Contents

• Preface
  • Audience
  • Organization
  • Acknowledgments
  • Credits and Legalese
  • Documentation Conventions
• Introduction to Linux
  • About This Book
  • A Brief History of Linux
  • System Features
  • Software Features
    • Basic commands and utilities
    • Text processing and word processing
    • Programming languages and utilities
    • The X Window System
    • Networking
    • Telecommunications and BBS software
    • Interfacing with MS-DOS
    • Other applications
  • About Linux's Copyright
  • The Design and Philosophy of Linux
    • Hints for UNIX novices
    • Hints for UNIX gurus
  • Differences Between Linux and Other Operating Systems
    • Why use Linux?
    • Linux vs. MS-DOS
    • Linux vs. The Other Guys
    • Other implementations of UNIX
  • Hardware Requirements
    • Motherboard and CPU requirements
    • Memory requirements
    • Hard drive controller requirements
    • Hard drive space requirements
    • Monitor and video adaptor requirements
    • Miscellaneous hardware
      • Mice and other pointing devices
      • CD-ROM storage
      • Tape drives
      • Printers
      • Modems
    • Ethernet cards
  • Sources of Linux Information
    • Online documents
    • Linux on the World Wide Web
    • Books and other published works
    • USENET newsgroups
    • Internet mailing lists
  • Getting Help
• Obtaining and Installing Linux
  • Distributions of Linux
    • Getting Linux from the Internet
    • Getting Linux from other online sources
    • Getting Linux via mail order
    • Getting Slackware
      • Slackware disk sets
      • Getting Slackware from the Internet
        • Downloading the files
      • Getting Slackware on CD-ROM
      • Installation methods
        • Creating the boot and root floppies
        • Preparing for installation from hard drive
        • Preparing for floppy installation
        • Preparing for CD-ROM installation
  • Preparing to Install Linux
    • Installation overview
    • Repartitioning concepts
    • Linux partition requirements
    • Repartitioning your drives
  • Installing the Linux software
    • Booting Linux
    • Drives and partitions under Linux
    • Creating Linux partitions
    • Creating the swap space
    • Creating the filesystems
    • Installing the software
      • Installing Slackware with setup
    • Creating the boot floppy or installing LILO
    • Additional installation procedures
  • Postinstallation procedures
  • Running Into Trouble
    • Problems with booting the installation media
    • Hardware problems
      • Isolating hardware problems
      • Problems recognizing hard drive or controller
      • Problems with SCSI controllers and devices
    • Problems installing the software
    • Problems after installing Linux
      • Problems booting Linux from floppy
      • Problems booting Linux from the hard drive
      • Problems logging in
      • Problems using the system
• Linux Tutorial
  • Introduction
  • Basic UNIX Concepts
    • Creating an account
    • Logging in
    • Virtual consoles
    • Shells and commands
    • Logging out
    • Changing your password
    • Files and directories
    • The directory tree
    • The current working directory
    • Referring to home directories
  • First Steps into UNIX
    • Moving around
    • Looking at the contents of directories
    • Creating new directories
    • Copying files
    • Moving files
    • Deleting files and directories
    • Looking at files
    • Getting online help
  • Summary of Basic Commands
  • Exploring the File System
  • Types of shells
  • Wildcards
  • UNIX Plumbing
    • Standard input and output
    • Redirecting input and output
    • Using pipes
    • Non-destructive redirection
  • File Permissions
    • Concepts of file permissions
    • Interpreting file permissions
    • Dependencies
    • Changing permissions
  • Managing file links
    • Hard links
    • Symbolic links
  • Job Control
    • Jobs and processes
    • Foreground and background
    • Backgrounding and killing jobs
    • Stopping and restarting jobs
  • Using the vi Editor
    • Concepts
    • Starting vi
    • Inserting text
    • Deleting text
    • Changing text
    • Moving commands
    • Saving files and quitting vi
    • Editing another file
    • Including other files
    • Running shell commands
    • Getting help
  • Customizing your Environment
    • Shell scripts
    • Shell variables and the environment
      • The PATH environment variable
    • Shell initialization scripts
  • So You Want to Strike Out on Your Own?
• System Administration
  • About Root, Hats, and the Feeling of Power
    • The root account
    • Abusing the system
    • Dealing with users
    • Setting the rules
    • What it all means
  • Booting the System
    • Using a boot floppy
    • Using LILO
  • Shutting Down
  • Managing Users
    • User management concepts
    • Adding users
    • Deleting users
    • Setting user attributes
    • Groups
  • Archiving and Compressing Files
    • Using tar
    • gzip and compress
    • Putting them together
  • Using Floppies and Making Backups
    • Using floppies for backups
    • Using floppies as filesystems
  • Upgrading and Installing New Software
    • Upgrading the kernel
    • Upgrading the libraries
    • Upgrading gcc
    • Upgrading other software
  • Managing Filesystems
    • Mounting filesystems
    • Checking filesystems
  • Using a swap file
  • Miscellaneous Tasks
    • System startup files
    • Setting the hostname
  • What To Do In An Emergency
    • Recovering using a maintenance diskette
    • Fixing the root password
    • Fixing trashed filesystems
    • Recovering lost files
    • Fixing trashed libraries
• Advanced Features
  • The X Window System
    • Hardware requirements
    • Installing XFree86
    • Configuring XFree86
    • Filling in video card information
    • Running XFree86
    • Running into trouble
  • Accessing MS-DOS Files
  • Networking with TCP/IP
    • Hardware Requirements
    • Configuring TCP/IP on your system
      • Your network configuration
      • The networking rc files
      • /etc/hosts
      • /etc/networks
      • /etc/host.conf
      • /etc/resolv.conf
      • Setting your hostname
      • Trying it out
    • SLIP Configuration
      • Static IP address SLIP connections using dip
      • Static IP address SLIP connections using slattach
      • Dynamic IP address SLIP connections using dip
    • Using dip
  • Networking with UUCP
  • Electronic Mail
  • News and USENET
• Sources of Linux Information
  • Online Documents
  • Linux Documentation Project Manuals
  • Books and Other Published Works
    • Using UNIX
    • Systems Administration
    • The X Window System
    • Programming
    • Kernel Hacking
• Linux Vendor List
• FTP Tutorial and Site List
  • Starting ftp
  • Logging In
  • Poking Around
  • Downloading files
  • Quitting FTP
  • Using ftpmail
  • Linux FTP Site List
  • Linux BBS List
  • United States
  • Outside of the United States
• The GNU General Public License
  • Preamble
  • Terms and Conditions for Copying, Distribution, and Modification
  • Appendix: How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs
• About this document ...