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1 New Features Of Red Hat Linux 5.2 |
| 1.1 Installation-Related Enhancements |
| | 1.1.1 New Installation Classes |
| | 1.1.2 Improved Installation Guide |
| | 1.1.3 Support for Multiple SCSI Adapters |
| | 1.1.4 Disk Druid Supported on All Platforms |
| 1.2 System Administration-Related Enhancements |
| | 1.2.1 Linux 2.2 Ready |
| | 1.2.2 Traffic Shaping Support |
| | 1.2.3 Enhanced Sound Support |
| | 1.2.4 Enhanced Printer Support |
| | 1.2.5 Updated PCMCIA Support |
| 1.3 Miscellaneous New Features |
| | 1.3.1 Window Maker Included |
| | 1.3.2 Apache 1.3 Included |
| | 1.3.3 GIMP 1.0.1 Included |
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2 Before You Begin |
| 2.1 Getting Documentation |
| 2.2 Getting the Right Red Hat Linux Components |
| | 2.2.1 Contents of the Red Hat Linux Boxed Set |
| | | 2.2.1.1 Installation Guide |
| | | 2.2.1.2 Alpha Installation Addendum |
| | | 2.2.1.3 CDs 1 and 2 |
| | | 2.2.1.4 Linux Applications CD |
| | | 2.2.1.5 Boot Diskette |
| | | 2.2.1.6 License and Registration Information |
| | 2.2.2 Missing Something? |
| | 2.2.3 No Boxed Set? No Problem! |
| | 2.2.4 Checking for Updated Diskette Images |
| 2.3 Things You Should Know |
| | 2.3.1 Basic Hardware Configuration |
| | | 2.3.1.1 Learning About Your Hardware With Windows® |
| | 2.3.2 Video Configuration |
| | 2.3.3 Network-related Information |
| 2.4 Installation Methods |
| | 2.4.1 PCMCIA Support During the Installation |
| | 2.4.2 Installing From a CD-ROM |
| | | 2.4.2.1 How To Do It |
| | 2.4.3 Installing From an FTP Site |
| | | 2.4.3.1 How To Do It |
| | 2.4.4 Installing From an NFS Server |
| | | 2.4.4.1 How To Do It |
| | 2.4.5 Installing From an SMB Shared Volume |
| | | 2.4.5.1 How To Do It |
| | 2.4.6 Installing From a Hard Drive |
| | | 2.4.6.1 How To Do It |
| 2.5 Need a Supplemental Diskette? |
| 2.6 Installation Classes |
| | 2.6.1 The Workstation-Class Installation |
| | | 2.6.1.1 What Does It Do? |
| | 2.6.2 The Server-Class Installation |
| | | 2.6.2.1 What Does It Do? |
| | 2.6.3 The Custom-Class Installation |
| 2.7 Disk Partitions |
| | 2.7.1 Partition Naming Scheme |
| | 2.7.2 Repartitioning Strategies |
| | | 2.7.2.1 Using Unpartitioned Free Space |
| | | 2.7.2.2 Using Space From An Unused Partition |
| | | 2.7.2.3 Using Free Space From An Active Partition |
| | 2.7.3 Disk Partitions and Other Operating Systems |
| | 2.7.4 One Last Wrinkle: Using LILO |
| | | 2.7.4.1 BIOS-Related Limitations Impacting LILO |
| | 2.7.5 How Many Partitions? |
| 2.8 A Note About Kernel Drivers |
| 2.9 If You Have Problems... |
| 2.10 One Last Note |
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3 Starting the Installation |
| 3.1 The Installation Program User Interface |
| | 3.1.1 Using the Keyboard to Navigate |
| | 3.1.2 A Note About Virtual Consoles |
| 3.2 Starting the Installation Program |
| | 3.2.1 Booting the Installation Program |
| 3.3 Beginning the Installation |
| | 3.3.1 Choosing a Language |
| | 3.3.2 Selecting a Keyboard Type |
| | 3.3.3 PCMCIA Support |
| 3.4 Selecting an Installation Method |
| | 3.4.1 Installing From CD-ROM |
| | 3.4.2 Installing via NFS |
| | 3.4.3 Network Driver Configuration |
| | 3.4.4 Configuring TCP/IP Networking |
| | 3.4.5 NFS Server Information |
| | 3.4.6 Installing From a Hard Drive |
| | 3.4.7 Installing via FTP |
| | 3.4.8 Installing via SMB |
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4 Continuing the Installation |
| 4.1 Upgrading or Installing |
| | 4.1.1 Installing |
| | 4.1.2 Upgrading |
| 4.2 Installation Class |
| 4.3 SCSI Support |
| 4.4 Creating Partitions for Red Hat Linux |
| | 4.4.1 Using Disk Druid |
| | | 4.4.1.1 The ``Current Disk Partitions'' Section |
| | | 4.4.1.2 The ``Drive Summaries'' Section |
| | | 4.4.1.3 Disk Druid's Buttons |
| | | 4.4.1.4 Handy Function Keys |
| | | 4.4.1.5 Adding a Partition |
| | | 4.4.1.6 Deleting a Partition |
| | | 4.4.1.7 Editing a Partition |
| | | 4.4.1.8 Adding an NFS Mount |
| | | 4.4.1.9 Starting Over |
| | | 4.4.1.10 When You're Finished... |
| | 4.4.2 Using fdisk |
| | | 4.4.2.1 An Overview of fdisk |
| | | 4.4.2.2 Changing the Partition Table |
| | 4.4.3 Filesystem Configuration |
| | | 4.4.3.1 Adding an NFS Mount |
| 4.5 Initializing Swap Space |
| 4.6 For FTP Installations Only... |
| 4.7 For SMB Installations Only... |
| 4.8 For Hard Drive Installations Only... |
| 4.9 Formatting Partitions |
| 4.10 Selecting and Installing Packages |
| | 4.10.1 Selecting Components |
| | 4.10.2 Selecting Individual Packages |
| | | 4.10.2.1 Getting Information About A Package |
| | 4.10.3 Package Dependencies |
| | 4.10.4 Package Installation |
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5 Finishing the Installation |
| 5.1 Configuring a Mouse |
| 5.2 Configuring X Windows |
| | 5.2.1 Configuring an XFree86 Server |
| 5.3 Configuring Networking |
| | 5.3.1 Network Configuration Dialogs |
| 5.4 Configuring the Clock |
| 5.5 Selecting Services for Start on Reboot |
| 5.6 Configuring a Printer |
| | 5.6.1 Locally Attached Printers |
| | 5.6.2 Remote lpd Printers |
| | 5.6.3 LAN Manager Printers |
| | 5.6.4 Finalizing Printer Setup |
| 5.7 Setting a Root Password |
| 5.8 Creating a Boot Diskette |
| 5.9 Installing LILO |
| | 5.9.1 Adding Options to the LILO Boot Command Line |
| | 5.9.2 Alternatives to LILO |
| 5.10 Finishing Up... |
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6 What Do I Do Now? |
| 6.1 Getting the Documentation That's Right For You |
| | 6.1.1 Documentation For First-Time Linux Users |
| | 6.1.2 Documentation For More Experienced Linux
Users |
| | 6.1.3 Documentation For Linux Gurus |
| 6.2 Basic System Tasks |
| | 6.2.1 Booting Your Red Hat Linux System |
| | 6.2.2 Logging In, Logging Out |
| | | 6.2.2.1 Logging In |
| | | 6.2.2.2 Logging Out |
| | 6.2.3 Accounts and Passwords |
| | | 6.2.3.1 Accounts |
| | | 6.2.3.2 Passwords |
| | | 6.2.3.3 The su Command |
| | 6.2.4 Shutting Down Your Red Hat Linux System |
| 6.3 The X Window System |
| | 6.3.1 If You Haven't Installed X |
| | | 6.3.1.1 XFree86 Configuration |
| | 6.3.2 If You've Already Installed X |
| | | 6.3.2.1 Starting X Manually |
| | | 6.3.2.2 Starting X Automatically |
| | | 6.3.2.3 Changing Your Desktop |
| | | 6.3.2.4 Virtual Consoles and X |
| | | 6.3.2.5 Handy X-Based Tools |
| 6.4 Configuring Your Red Hat Linux System For Sound |
| | 6.4.1 Modular Sound Drivers |
| | | 6.4.1.1 Recognized Sound Cards |
| | 6.4.2 Sound Card Configuration Tool |
| 6.5 Mouse configuration |
| 6.6 World Wide Web |
| | 6.6.1 World Wide Web Browsers |
| | 6.6.2 World Wide Web Server |
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7 Finding Documentation |
| 7.1 On Line Help |
| | 7.1.1 Man Pages |
| | | 7.1.1.1 How to Read a Man Page |
| | 7.1.2 Package Documentation |
| | 7.1.3 HOWTOs and FAQs |
| | 7.1.4 The ``locate'' Command |
| | 7.1.5 ``info'' Pages |
| 7.2 Help from the Internet Community |
| | 7.2.1 Red Hat Mailing Lists |
| | 7.2.2 USENET Newsgroups |
| | | 7.2.2.1 Red Hat-Specific Newsgroups |
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8 System Configuration |
| 8.1 System Configuration With Linuxconf |
| | 8.1.1 Running Linuxconf |
| | | 8.1.1.1 Tree Menu Interface |
| | | 8.1.1.2 Enabling Web-Based Linuxconf Access |
| | | 8.1.1.3 Adding a User Account -- Quick Reference |
| | | 8.1.1.4 Adding a User Account -- General Overview |
| | | 8.1.1.5 Modifying a User Account -- Quick Reference |
| | | 8.1.1.6 Modifying a User Account -- General Overview |
| | | 8.1.1.7 Changing a User's Password -- Quick Reference |
| | | 8.1.1.8 Changing a User's Password -- General Overview |
| | | 8.1.1.9 Changing the root Password -- Quick Reference |
| | | 8.1.1.10 Changing the root Password -- General Overview |
| | | 8.1.1.11 Disabling a User Account -- Quick Reference |
| | | 8.1.1.12 Disabling a User Account -- General Overview |
| | | 8.1.1.13 Enabling a User Account |
| | | 8.1.1.14 Deleting a User Account -- Quick Reference |
| | | 8.1.1.15 Deleting a User Account -- General Overview |
| | 8.1.2 Groups |
| | | 8.1.2.1 Creating a Group -- Quick Reference |
| | | 8.1.2.2 Creating a Group -- General Overview |
| | | 8.1.2.3 Deleting a Group -- Quick Reference |
| | | 8.1.2.4 Deleting a Group -- General Overview |
| | | 8.1.2.5 Modifying Group Membership |
| | | 8.1.2.6 Modifying Group Membership -- Quick Reference |
| | | 8.1.2.7 Modifying Group Membership -- Quick Reference |
| | | 8.1.2.8 Modifying Group Membership -- General Overview |
| | 8.1.3 CD-ROMs, Diskettes, Hard Drives and Filesystems -- the Inside
Track |
| | | 8.1.3.1 Reviewing Your Current Filesystem -- Quick Reference |
| | | 8.1.3.2 Reviewing Your Current Filesystem -- General Overview |
| | | 8.1.3.3 Adding NFS Mounts -- Quick Reference |
| | | 8.1.3.4 Adding NFS Mounts -- General Overview |
| | 8.1.4 Getting Connected (Network Configuration) |
| | | 8.1.4.1 Adding Modem/PPP/SLIP connections -- Quick Reference |
| | | 8.1.4.2 Adding Modem/PPP/SLIP connections -- General Overview |
| | | 8.1.4.3 Modifying a PPP or SLIP Configuration -- Quick Reference |
| | | 8.1.4.4 Modifying a PPP or SLIP Configuration -- General Overview |
| | | 8.1.4.5 Other Network Connections -- Quick Reference |
| | | 8.1.4.6 Other Network Connections -- General Overview |
| | | 8.1.4.7 Nameserver Specification |
| | | 8.1.4.8 Date and Time |
| 8.2 System Configuration With the Control Panel |
| | 8.2.1 Printer Configuration |
| | 8.2.2 Kernel Daemon Configuration |
| | | 8.2.2.1 Changing Module Options |
| | | 8.2.2.2 Changing Modules |
| | | 8.2.2.3 Adding Modules |
| | | 8.2.2.4 Restarting Kerneld |
| | 8.2.3 Network Configuration |
| | | 8.2.3.1 Managing Names |
| | | 8.2.3.2 Managing Hosts |
| | | 8.2.3.3 Adding a Networking Interface |
| | | 8.2.3.4 Managing Routes |
| | 8.2.4 Time and Date |
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9 Package Management with RPM |
| 9.1 RPM Design Goals |
| 9.2 Using RPM |
| | 9.2.1 Installing |
| | | 9.2.1.1 Package Already Installed |
| | | 9.2.1.2 Conflicting Files |
| | | 9.2.1.3 Unresolved Dependency |
| | 9.2.2 Uninstalling |
| | 9.2.3 Upgrading |
| | 9.2.4 Querying |
| | 9.2.5 Verifying |
| 9.3 Impressing Your Friends with RPM |
| 9.4 Other RPM Resources |
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10 Glint |
| 10.1 Starting glint |
| 10.2 The Package Display |
| | 10.2.1 Context Sensitive Menus |
| | 10.2.2 Selecting Packages |
| | 10.2.3 Viewing Available Packages |
| 10.3 Configuration |
| 10.4 Package Manipulation |
| | 10.4.1 Querying Packages |
| | 10.4.2 Verifying Packages |
| | 10.4.3 Installing New Packages |
| | | 10.4.3.1 Upgrading Packages |
| | 10.4.4 Uninstalling Packages |
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11 System Administration |
| 11.1 Filesystem Structure |
| | 11.1.1 Overview of the FSSTND |
| | | 11.1.1.1 The /etc Directory |
| | | 11.1.1.2 The /lib Directory |
| | | 11.1.1.3 The /sbin Directory |
| | | 11.1.1.4 The /usr Directory |
| | | 11.1.1.5 The /usr/local Directory |
| | | 11.1.1.6 The /var directory |
| | 11.1.2 /usr/local in Red Hat Linux |
| 11.2 Special Red Hat File Locations |
| 11.3 Users, Groups and User-Private Groups |
| | 11.3.1 Standard Users |
| | 11.3.2 Standard Groups |
| | 11.3.3 User Private Groups |
| | | 11.3.3.1 User Private Group Rationale |
| 11.4 User Authentication with PAM |
| | 11.4.1 PAM Modules |
| | 11.4.2 Services |
| | 11.4.3 The Configuration Files |
| | 11.4.4 Shadow Passwords |
| | 11.4.5 More Information |
| 11.5 Shadow Utilities |
| 11.6 Building a Custom Kernel |
| | 11.6.1 Building a modularized kernel |
| | 11.6.2 Making an initrd image |
| | 11.6.3 Building a monolithic kernel |
| 11.7 Sendmail |
| 11.8 Controlling Access to Services |
| 11.9 Anonymous FTP |
| 11.10 NFS Configuration |
| | 11.10.1 Mounting NFS Filesystems |
| | 11.10.2 Exporting NFS Filesystems |
| 11.11 The Boot Process, Init, and Shutdown |
| | 11.11.1 Sysconfig Information |
| | | 11.11.1.1 Files in /etc/sysconfig |
| | | 11.11.1.2 Files in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ |
| | 11.11.2 System V Init |
| | 11.11.3 Init Runlevels |
| | 11.11.4 Initscript Utilities |
| | 11.11.5 Running Programs at Boot Time |
| | 11.11.6 Shutting Down |
| 11.12 Rescue Modes |
| | 11.12.1 Through LILO |
| | 11.12.2 Emergency Boot Diskettes |
| | | 11.12.2.1 A Handy Trick |
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A Getting Technical Support |
| A.1 An Overview of Our Support Policy |
| A.2 Getting Support |
| | A.2.1 Registration |
| | | A.2.1.1 Registering via the Web |
| | | A.2.1.2 Registering via Email |
| | | A.2.1.3 Registering via Fax or Snail Mail |
| | A.2.2 Support Questions |
| | | A.2.2.1 How to Send Them |
| | | A.2.2.2 Where to Send Them |
| A.3 Support FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) |
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B Making Installation Diskettes |
| B.1 Making a Diskette Under MS-DOS |
| B.2 Making a Diskette Under a Linux-like O/S |
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C Package List |
| C.1 Applications |
| | C.1.1 Communications |
| | C.1.2 Databases |
| | C.1.3 Editors |
| | C.1.4 Emulators |
| | C.1.5 Engineering |
| | C.1.6 Graphics |
| | C.1.7 Mail |
| | C.1.8 Math |
| | C.1.9 Networking |
| | C.1.10 News |
| | C.1.11 Productivity |
| | C.1.12 Publishing |
| | C.1.13 Sound |
| C.2 Base |
| | C.2.1 Kernel |
| C.3 Daemons |
| C.4 Development |
| | C.4.1 Building |
| | C.4.2 Debuggers |
| | C.4.3 Languages |
| | C.4.4 Libraries |
| | C.4.5 System |
| | C.4.6 Tools |
| | C.4.7 Version Control |
| C.5 Documentation |
| C.6 Extensions |
| | C.6.1 Japanese |
| C.7 Games |
| C.8 Libraries |
| C.9 Networking |
| | C.9.1 Admin |
| | C.9.2 Daemons |
| | C.9.3 Development |
| | C.9.4 News |
| | C.9.5 Utilities |
| C.10 Shells |
| C.11 Utilities |
| | C.11.1 Archiving |
| | C.11.2 Console |
| | C.11.3 File |
| | C.11.4 Printing |
| | C.11.5 System |
| | C.11.6 Terminal |
| | C.11.7 Text |
| C.12 X11 |
| | C.12.1 Amusements |
| | C.12.2 Applications |
| | C.12.3 Games |
| | C.12.4 Libraries |
| | C.12.5 Shells |
| | C.12.6 Utilities |
| | C.12.7 Window Managers |
| | C.12.8 XFree86 |
| | C.12.9 gnome |
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D General Parameters and Modules |
| D.1 CD-ROM parameters |
| D.2 SCSI parameters |
| D.3 Ethernet parameters |
| D.4 Network Module Listing |
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E Red Hat Linux Installation Support FAQ |
| E.1 Introduction |
| E.2 Errata |
| E.3 Contacting Red Hat Software |
| E.4 General Resources List |
| E.5 General Questions |
| | E.5.1 How can I get Red Hat Linux? |
| | | E.5.1.1 Question |
| | | E.5.1.2 Answer |
| | E.5.2 How do I get new updates to Red Hat as they happen? |
| | | E.5.2.1 Question |
| | | E.5.2.2 Answer |
| | E.5.3 Are mailing lists available for Red Hat Linux? |
| | | E.5.3.1 Question |
| | | E.5.3.2 Answer |
| | E.5.4 Does Red Hat Linux include source code? |
| | | E.5.4.1 Question |
| | | E.5.4.2 Answer |
| | E.5.5 What do I do if I have media (manual or CD)
problems? |
| | | E.5.5.1 Question |
| | | E.5.5.2 Answer |
| E.6 Installation |
| | E.6.1 How much disk space does Red Hat Linux Use? |
| | | E.6.1.1 Question |
| | | E.6.1.2 Answer |
| | E.6.2 In what order should I install multiple operating
systems? |
| | | E.6.2.1 Question |
| | | E.6.2.2 Answer |
| | E.6.3 Are there alternate methods of installing
Red Hat Linux? |
| | | E.6.3.1 Question |
| | | E.6.3.2 Answer |
| | E.6.4 Where are the floppies? |
| | | E.6.4.1 Question |
| | | E.6.4.2 Answer |
| | E.6.5 What is the difference between Linux and DOS disk names? |
| | | E.6.5.1 Question |
| | | E.6.5.2 Answer |
| | E.6.6 Installation problems with IDE cdrom |
| | | E.6.6.1 Question |
| | | E.6.6.2 Answer |
| | E.6.7 Laptop Installation Problems |
| | | E.6.7.1 Question |
| | | E.6.7.2 Answer |
| | E.6.8 Having trouble upgrading to 5.x from earlier Linux |
| | | E.6.8.1 Question |
| | | E.6.8.2 Answer |
| | E.6.9 Installation problems with the Adaptec 2920 |
| | | E.6.9.1 Question |
| | | E.6.9.2 Answer |
| | E.6.10 Problems with the Adaptec 274x/284x/294x cards |
| | | E.6.10.1 Question |
| | | E.6.10.2 Answer |
| | E.6.11 Signal 11 or Signal 7 problems during install |
| | | E.6.11.1 Question |
| | | E.6.11.2 Answer |
| | | E.6.11.3 Answer |
| | E.6.12 Is there a Live Filesystem with the Red Hat CD-ROM? |
| | | E.6.12.1 Question |
| | | E.6.12.2 Answer |
| | E.6.13 Installing Linux and NT |
| | | E.6.13.1 Question |
| | | E.6.13.2 Answer |
| | E.6.14 How to get around the "cylinder 1023" install problem? |
| | | E.6.14.1 Question |
| | | E.6.14.2 Answer |
| | E.6.15 Removing LILO |
| | | E.6.15.1 Question |
| | | E.6.15.2 Answer |
| | E.6.16 Removing Linux from your hardware |
| | | E.6.16.1 Question |
| | | E.6.16.2 Answer |
| | E.6.17 Using Loadlin |
| | | E.6.17.1 Question |
| | | E.6.17.2 Answer |
| | E.6.18 Post Installation Problems with booting computer |
| | | E.6.18.1 Question |
| | | E.6.18.2 Answer |
| E.7 Using Red Hat Linux |
| | E.7.1 New to Linux |
| | | E.7.1.1 Question |
| | | E.7.1.2 Answer |
| | E.7.2 Running Quake and Quake II |
| | | E.7.2.1 Question |
| | | E.7.2.2 Answer |
| | E.7.3 Getting colors with ls |
| | | E.7.3.1 Question |
| | | E.7.3.2 Answer |
| | E.7.4 Compiled programs dont run |
| | | E.7.4.1 Question |
| | | E.7.4.2 Answer |
| | E.7.5 MacMillan Red Hat Linux Boxed Set Documentation |
| | | E.7.5.1 Question |
| | | E.7.5.2 Answer |
| E.8 X Window System |
| | E.8.1 Missing server when using XFree86? |
| | | E.8.1.1 Question |
| | | E.8.1.2 Answer |
| | E.8.2 Starting X only get grey screen |
| | | E.8.2.1 Question |
| | | E.8.2.2 Answer |
| | E.8.3 Customizing the X window manager |
| | | E.8.3.1 Question |
| | | E.8.3.2 Answer |
| | E.8.4 Alternate default window managers |
| | | E.8.4.1 Question |
| | | E.8.4.2 Answer |
| | E.8.5 X window error 111 |
| | | E.8.5.1 Question |
| | | E.8.5.2 Answer |
| | E.8.6 X Keyboard mapping problems |
| | | E.8.6.1 Question |
| | | E.8.6.2 Answer |
| | E.8.7 X Library problems compiling or running programs |
| | | E.8.7.1 Question |
| | | E.8.7.2 Answer |
| | E.8.8 X and AGP video cards |
| | | E.8.8.1 Question |
| | | E.8.8.2 Answer |
| | E.8.9 Having X start at boot up |
| | | E.8.9.1 Question |
| | | E.8.9.2 Answer |
| | E.8.10 NeoMagic problems |
| | | E.8.10.1 Question |
| | | E.8.10.2 Answer |
| | E.8.11 Problems with X after upgrading from RHL 4.1 |
| | | E.8.11.1 Question |
| | | E.8.11.2 Answer |
| | E.8.12 Problems with Netscape colors in X |
| | | E.8.12.1 Question |
| | | E.8.12.2 Answer |
| | E.8.13 Problems with Accelerated X and Red Hat 5.x |
| | | E.8.13.1 Question |
| | | E.8.13.2 Answer |
| | E.8.14 Problems with X and Microsoft Serial Mouse |
| | | E.8.14.1 Question |
| | | E.8.14.2 Answer |
| E.9 System Administration |
| | E.9.1 Questions about PAM |
| | | E.9.1.1 Question |
| | | E.9.1.2 Answer |
| | E.9.2 Questions about Secure Shell |
| | | E.9.2.1 Question |
| | | E.9.2.2 Answer |
| | E.9.3 Problems with Linux finding all a machines RAM |
| | | E.9.3.1 Question |
| | | E.9.3.2 Answer |
| | E.9.4 Problems with machine speed and large RAM |
| | | E.9.4.1 Question |
| | | E.9.4.2 Answer |
| | E.9.5 Red Hat 5.X problems with old applications |
| | | E.9.5.1 Question |
| | | E.9.5.2 Answer |
| | E.9.6 Problems with fstool |
| | | E.9.6.1 Question |
| | | E.9.6.2 Answer |
| | E.9.7 Configuring the Jaz drive and Linux |
| | | E.9.7.1 Question |
| | | E.9.7.2 Answer |
| | E.9.8 Problems with Parallel Port Zip drive |
| | | E.9.8.1 Question |
| | | E.9.8.2 Answer |
| | E.9.9 Problems with IDE Zip drive |
| | | E.9.9.1 Question |
| | | E.9.9.2 Answer |
| | E.9.10 Intel SMP |
| | | E.9.10.1 Question |
| | | E.9.10.2 Answer |
| | E.9.11 Problems with Red Hat 5.x, older applications and time |
| | | E.9.11.1 Question |
| | | E.9.11.2 Answer |
| | E.9.12 More problems with time |
| | | E.9.12.1 Question |
| | | E.9.12.2 Answer |
| | E.9.13 What is on the 2nd cdrom |
| | | E.9.13.1 Question |
| | | E.9.13.2 Answer |
| | E.9.14 Failure mounting CD-ROMS |
| | | E.9.14.1 Question |
| | | E.9.14.2 Answer |
| | E.9.15 Booting Linux from floppy |
| | | E.9.15.1 Question |
| | | E.9.15.2 Answer |
| | E.9.16 Linux and Plug and Play |
| | | E.9.16.1 Question |
| | | E.9.16.2 Answer |
| | E.9.17 Problems with Sound Card |
| | | E.9.17.1 Question |
| | | E.9.17.2 Answer |
| | E.9.18 Unknown PCI messages |
| | | E.9.18.1 Question |
| | | E.9.18.2 Answer |
| | E.9.19 LILO and modules |
| | | E.9.19.1 Question |
| | | E.9.19.2 Answer |
| | E.9.20 Changing LILO default boot |
| | | E.9.20.1 Question |
| | | E.9.20.2 Answer |
| | E.9.21 Using RPM |
| | | E.9.21.1 Question |
| | | E.9.21.2 Answer |
| E.10 Network Administration |
| | E.10.1 Boot hangs during sendmail |
| | | E.10.1.1 Question |
| | | E.10.1.2 Answer |
| | E.10.2 Upgrade problems with Sendmail and 5.x |
| | | E.10.2.1 Question |
| | | E.10.2.2 Answer |
| | E.10.3 net-pf errors |
| | | E.10.3.1 Question |
| | | E.10.3.2 Answer |
| E.11 Printer Administration |
| | E.11.1 Basic Printer Configuration |
| | | E.11.1.1 Question |
| | | E.11.1.2 Answer |
| | E.11.2 Truncated Printout |
| | | E.11.2.1 Question |
| | | E.11.2.2 Answer |
| E.12 Appendix (Long answers) |
| | E.12.1 The Red Hat FTP site is slow. Are there mirrors? |
| | E.12.2 What versions of Red Hat Linux are there? |
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F Information Specific to Red Hat Linux/SPARC |
| F.1 Supported Hardware |
| F.2 Installation Overview |
| F.3 Console Commands |
| F.4 Ramdisk-based Installation Criteria |
| | F.4.1 Preparing to Use an NFS-Mounted Root |
| F.5 Choosing a Boot Method |
| | F.5.1 Booting From Diskette |
| | | F.5.1.1 Diskette Boot Commands |
| | F.5.2 Booting From CD-ROM |
| | F.5.3 Booting From the Network |
| | | F.5.3.1 Network Boot Commands |
| F.6 Choosing an Installation Method |
| | F.6.1 CD-ROM Installation |
| | F.6.2 FTP Installation |
| | F.6.3 NFS Installation |
| | | F.6.3.1 Hard Disk Installation |
| F.7 Installation Using a Serial Terminal |
| F.8 Installation: Selecting System Components |
| F.9 SILO Configuration |
| F.10 Partitioning |
| | F.10.1 Swap Partitions and Red Hat Linux/SPARC |
| F.11 X Windows |
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G Glossary |
|
H Kickstart Installations |
| H.1 Where to Put A Kickstart File |
| | H.1.1 On Diskette |
| | H.1.2 On the Network |
| H.2 Starting a Kickstart Installation |
| H.3 The Kickstart File |
| | H.3.1 lang -- Language Setting |
| | H.3.2 network -- Networking Configuration |
| | H.3.3 Installation Methods |
| | H.3.4 nfs -- The NFS Installation Method |
| | H.3.5 cdrom -- The CD-ROM Installation Method |
| | H.3.6 device -- Optional Hardware Information |
| | H.3.7 keyboard -- Keyboard Type |
| | H.3.8 Partitioning |
| | H.3.9 zerombr -- Partition table initialization |
| | H.3.10 clearpart -- Removing partitions based on partition type |
| | H.3.11 part -- Partition definition |
| | H.3.12 install and upgrade -- Install/Upgrade
Selection |
| | H.3.13 mouse -- Mouse Configuration |
| | H.3.14 timezone -- Timezone Definition |
| | H.3.15 xconfig -- X Window Setup |
| | H.3.16 rootpw -- Setting the Root Password |
| | H.3.17 lilo -- LILO Configuration |
| | H.3.18 %packages -- Package Selection |
| | H.3.19 %post -- Post-Installation Configuration Section |