Chapter 2. Installation Overview

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Planning the Installation

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Setting Up the Hard Disk

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LVM: Logical Volume Manager

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How the Installation Works

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The Medium: Where Is the Source Data?

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Downloading, Burning, and Installing a CD Set or a DVD (FEDORA)

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Using BitTorrent to Download the ISO Image Files

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Rescue CD

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Gathering Information About the System

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Installing Red Hat Linux is the process of copying operating system files from media to the local system and setting up configuration files so that Linux runs properly on the local hardware. You can install Linux from many types of media, including CDs, a DVD, the local hard disk, or a hard disk and files on another system that is accessed over a network. ...

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