Linux Universe Installation and Configuration
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| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Springer New York
1997, 1997
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| Edition: | 3rd ed. 1997 |
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Table of Contents:
- 1.1 Historical perspectives on Linux
- 1.2 Versions
- 1.3 Features
- 1.4 UNIX development and standards
- 1.5 The Free Software Foundation
- Features
- New Features in Linux 2.0
- Hardware
- 4.1 Required hardware
- 4.2 Supported hardware
- Basic Installation
- 5.1 Overview
- 5.2 Booting for installation
- 5.3 Partitioning
- The Installation Program
- 6.1 Language
- 6.2 Partitioning
- 6.3 Swap partition
- 6.4 File system partition
- 6.5 X11 configuration
- 6.6 Products
- 6.7 Network adapter selection
- 6.8 Installation
- 6.9 Reboot
- 6.10 Launching a shell
- 6.11 Aborting installation
- The Boot System
- 7.1 Boot options
- 7.2 The Linux Universe boot manager
- 7.3 Boot variants
- Fundamentals of Linux
- 8.1 First things first
- 8.2 Accessing and removing the Linux Universe CD
- 8.3 Accessing other file systems
- 8.4 Linux identifiers
- 8.5 Users and groups
- 8.6 Files under Linux
- 8.7 Essential commands
- 8.8 Redirection of input and output
- 8.9 Piping commands
- 8.10 Accessing floppy disk drives
- 8.11 Virtual consoles
- 8.12 Automatic path extension
- 8.13 Compressed files
- 8.14 Printing
- 8.15 Background commands
- 8.16 Help and documentation
- 8.17 Fundamentals of X11
- Administration
- 9.1 What is administration?
- 9.2 xadmin
- 9.3 Software management
- 9.4 Configuration of the file systems
- 9.5 Setting the keyboard type
- 9.6 Processes
- 9.7 Shutting down the Linux system
- 9.8 Kernel modules
- 9.9 Utilities
- 9.10 The appointment calendar cron
- 9.11 User management
- 9.12 User groups
- 9.13 Adding and removing shells with xadmin
- 9.14 Message of the day
- 9.15 Boot message
- 9.16 Formatting floppy disks
- 9.17 Copying floppy disks
- 9.18 Setting date and time
- 9.19 Backups
- 9.20 Environment variables
- 9.21 Printer configuration
- 9.22 Setting the modem port
- 9.23 Network
- 9.24 Kernel compilation
- 9.25 X11 configuration
- 9.26 Configuration of X applications
- 9.27 The source code CD
- Reference