从一个微软专家那里转来的，很详细的步骤，大家可以看看
Createanewvirtualmachine,andatthefirstscreenhit"tab"foradditionaloptions.Youwillwanttoadd"vesa"totheendofthebootparameterstofixthescrewedupvideoproblem.BootingatthispointwillintroduceyoutotheotherproblemplaguingrecentdistrosinVirtualPC...anon-functionalmouse.Fortunately,Ihavethefixforthisaswell:)Add"i8042.noloop"
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Hitenter,andyouwillendupinAnaconda(theFedorainstaller)withfunctionalgraphicsandaworkingmouse.WOOHOO!
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Thenextfewoptions(language,keyboardlayout,etc)areallquitestandard.ItappearsthattheFedorateamhasdecidedtogowithaknock-offofApple''sAquaglowingorbcircles.Interesting...
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Wegetthestandardoptiontochoosewhatpackagesareinstalled(OfficeandProductivity,SoftwareDevelopment,orWebServer).Youcanselectthecheckboxfor"AdditionalFedoraSoftware"togetpackagesthatwerenotchosenforinclusionontheDVD.
Ifyouarenotupforanhourofhand-pickingwhichpackagesareinstalled,Fedora7introducedtheconceptof"spins"(specialISOsofthedistributionwithcustompackagesets).Atthetimeofthiswriting,theavailablespins(
)are:
- Fedora8LiveGamesi686
- Fedora8LiveDeveloperi686
- Fedora8LiveFELi686
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Nextcomes"grabsomecoffee"timewhileFedorainstalls.Avoidingaproblemthathasplaguedinstallerssincethebeginningoftime,Fedoradoesn''tevenbothertoestimatehowmuchtimeisleft.
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Whenyouaredoneinstalling,goaheadandreboot.Graphicswillworkfine,butthemousewillnotworkagain.makesuretostoptherebootatgrub,press"e"toedit,andaddourhallowedi8040.noloopparametertothe2ndline(theonethatstartswithkernel).Aftereditingtheline,hitenterandthen"b"toboot.We''llhavetodothisonemoretimelatertosavethechangeforgood.
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Nowyoucanfinishbootingandwalkthroughthefirst-runsetupwizard!
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Afterwalkingthroughtheoptions,youwillfinallybeatthe(somewhatfunkylooking)Fedoraloginscreen.
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Afterloggingin,let''sfixthatmouseproblemforonceandforall.Well...untilFedoraupdatestheKernel,thenyou''llhavetorepeatthesesteps.
GotoApplications-->SystemTools-->Terminal
Normally,IwoulddothefollowingcommandswithSudo,butIgetamessagethatIamnotinthesudoersfile.Wierd...feelfreetofixthatifyou''dlikeanddothefollowingwithsudo.I''mjustgoingtoviolatesecuritybestpracticesandelevatetorootwithSU.S
"SU"nano/boot/grub/menu.lstArrowdowntothelinestartingwith"kernel".Arrowtotheendofthelineandaddi8042.noloop^OtowriteoutEnter^XtoexitTypeexitandhitenter(twice).Oncetoexityourelevatedrootprompt,andoncetoexittheterminal.Hooray!Youshouldhaveaworkingmousefromnowon:)
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SowhatisnewinFedora8?Arshasagreatwriteuphere,andtheofficialfeaturelistcanbefoundhere:.
- NewPulseAudiosounddaemon(whichallowsuserstosetthevolumeforeachapplicationindividually,justlikeVista
- NewCodeinautilitythatallowsuserstopurchaseproprietarycodecs
- NewPolicyKitauthenticationsystem
- NewLook/Feel(ImuchpreferittoUbuntu)
- Compiz(althoughitisnotenabledbydefault,andwhichlikelydoesnotworkonVirtualPC''sanemicemulatedvideocard,althoughIhavenottriedit)
TakingalookthroughtheUI,IseethatonlyFireFoxandEvolutionareinthequicklaunch.OpenOfficehasbeenrelegatedtoamenu,whereeventheOpenOfficebrandinghasbeenremoved.Iwonderifthere''sastorybehindthat?
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Inanycase,onceyougetthemouseandvideoworking,Fedora8workslikeachampandrunsgreat.ItsurewouldbeniceiftheydidabitoftestingonVirtualPC(asthatisaplatformthatisbaked)sothatwedidnothavetodiddlearoundwiththevideoandmouse,butunfortunatelythatisabarthatonlyNovell/Suseseemstobeabletohit.Allinall,greatdistro! 