
Anacondacannot prompt you for
information that it requires during these steps. You must
therefore ensure that the kickstart file includes the packaging,
partitioning, and bootloader configurations. If any of this
information is missing,
Anacondawill exit with an error
message.Upgrade NotesUpgrading from Fedora 9 directly to Fedora 11 using
yumis not possible, you must upgrade to
Fedora 10 first, then upgrade to Fedora 11. See
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/YumUpgradeFaqfor more
information. You can also use
preupgradeto upgrade directly to Fedora
11 using
Anaconda, minimizing the system downtime
by downloading the packages in advance.Some modified configuration files will be replaced by their
original versions during the upgrade. Your modified versions of
these configuration files will be saved as
*.rpmsavefiles in that case.Boot menuThe boot menu for the Fedora Distro DVD includes a new
option:
Install system with basic video driver. This
option boots the system with the generic vesa driver (using the
boot option) and allows you to use
Fedora's graphical installation mode even when
anacondacannot load the correct driver
for your video card.boot.iso Now Works on Systems With UEFIThe Fedora installation CDs and DVD provide you with an image
file,
boot.isothat you can burn to a CD and use to
boot a system and start the installation process. Typically, you
would do this prior to installing Fedora from a local hard drive or
from a location on a network. You can now use the CD produced from
the
boot.isoimage to start installation on a
system that uses Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI). CDs
produced from older versions of
boot.isoonly worked with systems that used
Basic Input Output System (BIOS).