Topics covered in this section include:
Getting Started
Switching from Other Operating Systems
Distributions
Installation
Kernel
Boot Loaders and Booting the OS
Parallel Processing
Partitions and Filesystems
RAID
Printing
Shell
Using Linux
Getting Started
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: August 2000.
Describes the working basics of PC-class computers, Unix-like
operating systems, and the Internet in non-technical language.
Switching from Other Operating Systems
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.
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.
Distributions
Distribution-HOWTO,
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.
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.
Installation
Pre-Installation-Checklist,
Linux pre-installation checklist
Updated: December 1999.
An aide-memoire which may make installation of Linux a
pleasant experience for you.
Installation-HOWTO,
The Linux Installation HOWTO
Updated: August 2000.
How to obtain and install Linux software. It is the first document
which a new Linux user should read to get started.
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.
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,
Yes my Children, it CAN be DONE!
Updated: April 1996.
Installing both Linux and Windows 95 on your PC.
Linux+WinNT,
Linux+WindowsNT mini-HOWTO
Updated: August 2000.
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: March 2000.
How to run Linux on a system with a small amount of memory.
Swap-Space,
Linux Swap Space Mini-HOWTO
Updated: December 1999.
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.
Kernel
BogoMips,
BogoMips mini-HOWTO
Updated: October 2000.
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: June 1999.
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: July 2000.
How to monitor Linux/Unix processes and to re-start them
automatically if they die (without any manual intervention).
Process-Accounting,
How To Enable Process Accounting on Linux
Updated: August 1997.
Describes how to enable system process accounting on a Linux
host, and the usage of various process accounting commands
Boot Loaders and Booting the OS
Bootdisk-HOWTO,
The Linux Bootdisk HOWTO
Updated: September 2000.
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: September 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: October 2000.
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,
The Loadlin+Win95 mini-HOWTO
Updated: March 1999.
How to use Loadlin with Windows 95 to boot to Linux.
MILO-HOWTO,
Alpha Miniloader HOWTO
Updated: December 1996.
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-LILO,
Win95 + WinNT + Linux multiboot using LILO mini-HOWTO
Updated: March 1998.
How to use the to multiboot between Windows 95, Windows NT, and Linux.
SRM-HOWTO,
SRM Firmware HOWTO
Updated: July 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
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.
Partitions and Filesystems
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.
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: September 2000.
Teaches you how to plan and layout disk space for your Linux system.
Partition-Rescue-mini-HOWTO,
The Linux Partition-Rescue mini-HOWTO
Updated: July 2000.
Describes how to rescue your Linux partition if M$-DOG has deleted
it for you.
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.
RAID
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 HOWTO
Updated: April 1999.
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
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.
Shell
Adv-Bash-Scr-HOWTO,
Advanced Bash-Scripting HOWTO
Updated: June 2000.
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.
Using Linux
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.