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<li>Select Use All Space, to have the entire disk for the current Fedora16 OS.</li>
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{{Admon/important|Previous Contents of Hard Drive will be Erased|If are using an existing removable Hard Disk from a previous course, you must allow the Installation DVD to "wipe" all previous contents prior to proceeding with this lab (no exceptions).
 
 
Failure to erase existing contents can cause problems in subsequent labs such as running out of hard disk space...|
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{{Admon/important|Other Linux Installs|You may be "hestitant" to want to use the entire disk for just one operating system, but we will be using software that will allow us to run virtual machines for installation of other versions of Fedora and allow them to run at the same time as our main (host) Fedora distribution.|
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<li value="8">When prompted, make certain to select '''Fresh Install''' in order to erase any previous contents of the hard disk.</li>
<li value="13">You will be prompted to confirm the options that you have chosen prior to performing the DVD install. If you are not certain, you can "Go Back". As soon as you are satisfied with your selections, then click "Write Changes to Disk.</li>
<li>Record briefly in your lab logbook what activity occurs during this installation process.</li>
#* Click on Do Not Send Hardware Profile.
#* Finish the post-installation customization, wait for the login screen to appear, and then login to your Learn account.
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{{Admon/important|Previous Contents of Hard Drive will be Erased|If are using an existing removable Hard Disk from a previous course, you must allow the Installation DVD to "wipe" all previous contents prior to proceeding with this lab (no exceptions).
Failure to erase existing contents can cause problems in subsequent labs such as running out of hard disk space...|
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<li value="8">When prompted, make certain to select '''Fresh Install''' in order to erase any previous contents of the hard disk.</li>
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{{Admon/important|Using Superuser Privilege|Throughout this course, you may need to execute commands using the privileges of the the administrative user (username "root", also called the "superuser"). To switch from your account to the root account, type the command: <code>su</code>
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