Chapter 10. Advanced Installation

There are thousands of different computer configurations, and thousands of different ways in which computers are used. The Fedora installer, Anaconda, is up to the challenge: although the default installation procedure is straightforward, Anaconda can also perform automated installations, set up complex storage layouts involving RAID and LVM, handle different types of installation media and network installation servers, and provide a rescue mode for the recovery of disabled systems.

This chapter deals with these advanced installation features. It also looks at GParted, a partition resizing tool, and GRUB, the bootloader used by Fedora that can be extensively customized.