Fedora Core 4 README

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1. DIRECTORY ORGANIZATION
2. INSTALLING
3. GETTING HELP
4. EXPORT CONTROL

1. DIRECTORY ORGANIZATION

Fedora Core is delivered on multiple CD-ROMs consisting of installation CD-ROMs and source code CD-ROMs.

The first installation CD-ROM can be directly booted into the installation on most modern systems, and contains the following directory structure (where /mnt/cdrom is the mount point of the CD-ROM):

      

/mnt/cdrom
  |----> Fedora
  |        |----> RPMS         -- binary packages
  |        `----> base         -- information on this release of Fedora
  |                               Core used by the installation process
  |----> images                -- boot and driver disk images
  |----> isolinux              -- files necessary to boot from CD-ROM
  |----> README                -- this file
  |----> RELEASE-NOTES         -- the latest information about this release
  |                               of Fedora Core
  `----> RPM-GPG-KEY           -- GPG signature for packages from Red Hat

The remaining Installation CD-ROMs are similar to Installation CD-ROM 1, except that only the Fedora subdirectory is present.

The directory layout of each source code CD-ROM is as follows:


/mnt/cdrom
  |----> SRPMS                 -- source packages
  `----> RPM-GPG-KEY           -- GPG signature for packages from Red Hat

If you are setting up an installation tree for NFS, FTP, or HTTP installations, you need to copy the RELEASE-NOTES files and all files from the Fedora directory on discs 1-3. On Linux and Unix systems, the following process will properly configure the /target/directory on your server (repeat for each disc):

Insert disc
mount /mnt/cdrom
cp -a /mnt/cdrom/Fedora /target/directory
cp /mnt/cdrom/RELEASE-NOTES* /target/directory (Do this only for disc 1)
umount /mnt/cdrom

2. INSTALLING

Many computers can now automatically boot from CD-ROMs. If you have such a machine (and it is properly configured) you can boot the Fedora Core CD-ROM directly. After booting, the Fedora Core installation program will start, and you will be able to install your system from the CD-ROM.

The images/ directory contains the file boot.iso. This file is an ISO image that can be used to boot the Fedora Core installation program. It is a handy way to start network-based installations without having to use multiple diskettes. To use boot.iso, your computer must be able to boot from its CD-ROM drive, and its BIOS settings must be configured to do so. You must then burn boot.iso onto a recordable/rewriteable CD-ROM.

Another image file contained in the images/ directory is diskboot.img. This file is designed for use with USB pen drives (or other bootable media with a capacity larger than a diskette drive). Use the dd command to write the image.

	Note
	The ability to use this image file with a USB pen drive depends on the ability of your system's BIOS to boot from a USB device.

3. GETTING HELP

For those that have web access, see http://fedora.redhat.com. In particular, access to Fedora Project mailing lists can be found at:

https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/

4. EXPORT CONTROL

The communication or transfer of any information received with this product may be subject to specific government export approval. User shall adhere to all applicable laws, regulations and rules relating to the export or re-export of technical data or products to any proscribed country listed in such applicable laws, regulations and rules unless properly authorized. The obligations under this paragraph shall survive in perpetuity.