Choosing Computer Hardware
Choosing your computer hardware may not really be a choice. You may just have an old PC lying
around on which you want to try Fedora. Or you may have a killer workstation with some extra disk
space and want to try Fedora out on a separate partition or whole disk. To install the PC version of
Fedora (the version on the accompanying DVD) successfully, the computer must have the following:
Processor??”The Pentium-class PC needs to be at least 200 MHz for text mode and 400
MHz Pentium II for GUI.
RAM??”You need at least 64MB of RAM to install Fedora. If you are running in graphical
mode, you need at least 192MB. The recommended RAM for graphical mode is 256MB.
DVD or CD drive??”You need to be able to boot up the installation process from a DVD
or CD (the latter requires that you get Fedora installation CDs as described at http://
fedoraproject.org/wiki/Distribution/Download). If you can??™t boot from a
DVD or CD, there are ways to start the installation from a hard disk or using a PXE
install, as the following section, ???Choosing an Installation Method,??? explains.
Hard disk??”With no preset install types in Fedora 8, essentially every installation is a
custom installation. Therefore, depending on which packages you choose to install, the
disk space you need can range from about 600MB (for a minimal server with no GUI
installed) to 7GB (to install all packages).
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