A Few Installation Notes

The installation of Mandrake and of Fedora is easy. You just boot off the first install CD, answer a lot of questions about your system and your preferences, make some choices, and wait, watching the progress tick away.

You might be a little nervous about installing any operating system. Don't worry. As long as you have backed up any data you might need, there isn't much for you to mess up. If you do think that you have messed up, just start over. There will be no harm done. You might look at this section and feel your fears creep back in. If you are unsure about any of the choices that I explain to you, choose the defaults. Both Mandrake and Fedora have good default choices, allowing you to go through the screens on ...

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