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Whole document tree Contents List of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgments Preface Guide Introduction What Is Debian? Who Creates Debian? A Multiuser, Multitasking Operating System What Is Free Software? About This Book How to Read This Book Conventions Getting Started Supported Hardware Memory and Disk Space Requirements Before You Start Information You Will Need Partitioning Your Hard Drive Background Planning Use of the System PC Disk Limitations Device Names in Linux Recommended Partitioning Scheme Partitioning Prior to Installation Debian Installation Steps Choosing Your Installation Media Installing from a CD-ROM Booting from Floppies Booting the Installation System Step-by-Step Installation Select Color or Monochrome Display Debian GNU/Linux Installation Main Menu Configure the Keyboard Last Chance to Back Up! Partition a Hard Disk Initialize and Activate a Swap Partition Initialize a Linux Partition Mount a Previously-Initialized Partition Install Operating System Kernel and Modules Configure PCMCIA Support Configure Device Driver Modules Configure the Network Install the Base System Configure the Base System Make Linux Bootable Directly from the Hard Disk Make a Boot Floppy The Moment of Truth Set the Root Password Create an Ordinary User Shadow Password Support Remove PCMCIA Select and Install Profiles Package Installation with dselect Introduction Once dselect Is Launched A Few Hints in Conclusion Glossary Logging In First Steps Command History and Editing the Command Line Working as Root Virtual Consoles Shutting Down The Basics The Command Line and Man Pages Describing the Command Line Files and Directories Using Files: A Tutorial Dot Files and ls -a Processes The Shell Managing Processes with bash A Few bash Features Tab Completion Managing Your Identity Using the Shell Environment Variables Where Commands Reside: The PATH Variable Configuration Files System-Wide Versus User-Specific Configuration Aliases Controlling Input and Output stdin, stdout, Pipelines, and Redirection Filename Expansion More on Files Permissions File Ownership Mode Permissions in Practice Files Present and Their Locations File Compression with gzip Finding Files Determining a File's Contents Using a File Manager Working with Text Files Viewing Text Files Text Editors Using ae The X Window System Introduction to X Starting the X Environment Basic X Operations The Mouse X Clients Troubleshooting Leaving the X Environment Customizing Your X Startup Filesystems Concepts mount and /etc/fstab Mounting a Filesystem Example: Mounting a CD-ROM /etc/fstab: Automating the Mount Process Removable Disks (Floppies, Zip Disks, Etc.) Backup Tools tar Networking PPP Introduction Preparation The Easy Way: wvdial Ethernet Removing and Installing Software What a Package Maintenance Utility Does dpkg dselect Compiling Software Advanced Topics Regular Expressions Advanced Files The Real Nature of Files: Hard Links and Inodes Types of Files The proc Filesystem Large-Scale Copying Security Software Development with Debian Reference Reading Documentation and Getting Help Kinds of Documentation Using info HOWTOs Personal Help Getting Information from the System Troubleshooting Common Difficulties Working with Strangely-Named Files Printing X Problems Troubleshooting the Boot Process Booting the System The GNU General Public License Index About this document ...