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Installing Fedora 28
Installing Fedora 28
- Open https://getfedora.org/en/workstation/download/
- Download the 64 bit Live Image
- Wait for the ISO to download
- Download the 64 bit Live Image
Oracle Virtualbox
- Open VirtualBox
- Click the "New" button to create a new VM
- Name the VM "Fedora 28"
Select "Linux" as the type
Select "Fedora (64 bit)" as the version - Change the memory amount to 2048 MB
- Select "Create a virtual hard disk now", and click the "Create" button
- Leave as "VDI (VirtualBox Disk Image)" and click "Next"
- Leave as "Dynamically Allocated" and click "Next"
- Change it to be 16 GB for the hard drive size
- You will now see the Fedora 28 VM
- Click "Settings"
- Select "Storage"
Select the Empty CD drive under "Controller: IDE"
Click on the CD on the right side- Click on "Choose Virtual Optical Disk File..."
- Browse to the ISO you downloaded from getfedora.org
Click "Open" - Check the box for "Live CD/DVD"
- Click the "Controller: SATA" then click the add hard disk button on the right
- Click on "Create new disk"
- Leave as "VDI (VirtualBox Disk Image)" and click "Next"
- Leave as "Dynamically Allocated" and click "Next"
- Change it to be 16 GB for the hard drive size
Name it "FedoraDisk2"
Click "Create" - You should now have two disks, click "OK"
- Click on "Choose Virtual Optical Disk File..."
- Select "Storage"
- Click "Start" to boot the VM
- When you click on it, it may pop up a message, just click the "Capture" button
VMware Workstation
- Open VMware Workstation
- Click "Create a New Virtual Machine"
- Use the "Typical (Recommended)" option, click Next
- Select "Installer Disk Image"
Click "Browse- Browse to the Fedora ISO downloaded from getfedora.org and click "Open"
- It should detect Fedora 64 bit, click "Next"
- Name the VM "Fedora 28", click Next
- Click "Next"
- Click "Finish"
Uncheck "Power on this virtual machine after creation" - Right click on the "Fedora 28" in VMware Workstation and click on settings
- Click "Add..."
- Make sure "Hard disk" is selected, then click "Next"
- Leave it at SCSI and click next
- Leave as "Create a new disk", click Next
- Click "Next"
- Click "Finish"
- You will see two hard disks, click "OK"
- Browse to the Fedora ISO downloaded from getfedora.org and click "Open"
- It may pop up a message about removable devices, click "OK"
- Use the "Typical (Recommended)" option, click Next
Installing Fedora
- Press the enter key to start booting the Fedora 28 ISO
- Click on the "Install to Hard Drive" option
- Click "Continue"
- Click on the "Installation Destination" button in the middle
- Click on the first Disk to select it, then click Done
- Click on the first Disk to select it, then click Done
- Click "Begin Installation"
- It will begin the install
- Click the "Quit" button
- In the top right, click the power icon
Click the power icon in the dropdown - Click "Power off"
- Remove the disk from the VM so it doesn't boot into the ISO
- VirtualBox:
- Click Settings
- Under "Storage"
Select the Fedora ISO
Click the CD Icon to the right
Click on "Remove Disk from Virtual Drive"
- Click Settings
- VMware Workstation
- Right click on "Fedora 28" VM and click on "Settings"
- Select CD/DVD
Uncheck "Connect at power on"
Set it to use physical drive
- Right click on "Fedora 28" VM and click on "Settings"
- VirtualBox:
- Start the VM again
- It will open a welcome screen, click "Next"
- Click "Next"
- Click "Skip"
- Enter in your name, click "Next"
- Setup a password such as "Password01", then click next
- Click "Start using Fedora"
- You can sign in by clicking on your name, or shutdown by clicking on the power button in the top left
- Shutdown when you are done so Fedora doesn't continue consuming Memory.
- It will open a welcome screen, click "Next"
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