Installing and Setting Up Fedora*
Getting Started Guide
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Installing and Setting Up Fedora*
7.1
Acquiring Fedora*
Fedora* 17 is a Linux* distribution built on free and open source software. The Intel® Atom®
Processor C2000 Product Family for Communications Infrastructure Software for Linux*
package does not include a distribution of Fedora* or any other Linux* variant. The package
includes Linux* device driver source developed by Intel
®
.
The software package has passed basic testing with the Linux* distributions listed below:
•
Fedora* 17 x86_64 can be obtained from:
http://archive.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/17/Fedora/x86_64/iso/
•
Fedora* 17 32-bit can be obtained from:
http://archive.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/17/Fedora/i386/iso/
Note:
This section is written with the Fedora* 17 Install Media in mind. Using the Live Media version is
not recommended.
7.2
Configuring the BIOS on the Development Kit
Note:
Ensure that you have an updated BIOS image (see document
) and that you have read
and are familiar with
Chapter 3.0, “System Setup and Installation”
Reference Board (CRB) Features.”
Power on the board and insert the Fedora* DVD into the DVD-ROM drive.
The BIOS may be configured to boot directly from DVD. If the machine boots to an EFI
prompt, enter exit to exit EFI. Under the BIOS settings screen, the override for a boot can be
found under Boot Manager Menu. Use this to boot from DVD.
To change the boot order of every boot, select Boot Maintenance Manager -> Boot Options ->
Change Boot Order. Press <Enter> to edit the boot order, and press + or - to move the boot
options up or down, respectively.
7.3
Installing Fedora*
For complete Fedora* installation instructions, please refer to the online Installation Guide at:
http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/17/html/Installation_Guide/
This section contains basic installation instructions. For the purposes of this Getting Started
Guide, it is assumed that the installation is from a DVD image.