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1.Insert the DVD-ROM into your computer s DVD-ROM drive and inserta bootable Linux floppy disk into your computer s floppy drive. See the instructions in Chapter 2 for creating a bootable Linux floppy disk. 2.Reboot your PC. This step starts the Linux installation process for you automatically. Congratulations! The Linux installation process is now under way. For therest of the gory details on this fascinating task, please consult Chapter 3. And some people say that installing Linux is hard! What could be easier thanthis? On the other hand, if all you want to do is investigate the contents ofthe Linux installation DVD-ROM, simply insert it into your machine s CD-ROMdrive. After that, you can browse through the DVD-ROM s contents rightthere in Windows. The contents are described in the following section. What You Find on the DVD-ROMHere s a summary of the software on the DVD-ROM, arranged by directoryorganization. If you use Windows, the DVD-ROM interface helps you navigatethe DVD-ROM easily; you can use most of its contents only if you alreadyhave Linux installed. The contents of the DVD consist of all four installation CD-ROMs worth ofmaterial for Fedora Core 3, plus the ISO files discussed earlier in this chapter. Not all the software is installed automatically. You find out in Chapters 3 and12 how to customize what s added. Aside from that, the DVD has usefulinstall utilities and a handy-dandy README file that explains precisely whatyou find. The directory structure may look similar to the following (exceptfor lacking my handy annotations, of course): E: |—-> distros — ISO images for the includeddistributions|—-> Fedora| |—-> RPMS — binary packages, incl: | | OS, GUIs, Apache, etc. | |—-> base — info on release| | used by install process| | — source code for the packagesin RPMS|—-> images — boot & ramdisk images|—-> KNOPPIX — the files used to boot you intoKNOPPIX instead of Fedora s installer|—-> isolinux — boot files|—-> README — general read me file|—-> RELEASE-NOTES — current info about this release|—-> RPM-GPG-KEY — GPG sigs for Red Hat pkgs409Appendix B: About the DVD-ROM32_