Debian GNU/Linux: Guide to Installation and Usage, John Goerzen and Ossama Othman [read e book TXT] 📗

the Base System bash

Managing Processes with bash | Managing Processes with bash commands

aliases

Aliases

environment variables

setting

Environment Variables | Environment Variables Info help system

displaying

Managing Processes with bash binary executables

comparing to source code

Viewing Text Files

binary files

Working with Text Files

viewing

Viewing Text Files

BIOS (Basic Input/Output System)

Booting the System

black-and-white display

selecting

Select Color or Monochrome block devices

Device Files | devnull

blocks

Device Files

bold face

typographical conventions

Conventions

boot floppies

creating

Make a Boot Floppy

boot loaders

Before You Start

LILO

Make Linux Bootable Directly boot partition

PC Disk Limitations

boot process

LILO (Linux Loader)

Booting the System

query process

Booting the System

troubleshooting

Troubleshooting the Boot Process booting

Debian

Booting Debian

from CD-ROM

Choosing Your Installation Media from floppies

Booting from Floppies operating systems

multiple

Make Linux Bootable Directly smoke test

The Moment of Truth

Bourne shell

The Shell

bug reports

submitting

Troubleshooting the Boot Process builtin dependencies

packages

Select | Select

builtin programs

Where Commands Reside: The

buttons

mouse operation

The Mouse

C shell

The Shell

canceling

selections (dselect)

Select

cd

Using Files: A Tutorial

cd command

Using Files: A Tutorial | Using Files: A Tutorial CD-ROM

booting from

Choosing Your Installation Media CD-ROMs

mounting

Example: Mounting a CD-ROM | Example: Mounting a CD-ROM

unmounting

Example: Mounting a CD-ROM

CDs

multi-CD installation

Access | Access

multi-NFS, multi-mount installation Access

cfdisk

Partition a Hard Disk | Partition a Hard Disk | Partition a Hard Disk

Change Directory

see cd

character devices

Device Files | devnull

characters

metacharacters

Regular Expressions

clients

X clients

Introduction to X network transparency Introduction to X

X windows system

X Clients | X Clients selecting

Customizing Your X Startup | Customizing Your X Startup closing

programs

How to Read This

color display

selecting

Select Color or Monochrome Comand Line

History

no title

command history

Command History and Editing

command line

Command History and Editing | Command History and Editing | no title | Describing the Command Line | Describing the Command Line structure

The Command Line and

command lines

job numbers

assigning

Managing Processes with bash command-line shell

The Shell | The Shell

commands

aliases

Aliases

arguments

The Command Line and

Bash

wildcards

Tab Completion cd

Using Files: A Tutorial | Using Files: A Tutorial documentation

Kinds of Documentation | Kinds of Documentation info

Using info | Using info egrep

Regular Expressions

ls

Using Files: A Tutorial | Using Files: A Tutorial |

Dot Files and ls -a

man less

Environment Variables mkdir

Using Files: A Tutorial more

Using Files: A Tutorial parameters

The Command Line and

shell commands

typing

First Steps su

Working as Root

whoami

Working as Root

commercial software

comparing to proprietary

What Is Free Software?

comparing

binary and text files

Viewing Text Files

crackers and hackers

What Is Free Software?

hard links and symlinks

Symbolic Links

programs and processes

Processes

software

commercial and proprietary What Is Free Software?

system-wide and user-specific configuration System-Wide Versus User-Specific Configuration |

System-Wide Versus User-Specific Configuration compiling

packages

Compiling Software

compressing

files

File Compression with gzip | File Compression with gzip

Configuration

Base system

no title

comparing system-wide and user-specific System-Wide Versus User-Specific Configuration |

System-Wide Versus User-Specific Configuration Device drivers

no title

Modules

no title

networking

Ethernet

Ethernet PPP

The Easy Way: wvdial | The Easy Way: wvdial

PCMCIA

no title | Configure PCMCIA Support system-wide

/etc directory

Files Present and Their automatic filesystem mounting etcfstab: Automating the Mount |

etcfstab: Automating the Mount networking

Networking | PPP | Preparation user-specific

dotfiles

System-Wide Versus User-Specific Configuration configuring

base system

Debian Installation Steps | Choosing Your Installation Media

device drivers

Configure Device Driver Modules keyboard

Configure the Keyboard network

Configure the Network packages

Configure

connections

networking

Ethernet

Ethernet PPP

PPP | Preparation | The Easy Way: wvdial | The Easy Way: wvdial consoles

A Multiuser, Multitasking Operating virtual consoles

Virtual Consoles | Virtual Consoles controllers

SCSI

partitions, naming Device Names in Linux controlling

processes

The Shell | The Shell conventions

typographical

Conventions | Conventions spaces

Conventions copy-and-paste

mouse operation (X)

The Mouse

copying

large-scale

Large-Scale Copying | Large-Scale Copying crackers

comparing to hackers

What Is Free Software?

creating

accounts

ordinary user

Create an Ordinary User | Create an Ordinary User superuser

Set the Root Password directories

Using Files: A Tutorial disk images

Creating Floppies from Disk | Creating Floppies from Disk

plans

Managing Your Identity | Managing Your Identity csh (C shell)

The Shell

current working directories

Using Files: A Tutorial

Current Working Directory

Using Files: A Tutorial

customizing

X windows system

Customizing Your X Startup cylinder translation

PC Disk Limitations

daemon

Processes

dbootstrap

Step-by-Step Installation

network configuration

Configure the Network Debian

booting

Booting Debian

from CD-ROM

Choosing Your Installation Media Web site

What Is Free Software?

Debian base system

Debian Installation Steps | Choosing Your Installation Media Debian mailing list

Personal Help | Personal Help

deleting

directories

Using Files: A Tutorial files

Using Files: A Tutorial hard links

The Real Nature of

named pipes

Named Pipes (FIFOs)

symlinks

Symbolic Links | Symbolic Links Deleting Files

see rm

dependencies

packages

Select | Select

deselect

package maintenance

dselect

Devel_comp (profile)

Planning Use of the

developing

Free Software

Social Contract

What Is Free Software?

software

free software

What Is Free Software? | What Is Free Software?

development

Who Creates Debian?

device drivers

configuring

Configure Device Driver Modules device files

Device Files | devnull

Device Names

no title

devices

Device Names in Linux | Device Names in Linux abstractions

Introduction to X base system

installing

Install the Base System | Configure the Base System block devices

Device Files | devnull character devices

Device Files | devnull daemons

Processes

files

symlinks

Symbolic Links filesystems

Concepts

automatic mounting etcfstab: Automating the Mount |

etcfstab: Automating the Mount hard links

The Real Nature of | The Real Nature of mount points

Mounting a Filesystem mounting

Mounting a Filesystem | Mounting a Filesystem | Example: Mounting a CD-ROM

| Example: Mounting a CD-ROM | Removable Disks (Floppies, Zip proc

The proc Filesystem symlinks

Symbolic Links | Symbolic Links |

Symbolic Links naming

Device Names in Linux output

redirecting

stdin, stdout, Pipelines, and | stdin, stdout, Pipelines, and PCMCIA

configuring

Configure PCMCIA Support printers

troubleshooting

Printing SCSI drives

partitions

Device Names in Linux swap partitions

Recommended Partitioning Scheme | Recommended Partitioning Scheme

Dialup profile

Planning Use of the

Directories

no title | Files and Directories | Files and Directories | Files and Directories | Files Present and Their /etc

Files Present and Their | Files Present and Their |

Files Present and Their system-wide configuration System-Wide Versus User-Specific Configuration | System-Wide Versus User-Specific Configuration /root

Files Present and Their /tmp

Files Present and Their /user

Files Present and Their /var

Files Present and Their contents, displaying

Files Present and Their | Files Present and Their copying

Large-Scale Copying | Large-Scale Copying creating

Using Files: A Tutorial current working directory

Using Files: A Tutorial file systems

mount points

Mounting a Filesystem filename expansion patterns

Filename Expansion | Filename Expansion files

hard links

The Real Nature of | The Real Nature of inodes

The Real Nature of | The Real Nature of locating

Finding Files | Finding Files symlinks

Symbolic Links filesystems

Concepts

mounting

Mounting a Filesystem | Mounting a Filesystem | Example: Mounting a CD-ROM

| Example: Mounting a CD-ROM | Removable Disks (Floppies, Zip hard links

removing

The Real Nature of home directory

Files Present and Their modes

Mode

parent directories

Using Files: A Tutorial paths

Files and Directories permissions

example session

Permissions in Practice | Permissions in Practice | Permissions in Practice removing

Using Files: A Tutorial search path (shell)

Where Commands Reside: The | Where Commands Reside: The

shortcut directories

Using Files: A Tutorial symlinks

Symbolic Links

system-wide

files, modifying Files Present and Their disk blocks

scanning

Initialize and Activate a disk cache

Shutting Down

disk space

installation requirements

Memory and Disk Space disks

backing up

Last Chance to Back

boot disks

LILO

Booting the System boot floppies

creating

Make a Boot Floppy filesystems

mount points

Mounting a Filesystem mounting

Mounting a Filesystem | Mounting a Filesystem | Example: Mounting a CD-ROM

| Example: Mounting a CD-ROM | Removable Disks (Floppies, Zip floppies

booting from

Booting from Floppies images

writing to floppies Creating Floppies from Disk | Creating Floppies from Disk removable

mounting filesystem Removable Disks (Floppies, Zip displaying

directory contents

Files Present and Their | Files Present and Their file contents

Determining a File’s Contents files

filename expansion pattern Filename Expansion Info help system

Managing Processes with bash mounted filesystems

Example: Mounting a CD-ROM

text files

Viewing Text Files

displays

ae (text editor)

Using ae

dselect

Access screen

Access

X windows system

windows manager

Introduction to X dividing

partitions

Lossless Repartitioning documentation

Kinds of Documentation | Kinds of Documentation GNU General Public License

The GNU General Public | The GNU General Public | The GNU General Public | The GNU General Public | The GNU

General Public | The GNU General Public | The GNU

General Public | The GNU General Public | The GNU

General Public | The GNU General Public | The GNU

General Public | The GNU General Public | The GNU

General Public | The GNU General Public | The GNU

General Public | The GNU General Public | The GNU

General Public | The GNU General Public | The GNU

General Public | The GNU General Public | The GNU

General Public | The GNU General Public | The GNU

General Public

HOWTOs

HOWTOs

info

Using info | Using info DOS (Disk Operating System)

partitioning

Partitioning from DOS or | Lossless Repartitioning |

Debian Installation Steps Dotfiles

no title | Dot Files and ls -a | System-Wide Versus User-Specific Configuration

dpkg

no title

package maintenance

dpkg

dselect

Select and Install Profiles | no title | Introduction |

Introduction | Access | no title

Access menu

no title

Access screen

Access

multi-CD installation

Access

package states

Select | Select

packages

configuring

Configure installing

Install | Install Select

no title

Select screen

Select | Select | Select | Select | Select exiting

Select

Update

no title

Update screen

Update

dump

Backup Tools

dump (backup utility

Backup Tools

editing

text

Text Editors | Text Editors Editors

no title

egrep command

Regular Expressions

Emacs (text editor)

Text Editors | Text Editors

email

bug reports

troubleshooting

Troubleshooting the Boot Process Debian mailing list

Personal Help | Personal Help environment

variables

importing

Environment Variables environment variables

no title | Environment Variables

bash

setting

Environment Variables | Environment Variables PATH

Where Commands Reside: The | Where Commands Reside: The

proxy servers

setting

Access

environments

Environment Variables

error messages

standard error

stdin, stdout, Pipelines, and X windows system

troubleshooting

Troubleshooting Ethernet

configuration

Ethernet

example session

permissions

Permissions in Practice | Permissions in Practice |

Permissions in Practice execute permission

Mode

executing

programs

search path

Where Commands Reside: The | Where Commands Reside: The exiting

ae (text editor)

Using ae

programs

How to Read This

Select screen (dselect)

Select

X windows system

Leaving the X Environment | Customizing Your X

Startup | Customizing Your X Startup expansion patterns

Filename Expansion | Filename Expansion see also wildcards

Filename Expansion

exporting

shell variables

Environment Variables variables to environment

Environment Variables ext2 filesystem

Concepts

extended partitions

PC Disk Limitations | Device Names in Linux FIFO (first-in-first-out)

Named Pipes (FIFOs)

file manager

Using a File Manager

file managers

icon-based

Introduction to X file pagers

text files

viewing

Viewing Text Files file systems

Partitioning Your Hard Drive | Background | Background filename expansion pattern

Filename Expansion

filename expansion patterns

Filename Expansion

files

no title | Files and Directories | Files and Directories | Files and Directories

etcX11/Xsession

modifying

Customizing Your X Startup access

Mode

binary

Working with Text Files viewing

Viewing Text Files compressing

File Compression with gzip | File Compression with gzip