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Introduction to Anaconda
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Anaconda is the installation program used by Fedora, Red Hat Enterprise Linux
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and some other distributions.
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During installation, a target computer's hardware is identified and configured
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and the appropriate file systems for the system's architecture are created.
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Finally, anaconda allows the user to install the operating system software on
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the target computer. anaconda can also upgrade existing installations of
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earlier versions of the same distribution. After the installation is complete,
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you can reboot into your installed system and continue doing customization
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using the initial setup program.
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anaconda is a fairly sophisticated installer. It supports installation from
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local and remote sources such as CDs and DVDs, images stored on a hard drive,
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NFS, HTTP, and FTP. Installation can be scripted with kickstart to provide a
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fully unattended installation that can be duplicated on scores of machines. It
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can also be run over VNC on headless machines. A variety of advanced storage
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devices including LVM, RAID, iSCSI, and multipath are supported from the
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partitioning program. anaconda provides advanced debugging features such as
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remote logging, access to the python interactive debugger, and remote saving of
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exception dumps.
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