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>Exercises</TITLE
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NAME="GENERATOR"
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CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.7"><LINK
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REL="HOME"
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TITLE="Introduction to Linux"
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REL="UP"
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TITLE="What is Linux?"
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HREF="chap_01.html"><LINK
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TITLE="Summary"
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HREF="sect_01_06.html"><LINK
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TITLE="Quickstart"
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><TH
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>Introduction to Linux: </TH
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WIDTH="10%"
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>Prev</A
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>Chapter 1. What is Linux?</TD
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>Next</A
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NAME="sect_01_07"
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>1.7. Exercises</H1
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> A practical exercise for starters: install Linux on your PC. Read the
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installation manual for your distribution and/or the Installation HOWTO and do
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it.</P
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CLASS="note"
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><TH
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><B
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>Read the docs!</B
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> </TD
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><TD
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ALIGN="LEFT"
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VALIGN="TOP"
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><P
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> Most errors stem from not reading the information provided during the install.
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Reading the installation messages carefully is the first step on the road to
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success.
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</P
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></TD
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></DIV
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><P
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>Things you must know BEFORE starting a Linux installation:
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</P
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></P
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><UL
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><LI
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>Will this distribution run on my hardware?</P
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><P
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>Check with
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<A
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HREF="http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Hardware-HOWTO/index.html"
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TARGET="_top"
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> http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Hardware-HOWTO/index.html</A
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> when in doubt
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about compatibility of your hardware.
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</P
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></LI
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><LI
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><P
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>What kind of keyboard do I have (number of keys, layout)? What
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kind of mouse (serial/parallel, number of buttons)? How many MB of RAM?
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</P
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></LI
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><LI
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><P
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>Will I install a basic workstation or a server, or will I need
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to select specific packages myself?
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</P
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></LI
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><LI
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><P
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>Will I install from my hard disk, from a CD-ROM, or using the
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network? Should I adapt the BIOS for any of this? Does the installation method
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require a boot disk?
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</P
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></LI
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><LI
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><P
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>Will Linux be the only system on this computer, or will it be a
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dual boot installation? Should I make a large partition in order to install
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virtual systems later on, or is this a virtual installation itself?
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</P
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></LI
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><LI
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><P
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>Is this computer in a network? What is its hostname, IP
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address? Are there any gateway servers or other important networked machines
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my box should communicate with?
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</P
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><DIV
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CLASS="caution"
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><P
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ALT="Caution"></TD
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><B
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>Linux expects to be networked</B
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></TH
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> </TD
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ALIGN="LEFT"
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VALIGN="TOP"
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><P
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>Not using the network or configuring it incorrectly may result in slow
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startup.
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</P
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></TD
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></TABLE
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></DIV
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></LI
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><LI
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><P
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>Is this computer a gateway/router/firewall? (If you have to
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think about this question, it probably isn't.)
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</P
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></LI
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><LI
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><P
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>Partitioning: let the installation program do it for you this
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time, we will discuss partitions in detail in <A
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HREF="chap_03.html"
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>Chapter 3</A
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>. There
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is system-specific documentation available if you want to know everything about
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it. If your Linux distribution does not offer default partitioning, that probably means it is not suited for beginners.
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</P
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></LI
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><LI
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><P
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>Will this machine start up in text mode or in graphical mode?
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</P
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></LI
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><LI
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><P
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>Think of a good password for the administrator of this machine
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(root). Create a non-root user account (non-privileged access to the system).
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</P
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></LI
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><LI
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><P
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>Do I need a rescue disk? (recommended)
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</P
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></LI
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><LI
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><P
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>Which languages do I want?
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</P
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></LI
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></UL
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><P
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>The full checklist can be found at
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<A
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HREF="http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Installation-HOWTO/index.html"
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TARGET="_top"
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> http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Installation-HOWTO/index.html</A
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>.
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</P
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><P
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>In the following chapters we will find out if the installation has been
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successful.
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</P
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