From 26d5a70c706e09c97773601ca858e2b95bff4eb1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: keeling <> Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2004 22:59:46 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Minor edits (ulinks, reformatting, manually numbered itemized lists converted to ordered lists). --- .../docbook/Win+BSD+Linux-Install-HOWTO.xml | 192 +++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 115 insertions(+), 77 deletions(-) diff --git a/LDP/howto/docbook/Win+BSD+Linux-Install-HOWTO.xml b/LDP/howto/docbook/Win+BSD+Linux-Install-HOWTO.xml index b0430cae..7356c833 100644 --- a/LDP/howto/docbook/Win+BSD+Linux-Install-HOWTO.xml +++ b/LDP/howto/docbook/Win+BSD+Linux-Install-HOWTO.xml @@ -32,6 +32,13 @@ + + 1.3.2 + 2004-07-02 + Minor edits (ulinks, reformatting, manually + numbered itemized lists converted to ordered lists). + + 1.3.1 2004-4-18 @@ -340,28 +347,53 @@ following printed books, online journals, magazines and official papers: - 1. Modern Operating Systems, by Andrew S. Tanenbaum + - 2. Understanding the Linux Kernel, by Daniel P. Bovet, - Marco Cesati + + Modern Operating Systems, by Andrew S. Tanenbaum + - 3. Red Hat Linux 8 Bible, by Christopher Negus + + Understanding the Linux Kernel, by Daniel P. Bovet, + Marco Cesati + - 4. Red Hat Linux Official x86 Installation Guides at - http://www.redhat.com + + Red Hat Linux 8 Bible, by Christopher Negus + - 5. Linux Gazette and Linux Focus online magazines at - http://www.linuxgazette.com and http://www.linuxfocus.org - respectively. + + Red Hat Linux Official x86 Installation Guides at + + - 6. The FreeBSD Handbook at http://www.freebsd.org + + Linux Gazette and Linux Focus online magazines at + and respectively. + - 7. The FreeBSD FAQ at http://www.freebsd.org + + The FreeBSD Handbook at + - 8. The OpenBSD FAQ at http://www.openbsd.org + + The FreeBSD FAQ at + - 9. The Official Microsoft Windows Installation Guides and - FAQs at http://www.microsoft.com + + The OpenBSD FAQ at + + + + The Official Microsoft Windows Installation Guides and + FAQs at + + + @@ -383,8 +415,9 @@ License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is located - at www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html, in the section entitled - GNU Free Documentation License. + at , in the + section entitled GNU Free Documentation + License. @@ -403,7 +436,7 @@ Professional (MCP), MCSD, MCP Certified on NT 4.0; additionally has a host of other GNU/Linux and computer-industry related certifications. His web page can be accessed at - http://groups.msn.com/Linuxdump. + . @@ -666,17 +699,18 @@ Yes, definitely I could. There is a lot of very good technical information on all the open-source operating systems out there on the Internet. For Linux, make sure you - often visit http://www.linuxgazette.com, - http://www.linuxfocus.org, http://www.linux.com and a host - of others. Besides, The Linux Documentation Project (TLDP) - provides excellent resources on all topics related to - GNU/Linux. As for printed books, these are some of my - absolute favorites: Red Hat Linux 8.0 Bible, Understanding - the Linux Kernel, Modern Operating Systems, Linux Kernel - Programming, The FreeBSD Handbook at http://www.freebsd.org, - The Design of the UNIX Operating System, The Design and - Implementation of the 4.4BSD Operating System. That should - be enough for the time-being. + often visit , + , and a host of others. Besides, + The Linux Documentation Project (TLDP) provides excellent + resources on all topics related to GNU/Linux. As for printed + books, these are some of my absolute favorites: Red Hat + Linux 8.0 Bible, Understanding the Linux Kernel, Modern + Operating Systems, Linux Kernel Programming, The FreeBSD + Handbook at , The Design + of the UNIX Operating System, The Design and Implementation + of the 4.4BSD Operating System. That should be enough for + the time-being. @@ -915,7 +949,7 @@ UNIX clone, which is POSIX compliant and was initially targeted towards the Intel x86 architecture. As rightly mentioned in the Linux Information Sheet by Michael - K. Johnson at http://www.tldp.org, + K. Johnson at ,
... Linux is a completely free re-implementation @@ -926,8 +960,10 @@ other contributors, and is freely redistributable under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL). A copy of the GPL is included with the Linux source; you can also get a copy - from ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu/COPYING .... -
+ from + .... + + Readers must note the fact that though many Linux users worldwide refer to the GNU/Linux operating system simply as @@ -973,7 +1009,7 @@ user utilities, shells, games, documentation, developer utilities, system and user-level binaries and full source code for the operating systems. The FreeBSD Project web-site can be - accessed at: http://www.freebsd.org. + accessed at: . Recently, a lot of media spotlight has put the GNU/Linux system (more specifically the Linux Kernel) in a stardom @@ -1035,7 +1071,7 @@ heavily optimized with security features thereby providing customers with utmost secure and hack-resilient real-time systems. The OpenBSD Project website can be accessed at: - http://www.openbsd.org. + . The OpenBSD operating system software has integrated strong cryptography into the base system. A fully functional @@ -1065,7 +1101,7 @@ system kernel targets portability and tries to run on as many platforms as possible. The NetBSD Project website can be accessed at: - http://www.netbsd.org + @@ -1074,14 +1110,14 @@ Additional Reading for *BSD's For browsing through the Official FreeBSD Handbook, - visit: http://www.freebsd.org + visit: The official sources for FreeBSD are available via - anonymous FTP from: ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ + anonymous FTP from: For a comparative study between FreeBSD, Linux and Microsoft Windows 2000, check out this document at - http://people.freebsd.org/~murray/bsd_flier.html + @@ -1385,9 +1421,9 @@ 98 Startup menu is displayed. When a command prompt is displayed, type format c:, then press enter. This command formats drive C (or your - active drive). For all other partitions, + active drive). For all other partitions, type format drive: (where drive is the letter of the partition - that you want to format). + that you want to format). @@ -1549,11 +1585,11 @@ C:1 A PRI DOS WIN 1000 FAT32 5% installation. Experts may proceed as usual without help. As for the newbies out there, make sure you check out the Frequently Asked Questions for FreeBSD 2.X, 3.X and 4.X at the The FreeBSD - Documentation Project at http://www.freebsd.org. For a + Documentation Project at . For a step-by-step FreeBSD Installation procedure with screenshots, please refer to Chapter2 : Installing FreeBSD of the FreeBSD Handbook at - http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/index.html. + . These and other documentation available on the FreeBSD Project homepage provide exhaustive and extensive coverage of all aspects related to the FreeBSD software. Make sure you grab as much @@ -2008,7 +2044,7 @@ C:1 A PRI DOS WIN 1000 FAT32 5% System Console Settings, Setting The Time Zone, Adding Users and Groups, and so on. For an exhaustive covering of each and every step along with helpful screenshots, refer to the - FreeBSD Handbook at http://www.freebsd.org. + FreeBSD Handbook at . @@ -2071,13 +2107,14 @@ C:1 A PRI DOS WIN 1000 FAT32 5% installation. Experts may proceed as usual without help. As for the newbies out there, make sure you check out the Frequently Asked Questions for OpenBSD on the The OpenBSD Project homepage at - http://www.openbsd.org. For a step-by-step OpenBSD Installation - procedure with screenshots, refer to the Installing - OpenBSD Online manual at the OpenBSD Project - homepage. These and other documentation available on the OpenBSD - 3.2-RELEASE CD-ROM provide exhaustive and extensive coverage of - all aspects related to OpenBSD. Make sure you grab as much - information as you can before proceeding with this guide. + . For a step-by-step OpenBSD + Installation procedure with screenshots, refer to the + Installing OpenBSD Online manual at the OpenBSD + Project homepage. These and other documentation available on the + OpenBSD 3.2-RELEASE CD-ROM provide exhaustive and extensive + coverage of all aspects related to OpenBSD. Make sure you grab as + much information as you can before proceeding with this + guide. Since both FreeBSD and OpenBSD operating systems are BSD-derivatives, UNIX related information present in the @@ -2359,11 +2396,12 @@ Starting Ending LBA Info: FreeBSD and OpenBSD installations, it too focuses on a CD-ROM based installation. Experts may proceed as usual without help. As for the newbies out there, make sure you check out the - documentation available on the NetBSD Homepage at - http://www.netbsd.org. These and other documentation available on - the NetBSD 1.6.1 CD-ROM provide exhaustive and extensive coverage - of all aspects related to NetBSD. Make sure you grab as much - information as you can before proceeding with this guide. + documentation available on the NetBSD Homepage at . These and other documentation + available on the NetBSD 1.6.1 CD-ROM provide exhaustive and + extensive coverage of all aspects related to NetBSD. Make sure you + grab as much information as you can before proceeding with this + guide. Note: I hereby assume the reader executing this Chapter @@ -2691,12 +2729,12 @@ Total disksize 19541 MB. you use the Official Red Hat Linux x86 Installation Guide enclosed with the package. Otherwise, you can always refer to the Distribution specific Installation Manuals at the Official - Red Hat website. Red Hat's official website is located at - http://www.redhat.com. Make sure you refer to the Red Hat + Red Hat website. Red Hat's official website is located at . Make sure you refer to the Red Hat Frequently Asked Questions for answers to questions and problems that may occur before, during or after the installation. You - will find the FAQ online at: - http://www.redhat.com/support/resources/faqs/rhl_general_faq/s1-contact.html. + will find the FAQ online at: . Red Hat Linux has some exciting and important installation features. Large improvements were made in the install process @@ -3443,10 +3481,10 @@ Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System specifying the main steps. For building a custom Linux kernel, I log in as root and execute the following steps: - + - 1. I execute: cd /usr/src/linux-2.4. If the + I execute: cd /usr/src/linux-2.4. If the /usr/src/linux-2.4 directory does not exist on your system, then the kernel-source package has not been installed. For kernel compilation, you need to have kernel-source, make, @@ -3454,14 +3492,14 @@ Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System - 2. I make a backup (copy) of the original Makefile by + I make a backup (copy) of the original Makefile by executing: cp Makefile Makefile.bak. You can always refer to the original Makefile by accessing it as Makefile.bak. - 3. I open the Makefile using vi or any text + I open the Makefile using vi or any text editor. You may change the EXTRAVERSION value to anything of your choice. For example, on my system, the initial Linux Kernel was 2.4.18-3. Since then I built numerous others as @@ -3472,7 +3510,7 @@ Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System - 4. I save and exit the Makefile. Then, execute: make + I save and exit the Makefile. Then, execute: make mrproper. It cleans the compilation folders of any junk that was created while compiling Linux kernels on the same system earlier. Readers must note that all the commands executed @@ -3481,13 +3519,13 @@ Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System - 5. Execute make menuconfig. Readers may also use + Execute make menuconfig. Readers may also use xconfig if they have access to X11 or the X Window System. - 6. Once inside menuconfig, tinker with the options + Once inside menuconfig, tinker with the options available. Make sure you enter the File systems section, then select the UFS file system support @@ -3508,37 +3546,37 @@ Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System - 7. With these three options enabled, I save the + With these three options enabled, I save the configuration file and exit. Now execute: make dep && clean - 8. Execute make bzImage && modules for + Execute make bzImage && modules for creating the zipped (compressed) Linux kernel image file and the corresponding modules. - 9. Execute make modules_install for installing the + Execute make modules_install for installing the newly created modules into their own corresponding directories. - 10. Copy the bzImage file to the /boot directory. If + Copy the bzImage file to the /boot directory. If required, you can also create an initial RAM-disk file image using the mkinitrd command. - 11. Open the /boot/grub/grub.conf file using the vi + Open the /boot/grub/grub.conf file using the vi editor and make a corresponding entry into it. Save and exit. Reboot to check whether the new Kernel is properly working or not. - + Once the newly built custom Linux kernel is installed, you can start using it to mount UFS filesystems. Use this command: @@ -3767,10 +3805,10 @@ Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System To prevent all this from happening, just boot from a Windows 9x or DOS v6 boot disk with FDISK.EXE on it. Once the system is booted to an MS-DOS prompt, enter the - following: A:\>fdisk /mbr. It reinitializes the MBR to its - normal state and rewrites the MPT and creates the standard - IPL. Continue installing the operating systems as - usual. + following: A:\>fdisk /mbr. It reinitializes + the MBR to its normal state and rewrites the MPT and creates + the standard IPL. Continue installing the operating systems + as usual. @@ -3899,7 +3937,7 @@ Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System - I read the PR (problem report) above. I have FreeBSD + I read the Problem Report (PR) above. I have FreeBSD and OpenBSD operating systems installed on my PC as well. I would like to install a Linux distribution other than Red Hat on my system. Which one do you suggest? @@ -4047,4 +4085,4 @@ Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System - \ No newline at end of file +