Linux-Mandrake Installation & Use Guide.

• Contents
• Legal notice
• Foreword
  • Linux
  • Free Software/Open Source
  • The "K Desktop Environment"
  • Linux-Mandrake
  • This manual...
  • Acknowledgements
• Installation of Linux-Mandrake
  • Before starting
    • Is my hardware compatible with Linux-Mandrake?
    • Do I have SCSI peripherals?
    • Do I have PCMIA peripherals?
    • What is the current set up for the various peripherals that I have?
    • How are the hard disks configured on my machine
  • Am I registered for installation support?
  • Installation disks
  • Launching the installation procedure
    • Choice of language for installation
    • Choice of keyboard type
    • Dealing with PCMIA ports.
    • Choice of installation method
    • Installation from local CD-ROM
    • Installation from NFS image
      • Description of the NFS server
    • Installation from a hard disk.
    • Installation by FTP
    • Installation by SMB
• Continuation of installation.
  • Choice of "installation class"
  • SCSI
  • Creation of partitions for Linux
    • Steps to take if another operating system is already present on your hard disk
      • Buy a new hard disk
      • Change the size of your old partitions
    • Choice of tool for handling Linux partitions
    • Use of "Disk Druid"
      • Steps to take:
      • The swap partition:
      • The principal partition:
      • Addition of an NFS partition:
    • Using "fdisk"
  • Continuation of installation
    • Installation from a local hard disk
    • Installation by SMB
    • Installation by FTP
  • Choice of partitions to format
  • Selection of programs (packages) to install.
    • The installation
• Completion of installation
  • Detection of the mouse
  • Choice of video card
  • Choice of monitor type
  • Completion of the video configuration
  • Network configuration
  • Configuration of the time zone
  • Specification of "services" to launch on start-up
  • Configuration of your printer
  • Choice of "root" password
  • Creation of a "LILO" boot disk
  • Creation of the "multiboot" LILO
  • Rebooting
• Problems that may occur during installation - who to contact ?
  • Different problems that may occur (non exhaustive list ;-) ):
    • You can't start the installation procedure.
    • Your network card is not recognized during a FTP or a NFS installation.
    • Unseen Linux-Mandrake system (CD-ROM, FTP, NFS, hard disk or SMB installation).
    • The procedure stops during the installation of packages.
    • You are unable to set up your video card.
    • You are unable to set up your network card/unrecognized by the system.
    • You are unable to set up your printer.
    • You are unable to create your LILO boot floppy.
    • You are unable to install LILO.
    • Once your system is installed, you can start your linux system (for example with the LILO boot floppy) but you're having module problems (for example: iso9960 filesystem is not supported and you can't mount your CD-ROM drive).
    • You are not able to boot your old operating system.
    • The installation procedure stops with a SIGSEGV (11) signal or a SIGBUS (7) signal.
  • What can you do in case of a persistent problem ?
    • Details of the problem.
    • Contacting the Mandrake installation technical support.
    • Then wait...
• Linux-Mandrake settings.
  • Reinstallation and setting of LILO (LInux LOader)
  • Mouse installation
  • Installation of your video card
  • Configuration of your network
  • Installation of your printer
  • Installation of your sound card
  • Parametrization of the services: linuxconf
• How to use your new Linux system?
  • Booting and shutting down the system
    • Booting
    • The login procedure
    • Shutting down
  • Linux shells
  • Discovering the Bash shell
  • The Bash shell's basic commands
  • Using Linux multitask system
  • Redirection of program output
  • Understanding the processes
• System administration
  • The user and the groups
  • Users management
    • Special accounts
  • Packages management: RPM (tm)
    • RPM use with the command line
      • Programs installation
      • Programs updating
      • Programs uninstalling
      • Programs checking
    • Kpackage
  • How to solve a few classical problems?
    • When I want to launch a program/command, I get the ``Command not found'' message...
• The graphics suite KDE
  • General presentation of KDE
    • What exactly is KDE?
    • The KDE graphical interface
  • The file manager KFM
  • Other KDE applications found in Linux-Mandrake
  • How to mount and umount floppy disks and CD-ROM drives under Mandrake.
  • Some useful tips
• Applications supplied with Linux-Mandrake
  • Programs in "console mode" (text)
    • The Emacs text editor
    • The Apache Web server
    • Dosemu
  • Programs running under "X Window" (graphical mode)
    • XEmacs
    • Netscape Communicator
    • XV
    • Gimp
    • Games!
• Documentation
  • The "HOWTOs"
    • List of ``HOWTOs''
    • Mini-HOWTOs:
  • The "man" pages
  • Interesting documents on the Internet
  • Books
  • Linux-Mandrake FAQs
• Annexes
  • Linux-Mandrake specifications
  • List of hardware supported under Linux-Mandrake
  • List of packages supplied with Mandrake.
• About this document ...

1999-01-27