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D. BothUsing and Administering Linux: Volume 1https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-9618-9_5

5. Installing Linux

David Both1  
(1)
Raleigh, NC, USA
 

Objectives

In this chapter you will learn to

  • Install the latest version of Fedora on your VM.

  • Partition a hard drive using recommended standards.

  • Create snapshots of your VM.

  • Reboot the VM and complete the installation.

Overview

In this chapter you begin to do the work of the SysAdmin. One of the many tasks that SysAdmins do is install Linux, and that is what you will do in this chapter. I will try to explain as much as I can as we go through this chapter, but there are probably some things you won’t yet understand. ...

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