This guide a personal configuration of Fedora 14. This page is
to provide some common installation tips that people may find useful.
Keep in mind this works for me, so take care in doing proper
backups to critical files whenever trying something. This guide is
tested on a AMD64 Desktop running both i386 (32-bit) Fedora and x86_64
(64-bit) Fedora. (The specific system(s) also dual boot with either
Windows XP or Windows 7).
Installation Media
Fedora 14 is provided as either CD-ROM's or DVD-ROM's for installation. You can either download the multiple CD sets or single DVD for installation. The DVD-ROM disk is the recommended method of installation. Booting the DVD or booting from CD#1 will start the installer which will allow Fedora to be installed on your computer or for you to upgrade an existing Fedora on your machine. The following steps were done with the single DVD installation.There are also "LiveCD's" which can be booted and will run a basic Fedora in memory while also providing a simpler method of installation (not as complete at the DVD or multi-CD method). The default LiveCD ships with Gnome (ex: Fedora-14-i686-Live-Desktop.iso). There is a specific LiveCD that ships with KDE. Both provide an installer however they come with significantly less software than the DVD. Also they require more memory in order to be usable. The LiveCD is useful for demonstration.
Note: To upgrade an existing Fedora installation you cannot use a Live disk.