363Chapter 12Running (Hosting your own web site) Yellow Dog Linux15.You ve reached the About
363Chapter 12Running Yellow Dog Linux15.You ve reached the About to Install phase. You re warned that the system willbegin writing to the disk. You can back out of anything at this point with nodamage to the system, so if you made a mistake or are not sure about installing, you can simply reboot. If you are ready to commit your configuration to thesystem, click Next. Your system begins writing the software to the hard drive. This can take from 10 minutes to an hour or more depending on the speed ofyour system and the amount of software you decided to load. You are shown alist of the CDs that your system needs to load the software. Be sure to havethose CDs ready to load into the system. After each CD is completed, you areprompted to insert another CD until the installation is complete. 16.After the installation finishes, the congratulations screen appears. ClickReboot when you are ready. 17.The system reboots and goes through system initialization. Afterward, a wel- come screen appears. 18.The initial setup begins here. Click Next to move forward. 19.The license agreement appears in a text box. Read it and then click No if you donot agree to the terms, and the process stops. Click Yes if you agree to the terms. 20.Set the date and time for the system. If you want to use Network Time Protocol(NTP) to synchronize your system date and time with a remote network systemfor maximum assurance of correct date and time, check the Enable NetworkTime Protocol box, and then select one of the two NTP servers provided. 21.Set the display resolution and color depth to your preference. (You can changethis in the system after installation.) 22.Create your nonroot daily user account. Enter a username (the name you useto log in with) and the full name of the user (for administrative purposes), andthen enter the password twice. If you need to use network login, you canconfigure that here as well (your system administrator can provide this infor- mation if needed). Do not log in with the root account for normal day-to-day activities. That can bevery dangerous in that you could accidentally damage the system with an errantcommand, but it also means that you might surf the Web using root or install soft- ware with root without thinking twice about it, possibly introducing malicious soft- ware. Use the nonroot account for all nonadministrative purposes and regularinteraction with the system. 23.Configure your sound card. If everything seems to be configured properly, tryto play a test sound. A pop-up window asks if you heard the sound. Answerappropriately, and click Next when you re ready to move on. 24.If you have any additional CDs from which to install software, insert them intothe CD-ROM and select them here (the CD you insert will show on the list). Click Next to continue. 25.At this point you are done installing and configuring your system, and you arebooted up into the graphical user interface with a prompt for the usernameand password. Caution19_