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[[Category:Pidora 18 (Raspberry Pi Fedora Remix)]]{{Pidora}}

== What is firstboot ?==firstboot Firstboot is the program that runs on the first boot of time you start a Fedora or Red Hat Enterprise Linux Pidora system that allows to allow you to configure more things than the installer allowsbasic system settings.

The first time you boot up Pidora you can expect to see the welcome screen.Click Forward to continue. 

Followed by License Informationabout the Pidora/Fedora licenses will be displayed. Review this information, and then click Forward to continue. 

=== keyboard Keyboard === The next step is to configure your keyboard type. This configures Pidora to interpret your keystrokes correctly.

Here you will be able to configure a regular user-- enter the user name and an easy-to-remember but hard-to-guess password. There is an option to add this user to the administrators group; it is recommended that you select that option (which will enable the "sudo" command). To create/change/delete users at a later time, use the "Users and Groups" graphical tool or the useradd/usermod/userdel commands. 

This screen is used to set the root password. This is the master administration password for your system; choose a password that is easy for you to remember but hard for other people to guess, by and which is not based on a dictionary word. (If you weren't running this Firstboot procedure, the default the root user password is already set to would be "raspberrypi"). 

This used to decide whether screen lets you would like set the date and time, or to synchronize the date and time over the network. The Raspberry Pi does not have a battery-powered clock, so it loses track of the time when the power is turned off. Pidora has been set up so that when the system boots, the clock is not set earlier than it was when Pidora was last running. If your Pi will usually be connected to the Internet, enable the network time synchronization option. 

Here is where Select the time zone information is enteredclosest large city in your timezone, either by clicking on the map or by selecting from the list. 

This setting is used screen contains two settings: 1. "Resize root filesystem?" -- If checked, this option will cause the Pidora image to resize the sd card be expanded so that you can take advantage of all of the maximum amount of space that is free on the your SD card can be used(recommended). 2. Swap space - Select a size for your swap space. There The default of 512MB is also an option to configure how big you would like the swapsuitable for most purposes. 

These settings are used to This screen lets you set the three things: # The hostname for the your Raspberry Pi. Set this in accordance with your network policy (if you have one), or choose a name consisting of letters and numbers followed by ".local" # Select whether you want your Raspberry Pi to boot into graphical or text mode.#* If you select how graphical mode, your Pi will start with a GUI login screen, where you can select the user and enter the corresponding password. It has the advantage of presenting an easy-to-use interface, but this uses more memory and processing power than character mode. Graphical mode is best if you are going to use your Pi with graphical applications such as word processing or drawing.#* If you select character mode, your Pi will start with a character-based login screen. You will be able to run character-based applications, and can switch into a graphical display by typing "startxfce4". Character mode is best if you are going to use your Pi as a server or controller.# Select the video mode you would like wish to use. The default will use the system HDMI output if it is available, and switch to boot the composite output (Graphical/TextNorth American signal mode) Mode if an HDMI display is not connected at boot time. If you are only going to use your Pi with the HDMI output connected to a TV or monitor, and the video configurationFirstboot display shows a black band around the edge of the screen, you should select the first option in the list (HDMI with no overscan).