get fedora disks
- by buying or by getting isos from here.
put disk in
restart computer
wait long time or hit enter on boot screen
will ask to test media on disks
- if hit ok, takes about 5 mins per disk
hit ok to start installation
gui starts
hit next to continue
select language
select keyboard config
select monitor, or leave unprobed
select installation type (custom)
select how to partition (manual with disk druid)
- use below or check out this.
- delete all partitions
- create ext3 partition
- create boot partition
- create swap partition
- if low on memory, will prompt to install partition immediately
install grub boot loader or loader of choice
set up network config (non-dhcp)
- click edit button
  - set ip
  - set netmask
- hostname manually
- input gateway
- input primary DNS
set up firewall
additional language stuff if necessary
find your timezone
- dont use utl
set a good root password
- cannot begin with a digit, must start with char or symbol
- consist of upper case chars and symbols
select your packages
click next to begin installation

again, fedora links on how to install, reviews, and isos can be found here.

open up a terminal window
type cd /etc
type vi yp.conf
- in vi these are the commands:
  - shift + a to insert
  - esc to exit insert
  - shift + : to get prompt
  - at prompt these are commands, can be used together:
    - q to quit
    - w to save
    - ! to overide
- write in a line that looks like domain "NIS Domain" server "HOSTNAME"
in the terminal window type domainname "NIS Domain"
now type in /etc/rc.d/init.d/ypbind start, to start the NIS client
- you can type /etc/rc.d/init.d/ypbind stop to stop the NIS client.
you can type ypwhich to show he server hostname
you can type ypcat passwd to show all the logins, proving that NIS works