THESE are dated instructions -- kept only for historic purposes.

Install Instructions

NOTE: The screenshots below belong to Fedora 7 for now. The Fedora 8 are similar.

NOTE: The machine under installation needs to be connected to the internet before starting the install

• Check our recommendations for setup which make memory footprint smaller, boot time shorter, etc. before installing. It may save you time later.

• Proceed to install Fedora 8 (check the issues page) normally (from the DVD or from CD-ROM with network install).
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• Proceed as usual. Remember well what root password you picked.

• Stop when you reach the repositories page (this screenshot is a Fedora 7 version of it):
  
  

• Unselect Office and Productivity (unless you plan to use them)

• Select Software Development and Web server

• The next step may require network if it was not turned on before:
  
  

• Then add the Amahi repository: name is amahi and URL is http://f8.amahi.org
  
  

• Select customize now:
  
  

• Go to the Amahi menu (shown as HomeHDA in the picture below) and select only the Base category. Do not select the Applications (those will be installed later once the machine is configured).
  
  

• Proceed as usual to the end of install.

• Reboot when it asks to.

• When the first boot comes up, it will ask you to create a user for yourself. Remember this user and password, since this will be your user password.
  
  

• Then proceed to disable firewall and disable selinux
  
  
  
  this is important at this alpha stage to be able to track issues down

• Due to SELinux it will ask you to reboot once.

• When it comes up, you will need one more command (below) which load the network configuration from a configuration file we have to create with your settings.

• The final command to install your HDA needs to be done as root from the command prompt is:

      hda-install <install-code> | tee /tmp/hda-install.log

• If it says that hda-install is not found, you may need to login fully as root: do

      sudo su -
      hda-install <install-code> | tee /tmp/hda-install.log

• If it fails, due to network connectivity or something, try it with the -f option

      hda-install -f <install-code> | tee /tmp/hda-install.log

• otherwise, please it as a bug.

• The second command is for installing all HDA apps. That step will be web-driven soon, that's why it has not been eliminated.

• We need to give you your install code before all this, obviously, and after the profile is created in the database with your settings.

• If there are any issues, we will want to see the hda-*.log files above to diagnose.

• Again, in case it is helpful, here are some of our recommendations for setup which make memory footprint smaller, boot time shorter, etc.