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2. Installation Overview

In This Chapter

Conventions Used in This Book

LPI and CompTIA Certification Icons

More Information

Planning the Installation

Fedora Standard Editions: The Live, Install, and Network Images

Setting Up the Hard Disk

LVM: Logical Volume Manager

The Installation Process

Downloading an Installation Image File and Writing to/Burning the Installation Medium

The Easy Way to Download an Installation Image File

Using BitTorrent

Gathering Information About the System

Objectives

After reading this chapter you should be able to:

Choose the best distribution and version to meet your needs

Download the Live or Install Image (ISO) ...

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