Welcome to the Guide to Install Fedora 20 aside of Windows 8
Table of Contents
NOTE: Step 8 (additional images) is optional --> thus step 7 (BIOS/UEFI) can also be done after step 9 (shrink partition).
Allthough i provide a script for this, if your system varies it might behave unforseenable if you dont make the proper changes to the script. Also the recovery might be a challenge for non advanced users.
- Windows 8 : Get Fedora-LiveImage and make bootable USB stick (5-20min)
- Windows 8 : Installations, Apps, Settings, Upgrade! (3-10h)
- Windows 8 : Prepare Partition shrink (30min-5h)
- Windows 8 : Recovery Snapshot (2-10min)
- Windows 8 : Windows Emergency boot stick (5-30min)
- Windows 8 : Recovery media (30-90min)
- BIOS/UEFI : Make sure the USB Installation stick can boot (2-4min)
- Fedora 20+ : (Optional) Additional partition images: 'mbr', efi-part, recovery part (all 3 = ~2gb) (3-5min)
- Windows 8 : Shrink partition (1-5min)
- Fedora 20+ : Installation (~30min)
- Fedora 20+ : Post installation tasks (optional: ~30min)
- Fedora 20+ : Troubleshoot - Added boot entry at each boot (2-20min)
Estamated time used on Windows: 4:15h to 11:15 hrs
Estamated time used on Linux: 35 min to 1 hr
Information:
I used:Originally Posted by info
2 USB sticks, each 1 GB (Boot/Install media)
6 DVDs (Recovery media, incl Additional images)
1) Get Fedora-LiveImage and make bootable USB stick
1.1) Get a Fedora live image
- First we download a live image from http://fedoraproject.org/get-fedora#desktops
- Since you're using Windows 8, chances are high your system is capable of 64 bit, choose a DE (Desktop Environment) of your preferences.
1.2) Get "LiveUSB-Creator"
- A complete manual can be read here
- Basicly its to install: liveusb-creator-3.12.0-setup.exe
1.3) Make the USB stick bootable (http://forums.fedoraforum.org/pictur...pictureid=1873)
- Now insert an USB stick and then select (browse for) the downloaded iso image, update the combobox field if the USB stick is not shown
- Click on 'Write iso to USB', twice if the stick contained data.
2) Windows 8 : Installations, Apps, Settings, Upgrade! (3-10h)
2.1) Windows Updates
How to get there:
- First: Move mouse right screen side and click on 'Settings' (http://forums.fedoraforum.org/pictur...pictureid=1874)
- Then: Choose 'PC-Settings' (http://forums.fedoraforum.org/pictur...pictureid=1875)
- Now you see the 'Settings' screen (like: http://forums.fedoraforum.org/pictur...pictureid=1876)
- Click now on: 'Updates / Recovery' and update your system as often as required (restart after each completed update (http://forums.fedoraforum.org/pictur...pictureid=1878)
2.2) Drivers, Apps, Tools
While the Windows updates are running, we may install some 'small' tools.
Note: Here are just some suggestions, this is not really required, but i'm eager in hope that those 8gb+ image files windows creates, also include these things.
- GPU Driver
- Sound Drivers
- Scanner Driver
- WebCam Driver
- Printer Driver
Also some basic tools cant be wrong
- AntiVirus (If your vendor has not shiped one with)
- Firewall (If your vendor has not shiped one with)
- Steam (but no Games yet) / XFire
- VLC
To install apps:
- Go to the Windows Store (hit Windows-Button)
- Look for a green button with an icon that looks like a shopping bag
- Install apps of your need (be sure to check the apps requirement to access your system! - also test it immediatly, and note down the names of those you want to remove!)
2.3) Upgrade
- Once there are no more updates to do, be sure to update Windows 8 to Windows 8.1.
- That can be done either in the Store (there should be an almost fullscreen image yelling at you to upgrade to Windows 8.1 -- missing screenshot started to late screenshoting)
From this point on, you MUST have Windows 8.1 or higher!
Otherwise your settings will be scrambled on update!
2.4) Settings (goto 2.1.3)
Settings to check (but not limited to):
- Power Management (Screen, -Saver)
- Sound Levels (eg: Systemsounds too loud)
- Brightnes
- SkyDrive
3) Windows 8 : Prepare Partition shrink (30min-7h)
3.1) Clean unrequired stuff (Store & Windows Apps)
- Goto : 2.1.3
- Then : Search & Apps (http://forums.fedoraforum.org/pictur...pictureid=1896)
At this place, and ONLY this place, you can actualy DE-install the apps you installed from the store.
How to remove them from the store's list (uninstalled), i dont know
3.2) MS Disk clean up (10min - 90min)
How to get there:
- Open Explorer - "Windows-Button+E"
- Rightclick on 'C:\' open 'Properties'
- Click clean up
- Select all 'Tempfiles' & Old Windows Versions
- Click 'Clean system files'
- Click 'Ok' - Files are getting deleted
With the 'Disk Clean up' i was able to remove 9GB of previous Windows installation.
3.3) Scandisk (10min - 2h)
How to get there:
- Beeing on 'Properties (C'
- Click on register "Tools"
- Click on 'Scan' or 'Check disk'
3.4) Defrag (10min - 2h)
- Beeing on tab 'Tools'
- Click on 'Optimize'
4) Windows 8 : Recovery Snapshot (2-10min)
4.1) How to get there:
- First: goto (2.1.2)
- Then select 'PC-Info' (http://forums.fedoraforum.org/pictur...pictureid=1879)
- Choose 'Computer Security' (http://forums.fedoraforum.org/pictur...pictureid=1880)
4.2) Create the snapshot
- Click on 'Create'
- Enter a name for the snapshot (http://forums.fedoraforum.org/pictur...pictureid=1881)
- Click on 'Create'
5) Windows 8 : Emergency boot stick (10-20min)
5.1) How to get there:
- Go one back to: "Fileversionshadowing" (Dateiversionsverlauf: http://forums.fedoraforum.org/pictur...pictureid=1883)
- Now click on 'Recovery' http://forums.fedoraforum.org/pictur...pictureid=1889
5.2) Click on 'Create Recovery Disk/Media
- With the checkbox 'Copy recovery partition to disk' enabled USB requires: 16+ gb
NOTE: This will copy the 'Recovery Partition' which has a size of ~12 GB on my disk.- Disabled, it will match on an USB of the size of 512mb - 1GB, but will require an availabe recovery partition on the disk!
6) Windows 8 : Recovery Media (Backup-Image) (30-90min)
6.1) How to get there:
- First: Head to PC-Info
- Then: to 'Maintainance-Center' (Wartungscenter: http://forums.fedoraforum.org/pictur...pictureid=1882)
- Go further to: "Fileversionshadowing" (Dateiversionsverlauf: http://forums.fedoraforum.org/pictur...pictureid=1883)
6.2) Select Storage for Windows-Backup (http://forums.fedoraforum.org/pictur...pictureid=1884)
- Other internal harddisk
- DVD
- Network storage
6.3) Provide required information or hardware
6.4) Start saving the Backup Image (http://forums.fedoraforum.org/pictur...pictureid=1886)