Install Fedora 8 (Werewolf) on Windows XP with QEMU

Step 5 ANACONDA INSTALLER: GRAPHICAL INSTALLATION

5.1 Start

After this point the graphical (X11 version) version of Anaconda is starting.

5.2 Format disk

The QEMU disk image is detected and formatting is needed, click Yes or Next in the following screens.

5.3 Network setting

All default values are OK for QEMU.

5.4 Time setting

All default values are OK for QEMU.
Warning: you should certainly uncheck “system clock in UTC”, because you’re using the locale corrected clock from your Windows XP host system.

5.5 Root password

Choose a password for the root user of your guest system.
Now the installation tool is ready to fetch the list of packages from the ftp or http server: this could be a quite long task; depending on your network connection.

5.6 Packages

Now you can choose the type of installation: as we are using a netinstall, it’s better to choose the smallest possible set (this will be updated later, on a rpm by rpm basis). Note that you can now also add custom repositories at this install step:
Uncheck all “supplementary tasks” and select custom installation now (this will be longer to setup, but the download time will be reduced) and proceed with Next.

For all categories, remove what you do not need for the base install: no devel packages, no office tools, no server tools, and so on. Carefully review each category and click the “Optional Packages” button to review the detailed lists. When done, proceed with “Next” until requested to start the “real” installation.

Now prepare a good book and several cups of coffee as you see the progress bar slowly going to the right of the screen after formatting the disk: After up to several hours (this was my case!) you can restart the freshly installed guest Fedora 8.

Warning: when you reboot the current QEMU emulated machine you will go again to the installer (imagine you forgot to remove the CD)… because you are still using the netinstall iso image as boot device.