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Topics covered in this section include:
INFO-SHEET,
Linux Information Sheet Updated: September 1998.
Provides basic information about the Linux operating system,
including an explanation of Linux, a list of features, some
requirements, and some resources. Unix-and-Internet-Fundamentals-HOWTO,
The Unix and Internet Fundamentals HOWTO Updated: May 2001.
Describes the working basics of PC-class computers, Unix-like
operating systems, and the Internet in non-technical language.
DOSEMU-HOWTO,
The dosemu HOWTO Updated: March 1997.
DOSEMU stands for DOS Emulation, and is an application that enables the
Linux OS to run many DOS programs. DOS-Win-to-Linux-HOWTO,
From DOS/Windows to Linux HOWTO Updated: August 1999.
Written for all the DOS and Windows users who have decided to switch
to Linux. Linux+Windows-HOWTO,
Linux + Windows HOWTO Updated: November 1999.
Aimed at assisting those who wish to use
the features of both Linux and Windows on the
same host. VMS-to-Linux-HOWTO,
From VMS to Linux HOWTO Updated: September 1999.
Aimed at all those who have been using VMS and now need or want to
switch to Linux.
The Linux Distribution HOWTO Updated: June 2000.
Intended to help new users choose a Linux distribution, and to
help experienced users track the state of the Linux market. This HOWTO has been removed at the request of the author. A
new Distribution HOWTO is in the process of being developed. Further information on Linux Distributions can
be found on the Linux Weekly News (LWN) site:
Distributions
section. Linux From Scratch HOWTO Updated: September 2000.
Describes the process of creating your own Linux system from scratch
from an already installed Linux distribution, using nothing but the
source code of software that we need. Replaced by the Linux From Scratch
book.
Pre-Installation-Checklist, Linux pre-installation checklist Updated: November 2000.
An aide-memoire which may make installation of Linux a
pleasant experience for you. Installation-HOWTO,
The Linux Installation HOWTO Updated: February 2001.
How to obtain and install Linux software. It is the first document
which a new Linux user should read to get started. Compaq-Remote-Insight-Board-HOWTO,
HOWTO Use a Compaq Remote Insight Lights Out Edition for a
Headless, Remote Linux Installation Updated: October 2000.
Describes the installation of Linux on a headless Compaq
ProLiant server with a Compaq Remote Insight Lights-Out
Edition card without physical access to the system. Install-From-ZIP, Linux Install From PPA-Zip drive mini-HOWTO Updated: April 1998.
How to install Linux from a parallel port zip drive using the
Slackware Linux distribution. Install-Strategies, Linux Installation Strategies Updated: May 2001.
Discusses a few installation strategies for those who
intend to dual-boot between Windows and Linux. KickStart-HOWTO,
RedHat Linux KickStart HOWTO Updated: January 1999.
Briefly describes how to use the RedHat Linux KickStart system to
rapidly install large numbers of identical Linux boxes. Linux+DOS+Win95+OS2, The Linux-DOS-Win95-OS2 mini-HOWTO Updated: November 1997.
Presents a procedure to make 4 operating systems co-exist on a single
hard disk. Linux+FreeBSD, The Linux+FreeBSD mini-HOWTO Updated: March 2000.
How to use Linux and FreeBSD on the same system. Linux+Solaris, Linux+Solaris mini-HOWTO Updated: April 2000.
Describes how to use Solaris and Linux together on one machine.
It addresses common questions like multibooting and file-sharing. Linux+Win95, Linux + Windows 95 mini-HOWTO Updated: April 2001.
Details how to install Linux on a machine that currently runs
Windows 95. Linux+WinNT, Linux+WindowsNT mini-HOWTO Updated: May 2001.
Covers some ways on how to install both Linux and Windows NT
on the same computer and how to boot either of them from
within LILO menu. PLIP, LINUX PLIP mini-HOWTO Updated: March 1998.
Will hopefully let you build and use a Parallel Line Interface Protocol. RedHat-CD-HOWTO,
Burning a RedHat CD HOWTO Updated: March 2000.
How to make your own CDs from the Red Hat Linux distribution
equivalent to the ones commercially available from Red Hat. Saving-Space, Saving Space mini-HOWTO Updated: April 1999.
Directions for squeezing your Linux installation into
the least possible space. Particularly aimed at notebook users. Small-Memory, Small Memory Mini-HOWTO Updated: December 2000.
How to run Linux on a system with a small amount of memory. Swap-Space, Linux Swap Space Mini-HOWTO Updated: January 2000.
How to share your Linux swap partition with Windows. Upgrade, Upgrading Your linux Distribution mini-HOWTO Updated: June 1996.
Hints and tips on upgrading from one linux distribution to another.
BogoMips, BogoMips mini-HOWTO Updated: April 2001.
Some information about BogoMips, compiled from various sources. BootPrompt-HOWTO,
The Linux BootPrompt HOWTO Updated: May 1999.
A compilation of all the possible boot time arguments that can be
passed to the Linux kernel at boot time. Includes all kernel and
device parameters. Kernel-HOWTO,
The Linux Kernel HOWTO Updated: May 2001.
A detailed guide to kernel configuration, compilation, upgrades, and
troubleshooting for ix86-based systems. Kerneld, The Linux kerneld mini-HOWTO Updated: May 2000.
Explains how you can use the kerneld function in the Linux kernels. Modules, Linux Modules Installation mini-HOWTO Updated: n/a
How to successfully set up Linux with modules configured and working. Process-Monitor-HOWTO,
Process Monitor HOWTO for Linux Updated: May 2001.
How to monitor Linux/Unix processes and to re-start them
automatically if they die (without any manual intervention). Process-Accounting, Enabling Process Accounting on Linux Updated: February 2001.
Describes the basics of enabling process accounting on Linux.
Bootdisk-HOWTO,
The Linux Bootdisk HOWTO Updated: May 2001.
How to design and build your own boot/root diskettes for Linux. From-PowerUp-To-Bash-Prompt-HOWTO,
From Power Up To Bash Prompt Updated: November 2000.
A brief description of what happens in a Linux system from the time
that you turn on the power, to the time that you log in and get a
bash prompt. LILO, Lilo mini-HOWTO Updated: May 2001.
Lilo (LILO) is the most used Linux Loader for the x86 flavour of
Linux. This describes some typical Lilo installations. Intended
as a supplement to the Lilo User's Guide. Linux+NT-Loader, NT OS Loader + Linux mini-HOWTO Updated: September 1997.
Describes the use of the Windows NT boot loader to start Linux.
This procedures have been tested with Windows NT 4.0 WS and
Linux 2.0. Loadlin+Win95-98-ME, The Loadlin+Win95/98/ME mini-HOWTO Updated: February 2001.
Describes how to use Loadlin with Windows 95/98/ME to boot
to Linux. MILO-HOWTO,
Alpha Miniloader HOWTO Updated: November 2000.
Describes the Alpha Linux Miniloader (also known as MILO), a program
for Alpha-based systems that can be used to initialize the machine
and load Linux. Multiboot-with-GRUB, Multiboot with GRUB Mini-HOWTO Updated: January 2001.
How to install Windows 98, Windows 2000, DOS and Linux using GRUB. Multiboot-with-LILO, Win95 + WinNT + Linux multiboot using LILO mini-HOWTO Updated: March 1998.
How to multiboot between Windows 95, Windows NT, and Linux. SRM-HOWTO,
SRM Firmware HOWTO Updated: November 2000.
Describes how to boot Linux/Alpha using the SRM console, which is
the console firmware also used to boot Compaq Tru64 Unix (also known
as Digital Unix and OSF/1) and OpenVMS.
Parallel-Processing-HOWTO,
Linux Parallel Processing HOWTO Updated: January 1998.
Discusses the four basic approaches to parallel processing that are
available to Linux users: SMP Linux systems, clusters of networked
Linux systems, parallel execution using multimedia instructions
(i.e., MMX), and attached (parallel) processors hosted by a Linux
system. SMP-HOWTO,
Linux SMP HOWTO Updated: October 2000.
Reviews main issues related to SMP configuration under Linux.
Filesystems-HOWTO,
Filesystems HOWTO Updated: August 2000.
About filesystems and accessing filesystems. Ext2fs-Undeletion, Linux Ext2fs Undeletion mini-HOWTO Updated: February 1999.
Presents a discussion of how to retrieve deleted files from
a Second Extended File System. Ext2fs-Undeletion-Dir-Struct, Ext2fs Undeletion of Directory Structures Updated: November 2000.
Describes a straight forward way of recovering whole
directory structures, instead of file by file, that have been removed
by a misplaced rm -rf Loopback-Encrypted-Filesystem-HOWTO,
Loopback Encrypted Filesystem HOWTO Updated: November 1999.
Explains how to setup and then use a filesystem that, when mounted by
a user, dynamically and transparently encrypts its contents. Loopback-Root-FS, The Loopback Root Filesystem HOWTO Updated: September 1999.
How to use the Linux loopback device to create a Linux native
filesystem format installation that can be run from a DOS
partition without re-partitioning. LVM-HOWTO,
Logical Volume Manager HOWTO Updated: May 2000.
A very hands-on HOWTO for Linux LVM. NFS-Root, NFS-Root mini-HOWTO Updated: August 1997.
How to setup a ``disc-less'' Linux workstation, which mounts it's
root filesystems via NFS. NFS-Root-Client-mini-HOWTO, NFS-Root-Client Mini-HOWTO Updated: February 1999.
How to create client root directories on a server that is using
NFS Root mounted clients. Partition, Linux Partition HOWTO Updated: March 2001.
Teaches you how to plan and layout disk space for your Linux system. Partition-Rescue, Partition Rescue mini HOWTO Updated: June 2001.
Describes how to rescue your Linux partition if it has
been deleted. Swap-Space, Linux Swap Space Mini-HOWTO Updated: December 1999.
How to share your Linux swap partition with Windows. UMSDOS-HOWTO,
UMSDOS HOWTO Updated: November 1995.
Explains how to use Umsdos (a linux file system) in different
configurations, and its operation.
Antares-RAID-sparcLinux-HOWTO,
Antares-RAID-sparcLinux-HOWTO Updated: April 2000.
Describes how to install, configure, and maintain a hardware RAID built
around the 5070 SBUS host based RAID controller by Antares Microsystems. Boot+Root+Raid+LILO, Boot + Root + Raid + Lilo : Software Raid mini-HOWTO Updated: July 2000.
A cookbook for setting up root raid using the 0.90 raidtools
for bootable raid mounted on root using standard LILO. DPT-Hardware-RAID, Linux DPT Hardware RAID mini-HOWTO Updated: February 2001.
How to set up hardware RAID under Linux. Root-RAID-HOWTO,
Root RAID HOWTO cookbook Updated: July 2000.
This document only applies to the OLD raidtools, versions 0.50
and under. The workarounds and solutions addressed in this HOWTO
have largely been made obsolete by the vast improvment in the 0.90
raidtools and accompanying kernel patch to the 2.0.37, 2.2x and
2.3x series kernels. You may find the detailed descriptions
useful, particularly if you plan to run root raid or use initrd. original description:
A cookbook for creating a root mounted raid filesystem and companion
fallback rescue system using linux initrd. Step-by-step instructions
for both raid1 and raid5 md0 devices. Software-RAID-HOWTO,
Software-RAID HOWTO Updated: January 2000 (latest version).
How to use Software RAID under Linux. It addresses a specific
version of the Software RAID layer, namely the 0.90 RAID layer made
by Ingo Molnar and others. This is the RAID layer that will be
standard in Linux-2.4, and it is the version that is also used by
Linux-2.2 kernels shipped from some vendors. The 0.90 RAID support
is available as patches to Linux-2.0 and Linux-2.2, and is by many
considered far more stable that the older RAID support already in
those kernels. Software-RAID-0.4x-HOWTO,
Software-RAID HOWTO (earlier implementation) Updated: November 1998.
How to use Software RAID under Linux. RAID stands for "Redundant
Array of Inexpensive Disks". For users of the Linux MD kernel
extension, the associated tools, and their use. This HOWTO addresses
an earlier implementation.
Printing-HOWTO,
The Linux Printing HOWTO Updated: September 2000.
A collection of information on how to generate, preview, print and
fax anything under Linux (and other Unices in general). Printing-Usage-HOWTO,
The Linux Printing Usage HOWTO Updated: February 1998.
How to use the print system under Linux.
Adv-Bash-Scr-HOWTO,
Advanced Bash-Scripting HOWTO Updated: February 2001.
A guide to shell scripting, using Bash. Bash-Prompt-HOWTO,
Bash Prompt HOWTO Updated: December 1999.
Creating and controlling terminal and xterm prompts is discussed,
including incorporating standard escape sequences to give username,
current working directory, time, etc. Bash-Prog-Intro-HOWTO,
BASH Programming - Introduction HOWTO Updated: July 2000.
This article intends to help you to start programming
basic-to-intermediate shell scripts.
RPM-HOWTO,
RPM HOWTO - RPM at Idle Updated: November 1999.
RPM is the RPM Package Manager. It is an open packaging
system available for anyone to use. It allows users to take source
code for new software and package it into source and binary form such
that binaries can be easily installed and tracked and source can be
rebuilt easily. It also maintains a database of all packages and their
files that can be used for verifying packages and querying for
information about files and/or packages. RPM+Slackware, RPM+Slackware Mini-Howto Updated: April 1998.
How to get RPM installed and working properly under Slackware. Software-Building-HOWTO,
Building and Installing Software Packages for Linux Updated: July 1999.
A comprehensive guide to building and installing "generic" UNIX
software distributions under Linux. Tips-HOWTO,
The Linux Tips HOWTO Updated: June 1998.
Contains those hard to find hints and tweekings that make Linux a bit
nicer.
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