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Debian GNU/Linux : Guide to Installation and Usage by Goerzen and Othman

Debian GNU/Linux : Guide to Installation and Usage by Goerzen and Othman

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Author
Othman, Ossama
Title
Debian GNU/Linux : Guide to Installation and Usage
Language
English
LoC Class
QA: Science: Mathematics
Subject
Operating systems (Computers)
Category
Text
eBook-No.
6527
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6527
Release Date
September 1, 2004
Copyright
Copyrighted. Read the copyright notice inside this book for details.

Contents

  1. 1.Debian GNU/Linux: Guide to Installation and Usage — by John Goerzen and Ossama Othman — April 23, 2001 — Contents
  2. 2.List of Figures
  3. 3.List of Tables
  4. 4.Acknowledgments
  5. 5.Preface
  6. 6.I. Guide
  7. 7.1. Introduction
  8. 8.1.1 What Is Debian? — 1.1.1 Who Creates Debian?
  9. 9.1.2 A Multiuser, Multitasking Operating System
  10. 10.1.3 What Is Free Software?
  11. 11.1.4 About This Book — 1.4.1 How to Read This Book — 1.4.2 Conventions
  12. 12.2. Getting Started
  13. 13.2.1 Supported Hardware — 2.1.1 Memory and Disk Space Requirements
  14. 14.2.2 Before You Start — 2.2.1 Information You Will Need
  15. 15.2.3 Partitioning Your Hard Drive — 2.3.1 Background — 2.3.2 Planning Use of the System — 2.3.3 PC Disk Limitations — 2.3.4 Device Names in Linux — 2.3.5 Recommended Partitioning Scheme — 2.3.6 Partitioning Prior to Installation — Partitioning from DOS or Windows — Lossless Repartitioning — 2.3.7 Debian Installation Steps
  16. 16.2.4 Choosing Your Installation Media — 2.4.1 Installing from a CD-ROM — 2.4.2 Booting from Floppies — Creating Floppies from Disk Images — Booting Debian
  17. 17.2.5 Booting the Installation System
  18. 18.3. Step-by-Step Installation
  19. 19.3.1 Select Color or Monochrome Display
  20. 20.3.2 Debian GNU/Linux Installation Main Menu
  21. 21.3.3 Configure the Keyboard
  22. 22.3.4 Last Chance to Back Up!
  23. 23.3.5 Partition a Hard Disk
  24. 24.3.6 Initialize and Activate a Swap Partition
  25. 25.3.7 Initialize a Linux Partition — 3.7.1 Mount a Previously-Initialized Partition
  26. 26.3.8 Install Operating System Kernel and Modules
  27. 27.3.9 Configure PCMCIA Support
  28. 28.3.10 Configure Device Driver Modules
  29. 29.3.11 Configure the Network
  30. 30.3.12 Install the Base System — 3.12.1 Configure the Base System — 3.12.2 Make Linux Bootable Directly from the Hard Disk
  31. 31.3.13 Make a Boot Floppy
  32. 32.3.14 The Moment of Truth
  33. 33.3.15 Set the Root Password
  34. 34.3.16 Create an Ordinary User
  35. 35.3.17 Shadow Password Support
  36. 36.3.18 Remove PCMCIA
  37. 37.3.19 Select and Install Profiles
  38. 38.3.20 Package Installation with dselect — 3.20.1 Introduction — 3.20.2 Once dselect Is Launched — Access — Update — Select — Install — Configure — Remove — Quit — 3.20.3 A Few Hints in Conclusion
  39. 39.3.21 Glossary
  40. 40.4. Logging In
  41. 41.4.1 First Steps
  42. 42.4.2 Command History and Editing the Command Line
  43. 43.4.3 Working as Root
  44. 44.4.4 Virtual Consoles
  45. 45.4.5 Shutting Down
  46. 46.5. The Basics
  47. 47.5.1 The Command Line and Man Pages — 5.1.1 Describing the Command Line
  48. 48.5.2 Files and Directories — 5.2.1 Using Files: A Tutorial — 5.2.2 Dot Files and ls -a
  49. 49.5.3 Processes
  50. 50.5.4 The Shell
  51. 51.5.5 Managing Processes with bash
  52. 52.5.6 A Few bash Features — 5.6.1 Tab Completion
  53. 53.5.7 Managing Your Identity
  54. 54.6. Using the Shell
  55. 55.6.1 Environment Variables
  56. 56.6.2 Where Commands Reside: The PATH Variable
  57. 57.6.3 Configuration Files — 6.3.1 System-Wide Versus User-Specific Configuration
  58. 58.6.4 Aliases
  59. 59.6.5 Controlling Input and Output — 6.5.1 stdin, stdout, Pipelines, and Redirection
  60. 60.6.6 Filename Expansion
  61. 61.7. More on Files
  62. 62.Permissions — 7.1.1 File Ownership — 7.1.2 Mode — 7.1.3 Permissions in Practice
  63. 63.7.2 Files Present and Their Locations
  64. 64.7.3 File Compression with gzip
  65. 65.7.4 Finding Files
  66. 66.7.5 Determining a File’s Contents
  67. 67.7.6 Using a File Manager
  68. 68.8. Working with Text Files
  69. 69.8.1 Viewing Text Files
  70. 70.8.2 Text Editors
  71. 71.8.3 Using ae
  72. 72.9. The X Window System
  73. 73.9.1 Introduction to X
  74. 74.9.2 Starting the X Environment
  75. 75.9.3 Basic X Operations — 9.3.1 The Mouse — 9.3.2 X Clients — 9.3.3 Troubleshooting — 9.3.4 Leaving the X Environment
  76. 76.9.4 Customizing Your X Startup
  77. 77.10. Filesystems
  78. 78.10.1 Concepts
  79. 79.10.2 mount and /etc/fstab — 10.2.1 Mounting a Filesystem — 10.2.2 Example: Mounting a CD-ROM — 10.2.3 /etc/fstab: Automating the Mount Process — 10.2.4 Removable Disks (Floppies, Zip Disks, Etc.)
  80. 80.10.3 Backup Tools — 10.3.1 tar
  81. 81.11. Networking
  82. 82.11.1 PPP — 11.1.1 Introduction — 11.1.2 Preparation — 11.1.3 The Easy Way: wvdial
  83. 83.11.2 Ethernet
  84. 84.12. Removing and Installing Software
  85. 85.12.1 What a Package Maintenance Utility Does
  86. 86.12.2 dpkg
  87. 87.12.3 dselect
  88. 88.12.4 Compiling Software
  89. 89.13. Advanced Topics
  90. 90.13.1 Regular Expressions
  91. 91.13.2 Advanced Files — 13.2.1 The Real Nature of Files: Hard Links and Inodes — 13.2.2 Types of Files — Symbolic Links — Device Files — Named Pipes (FIFOs) — Sockets — 13.2.3 The proc Filesystem — 13.2.4 Large-Scale Copying
  92. 92.13.3 Security
  93. 93.13.4 Software Development with Debian
  94. 94.II. Reference
  95. 95.A. Reading Documentation and Getting Help
  96. 96.A.1 Kinds of Documentation — A.1.1 Using info — A.1.2 HOWTOs — A.1.3 Personal Help — Tips for asking questions — A.1.4 Getting Information from the System
  97. 97.B. Troubleshooting
  98. 98.B.1 Common Difficulties — B.1.1 Working with Strangely-Named Files — B.1.2 Printing — B.1.3 X Problems
  99. 99.B.2 Troubleshooting the Boot Process
  100. 100.C. Booting the System
  101. 101.D. The GNU General Public License
  102. 102.Index
  103. 103.About this document ...

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