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| 1 Quick Start |
| 1.1 The Red Hat Linux Errata |
| 1.2 Getting Red Hat Linux |
| 1.3 Making Floppies |
| 1.4 Installing |
| 1.5 Upgrading from a Prior Version |
| 1.6 Why Can't I Run Directly off the CD? |
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| 2 Installing Red Hat Linux/Intel |
| 2.1 The Red Hat Linux Errata |
| 2.2 Before You Begin |
| | 2.2.1 Installation Methods |
| | 2.2.2 A Note About Kernel Drivers |
| | 2.2.3 Disk Partitions |
| | | 2.2.3.1 Disk Partitions and MS-DOS |
| | | 2.2.3.2 Disk Partitions and Other Operating Systems |
| | | 2.2.3.3 How Many Partitions? |
| 2.3 Preparing to Install |
| | 2.3.1 Creating the Boot and Supplemental Floppies |
| | | 2.3.1.1 Making Floppies Under MS-DOS |
| | | 2.3.1.2 Making Floppies Under Linux |
| | | 2.3.1.3 Installing Without Using a Boot Floppy |
| | 2.3.2 A Note About Virtual Consoles |
| | 2.3.3 Using the Dialog Boxes |
| 2.4 Step-By-Step Installation |
| | 2.4.1 Starting the Installation System |
| | | 2.4.1.1 Booting |
| | | 2.4.1.2 Beginning the Installation |
| | 2.4.2 Selecting a Keymap |
| | 2.4.3 PCMCIA Support |
| | 2.4.4 Selecting an Installation Method |
| | | 2.4.4.1 CD-ROM Type |
| | 2.4.5 If You Are Installing via NFS |
| | | 2.4.5.1 Choosing a Network Driver |
| | | 2.4.5.2 Configuring TCP/IP Networking |
| | | 2.4.5.3 NFS Server Information |
| | 2.4.6 Upgrading or Installing |
| | | 2.4.6.1 Installing |
| | | 2.4.6.2 Upgrading |
| | 2.4.7 SCSI Support |
| | 2.4.8 If You Are Installing via FTP or SMB |
| | | 2.4.8.1 Choosing a Network Driver |
| | | 2.4.8.2 Configuring TCP/IP Networking |
| | | 2.4.8.3 FTP Server Information |
| | | 2.4.8.4 SMB Server Information |
| | 2.4.9 Creating Partitions for Red Hat Linux |
| | | 2.4.9.1 Using fdisk |
| | | 2.4.9.2 Numbering Partitions |
| | | 2.4.9.3 Changing the Partition Table |
| | 2.4.10 Initializing Swap Space |
| | 2.4.11 Filesystem Configuration |
| | | 2.4.11.1 Selecting the Root Partition |
| | | 2.4.11.2 Other Partitions |
| | | 2.4.11.3 Formatting Partitions |
| | 2.4.12 Selecting and Installing Packages |
| | | 2.4.12.1 Selecting System Components |
| | | 2.4.12.2 Selecting Individual Packages |
| | | 2.4.12.3 Package Dependencies |
| | | 2.4.12.4 Package Installation |
| | 2.4.13 Configuring a Mouse |
| | 2.4.14 Configuring X Windows |
| | | 2.4.14.1 Configuring the Metro-X Server |
| | | 2.4.14.2 Configuring an XFree86 Server |
| | 2.4.15 Configuring Networking |
| | | 2.4.15.1 Network Configuration Dialogs |
| | 2.4.16 Configuring a Printer |
| | 2.4.17 Configuring the Clock |
| | 2.4.18 Setting a Root Password |
| | 2.4.19 Installing LILO |
| | | 2.4.19.1 Limitations of LILO |
| | | 2.4.19.2 Adding Options to the LILO Boot Command Line |
| | | 2.4.19.3 Alternatives to LILO |
| | 2.4.20 Finishing Up ...or Starting Up |
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| 3 Installing Red Hat Linux/Alpha |
| 3.1 Introduction |
| 3.2 Supported Hardware |
| 3.3 Installation Overview |
| 3.4 Installing MILO |
| | 3.4.1 Making a MILO Floppy |
| | 3.4.2 What if MILO doesn't work? |
| 3.5 Making Boot and Ramdisk Floppies |
| | 3.5.1 Making a Boot Floppy |
| | 3.5.2 Making a Ramdisk Floppy |
| 3.6 Installing |
| | 3.6.1 Booting the Kernel Floppy |
| | 3.6.2 Starting the Install |
| | 3.6.3 Issues Specific to Linux/Alpha |
| | | 3.6.3.1 Disk Partitioning |
| | | 3.6.3.2 XFree86 and TGA |
| | 3.6.4 Finishing Up |
| 3.7 Booting your Red Hat Linux/Alpha system |
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| 4 Installing Red Hat Linux/SPARC |
| 4.1 Hardware |
| 4.2 Booting from Floppy |
| | 4.2.1 Making a Boot Floppy |
| | 4.2.2 Booting |
| 4.3 Booting from a Network |
| 4.4 Network Installation |
| 4.5 Installation Using a Serial Terminal |
| 4.6 Installation: Selecting System Components |
| 4.7 SILO Configuration |
| 4.8 Partitioning |
| 4.9 X Windows |
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| 5 Post Installation Configuration |
| 5.1 Building a Custom Kernel |
| | 5.1.1 Building a modularized kernel |
| | 5.1.2 Making an initrd image |
| | 5.1.3 Building a monolithic kernel |
| 5.2 X Window Configuration with XFree86 |
| | 5.2.1 The X Server |
| | 5.2.2 Xconfigurator |
| | | 5.2.2.1 Selecting your Server |
| | | 5.2.2.2 Finishing Up |
| 5.3 X Window Configuration with Metro-X |
| | 5.3.1 System Requirements |
| | 5.3.2 configX.curses |
| | | 5.3.2.1 Graphics Card |
| | | 5.3.2.2 Mouse |
| | | 5.3.2.3 Exiting |
| | 5.3.3 configX |
| | | 5.3.3.1 Start-up |
| | | 5.3.3.2 Special Keys |
| | | 5.3.3.3 Mouse configuration |
| | | 5.3.3.4 Keyboard configuration |
| | | 5.3.3.5 Monitor configuration |
| | | 5.3.3.6 Screen Saver |
| | | 5.3.3.7 Graphics Card Configuration |
| | | 5.3.3.8 Colors |
| | | 5.3.3.9 Virtual Resolution |
| | | 5.3.3.10 Physical Resolution |
| | | 5.3.3.11 Multiple-Screen Configuration |
| | | 5.3.3.12 Adding a Screen |
| | | 5.3.3.13 Deleting a Screen |
| | | 5.3.3.14 Screen Layout |
| | | 5.3.3.15 Font Path |
| | | 5.3.3.16 Save and Exit |
| | | 5.3.3.17 Quit Without Saving |
| 5.4 Mouse configuration |
| 5.5 Sendmail |
| 5.6 Controlling Access to Services |
| 5.7 Anonymous FTP |
| 5.8 World Wide Web Server |
| 5.9 NFS Configuration |
| | 5.9.1 Mounting NFS Filesystems |
| | 5.9.2 Exporting NFS Filesystems |
| 5.10 Running Programs at Boot Time |
| 5.11 Color-ls Setup |
| 5.12 NIS/NYS Setup |
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| 6 Finding Documentation |
| 6.1 On Line Help |
| | 6.1.1 Man Pages |
| | 6.1.2 Package Documentation |
| | 6.1.3 HOWTOs and FAQs |
| | 6.1.4 The ``locate'' Command |
| | 6.1.5 ``info'' Pages |
| 6.2 Help from the Internet Community |
| | 6.2.1 Red Hat Mailing Lists |
| | 6.2.2 USENET Newsgroups |
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| 7 Package Management with RPM |
| 7.1 RPM Design Goals |
| 7.2 Using RPM |
| | 7.2.1 Installing |
| | | 7.2.1.1 Package Already Installed |
| | | 7.2.1.2 Conflicting Files |
| | | 7.2.1.3 Unresolved Dependency |
| | 7.2.2 Uninstalling |
| | 7.2.3 Upgrading |
| | 7.2.4 Querying |
| | 7.2.5 Verifying |
| 7.3 Impressing Your Friends with RPM |
| 7.4 Other RPM Resources |
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| 8 Control Panel |
| 8.1 User and Group Configuration |
| | 8.1.1 Adding or Editing a User |
| | 8.1.2 Removing a User |
| | | 8.1.2.1 Deactivating a User |
| | 8.1.3 Creating a New Group |
| | 8.1.4 Editing an Existing Group |
| 8.2 File System Configuration |
| | 8.2.1 Adding NFS Mounts |
| 8.3 Printer Configuration |
| 8.4 Network Configuration |
| | 8.4.1 Managing Names |
| | 8.4.2 Managing Hosts |
| | 8.4.3 Adding a Networking Interface |
| | | 8.4.3.1 PPP Interface |
| | | 8.4.3.2 SLIP Interface |
| | | 8.4.3.3 PLIP Interface |
| | | 8.4.3.4 Ethernet, Arcnet, Token Ring and Pocket Adaptor Interfaces |
| | 8.4.4 Managing Routes |
| 8.5 Time and Date |
| 8.6 Kernel Daemon Configuration |
| | 8.6.1 Changing Module Options |
| | 8.6.2 Changing Modules |
| | 8.6.3 Adding Modules |
| | 8.6.4 Restarting Kerneld |
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| 9 Glint |
| 9.1 Starting glint |
| 9.2 The Package Display |
| | 9.2.1 Context Sensitive Menus |
| | 9.2.2 Selecting Packages |
| | 9.2.3 Viewing Available Packages |
| 9.3 Configuration |
| 9.4 Package Manipulation |
| | 9.4.1 Querying Packages |
| | 9.4.2 Verifying Packages |
| | 9.4.3 Installing New Packages |
| | | 9.4.3.1 Upgrading Packages |
| | 9.4.4 Uninstalling Packages |
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| 10 System Administration |
| 10.1 Filesystem Structure |
| | 10.1.1 Overview of the FSSTND |
| | | 10.1.1.1 The /etc Directory |
| | | 10.1.1.2 The /lib Directory |
| | | 10.1.1.3 The /sbin Directory |
| | | 10.1.1.4 The /usr Directory |
| | | 10.1.1.5 The /usr/local Directory |
| | | 10.1.1.6 The /var directory |
| | 10.1.2 /usr/local in Red Hat Linux |
| 10.2 Special Red Hat File Locations |
| 10.3 Users, Groups and User-Private Groups |
| | 10.3.1 Standard Users |
| | 10.3.2 Standard Groups |
| | 10.3.3 User Private Groups |
| | | 10.3.3.1 User Private Group Rationale |
| 10.4 User Authentication with PAM |
| | 10.4.1 Modules |
| | 10.4.2 Services |
| | 10.4.3 The Configuration Files |
| | 10.4.4 Shadow Passwords |
| | 10.4.5 More Information |
| 10.5 The Boot Process, Init, and Shutdown |
| | 10.5.1 System V Init |
| | 10.5.2 Init Runlevels |
| | 10.5.3 Shutting Down |
| 10.6 Rescue Modes |
| | 10.6.1 Through LILO |
| | 10.6.2 Emergency Boot Floppies |
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| A Module parameters |
| A.1 CD-ROM parameters |
| A.2 SCSI parameters |
| A.3 Ethernet parameters |
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| B Metro X |
| B.1 Special Features |
| | B.1.1 Hot-Key Exit |
| | B.1.2 Hot-Key Resolution Switching |
| | B.1.3 Hardware Panning |
| | B.1.4 Multiple Screens |
| | | B.1.4.1 Supported Cards |
| | B.1.5 International Keyboards |
| B.2 Metro X Configuration File |
| | B.2.1 Warning |
| | B.2.2 Xconfig |
| | B.2.3 Keywords |
| | | B.2.3.1 Options Set In Configuration Utility |
| | | B.2.3.2 Options Not Set in Configuration Utility |
| | B.2.4 Modes |
| | | B.2.4.1 Adjusting the Image Position |
| | | B.2.4.2 Extensions |
| | | B.2.4.3 Special Notes |
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| C Intro to Alpha Systems and Processors |
| C.1 What is Alpha |
| C.2 What is Digital Semiconductor |
| C.3 Alpha CPUs |
| C.4 21064 performance vs 21066 performance |
| C.5 A Few Notes On Clocking |
| C.6 The chip-sets |
| C.7 The Systems |
| C.8 Bytes and all that stuff |
| C.9 PALcode and all that stuff |
| C.10 Porting |
| C.11 More Information |
| C.12 References |
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| D Alpha Miniloader Howto |
| D.1 Introduction |
| | D.1.1 Copyright |
| | D.1.2 New Versions of this Document |
| D.2 What is MILO? |
| D.3 Pre-Built Standard MILO Images. |
| D.4 How To Build MILO |
| D.5 How To Load MILO |
| | D.5.1 Loading MILO from the Windows NT ARC firmware |
| | D.5.2 Loading MILO from the Windows NT AlphaBIOS |
| | D.5.3 Loading MILO from the Evaluation Board Debug Monitor |
| | D.5.4 Loading MILO from a Failsafe Boot Block Floppy |
| | D.5.5 Loading MILO from Flash |
| | D.5.6 Loading MILO from the SRM Console |
| | D.5.7 System Specific Information |
| | | D.5.7.1 AxpPCI33 (Noname) |
| | | D.5.7.2 AlphaPC64 (Cabriolet) |
| | | D.5.7.3 EB66+ |
| | | D.5.7.4 EB64+/Aspen Alpine |
| | | D.5.7.5 Universal Desktop Box (Multia) |
| | | D.5.7.6 EB164 |
| | | D.5.7.7 PC164 |
| | | D.5.7.8 XL266 |
| | | D.5.7.9 Platform2000 |
| D.6 MILO's User Interface |
| | D.6.1 The ''help'' Command |
| | D.6.2 Booting Linux |
| | D.6.3 Rebooting Linux |
| | D.6.4 The ''bootopt'' command |
| D.7 Running the Flash Management Utility |
| | D.7.1 The ''help'' command |
| | D.7.2 The ''list'' command |
| | D.7.3 The ''program'' command |
| | D.7.4 The ''environment'' command |
| | D.7.5 The ''bootopt'' command |
| | D.7.6 The ''quit'' command |
| D.8 Restrictions. |
| D.9 Problem Solving. |
| D.10 Acknowledgements. |
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| E Red Hat Linux Frequently Asked Questions |
| E.1 Introduction |
| E.2 General Questions |
| | E.2.1 Where can I get information on Red Hat Linux? |
| | E.2.2 How Can I Get Red Hat Linux? |
| | E.2.3 The Red Hat FTP site is slow. Are there mirrors? |
| | E.2.4 How do I order from Red Hat Software? |
| | E.2.5 How do I contact Red Hat Software? |
| | E.2.6 How do I get new updates to Red Hat as they happen? |
| | E.2.7 What do I do if I have media (manual or CD) problems? |
| | E.2.8 What's the quickest and best way to get support for Red Hat? |
| | E.2.9 How do I report a bug? |
| | E.2.10 What versions of Red Hat Linux are there? |
| | E.2.11 What hardware does Red Hat Linux support? |
| | E.2.12 Why won't my Adaptec (274x, 284x) work? |
| | E.2.13 What applications are there for Red Hat Linux? |
| | E.2.14 Does Red Hat Linux include source code? |
| | E.2.15 Does Red Hat Linux support UMSDOS installs? |
| E.3 Installation Questions |
| | E.3.1 How do I get my IDE CD-ROM on my SB16 to work? |
| | E.3.2 How do I run the install program again? |
| | E.3.3 Why am I missing some programs? |
| | E.3.4 How do I mount my CD-ROM? |
| | E.3.5 Why does Linux only see part of my RAM? |
| | E.3.6 How do I install to my DOS partition? |
| | E.3.7 How do I use the NYS/NIS system that comes with RedHat? |
| | E.3.8 Why can't I get to Unixware now that I've installed Linux? |
| | E.3.9 Why does my Diamond video card do odd things under X Windows? |
| | E.3.10 Where can I find an list of known problems? |
| | E.3.11 I installed Metro-X, now how do I use it? |
| E.4 Using Red Hat Linux |
| | E.4.1 Why doesn't the xmh shipped with Red Hat work properly? |
| E.5 Copyright Notice |
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| F Red Hat and Freely Distributable Software. |
| | F.0.1 Red Hat History |
| F.1 The Free Software Model |
| F.2 The Evolution of ``Free Software'' |
| F.3 The GNU Public License |
| F.4 Will Linux Replace Commercial OSes? |
| F.5 Red Hat Software, Inc.'s Role in Linux Development |
| F.6 Further Reading |
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| G Licenses |
| G.1 The BSD Copyright |
| G.2 X Copyright |
| G.3 Gnu Public License |
| | G.3.1 Preamble |
| | G.3.2 GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE |
| | | G.3.2.1 0 |
| | | G.3.2.2 1 |
| | | G.3.2.3 2 |
| | | G.3.2.4 3 |
| | | G.3.2.5 4 |
| | | G.3.2.6 5 |
| | | G.3.2.7 6 |
| | | G.3.2.8 7 |
| | | G.3.2.9 8 |
| | | G.3.2.10 9 |
| | | G.3.2.11 10 |
| | | G.3.2.12 11 |
| | G.3.3 Appendix |
