Partitioning, Installing, and Setting up

This is my personal guide for configuring Fedora Core 3.

- I did Workstation Install of FC3
- Partitioning 3 partitions: a 6GB / main partition, a 12GB /homepartition and a 2GB partition.
- Boot Loader: My boot loader is Grub which is installed on the MBR (might not be a good solution, but I like challenges).
- Package Selection:

• Remove "rhgb" from "X Windows System". This removes the Redhat Graphical Bootloader from installing.
• Select both "Gnome Desktop Environment and KDE Desktop Environment".
• Remove "openoffice.org_i18n" from "Office/Productivity" since I don't need international support and wish to save approx. 600MB of disk.
• Add grip, k3b, kdemultimedia, totem, and xmms in "Sound and Video".
• Select "X Software Development". This is required to compile new software that that uses the X-Windows system.
• Select "Gnome Software Development". This is required to compile new software that uses the Gnome environment.
• Select "KDE Software Development". This is required to compile new software that uses the KDE environment.
• Select "Legacy Software Development". This is required to use some older software and compile some older software.
• Select "Administration Tools".
• Select "System Tools".

- Firewall: Select this and it can be easily be disabled later.
- Security Enhanced Linux: Warn SELinux
- Monitor Configuration Screen: Chose IBM 9514-B-TFT Panel (for IBM ThinkPad T42)
- Setup:

• Edit /etc/sysconfig/desktop to swtich it to "kde". Commented out a line in /etc/inittab and added a line:
  #x:5:respawn:/etc/X11/prefdm -nodaemon
  x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/kdm -nodaemon
• Edit /boot/grub/grub.conf (Revise the "hiddenmenu" and "kernel" lines to selinux=0)
• Edit /etc/hosts
  Add hostname at the end of localhost
• Edit /etc/modprobe.conf
  Add the following lines to the bottom of the file:
  alias net-pf-10 off
  alias ipv6 off
• Install GPG key using the following command:
  rpm --import /usr/share/rhn/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora
  yum check-update
  yum update kde*
  yum update
• Edit /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora.repos
  [dries]
  name=Extra Fedora rpms dries - $releasever - $basearch
  baseurl=http://apt.sw.be/dries/fedora/linux/$releasever/
  $basearch/dries/RPMS/
  
  [core]
  name=Fedora Linux $releasever - $basearch - core
  baseurl=http://ayo.freshrpms.net/fedora/linux/$releasever/
  $basearch/core
  gpgcheck=1
  
  [updates]
  name=Fedora Linux $releasever - $basearch - updates
  baseurl=http://ayo.freshrpms.net/fedora/linux/$releasever/
  $basearch/updates
  gpgcheck=1
  
  [freshrpms]
  name=Fedora Linux $releasever - $basearch - freshrpms
  baseurl=http://ayo.freshrpms.net/fedora/linux/$releasever/
  $basearch/freshrpms
  gpgcheck=1