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- Regular Expressions
- * (regular expression)
- Regular Expressions
- * (wildcard)
- Filename Expansion
- . (regular expression)
- Regular Expressions
- / (slash)
- root directory
- Files and Directories
| Files and Directories
- /bin directory
- Files Present and Their
- /etc (directory)
- system-wide configuration
- System-Wide Versus User-Specific Configuration
| System-Wide Versus User-Specific Configuration
- /etc directory
- Files Present and Their
| Files Present and Their
| Files Present and Their
- /etc/X11/Xsession
- modifying
- Customizing Your X Startup
- /root directory
- Files Present and Their
- /sbin directory
- Files Present and Their
- /user directory
- Files Present and Their
- /var directory
- Files Present and Their
- /tmp directory
- Files Present and Their
- ? wildcard
- Filename Expansion
- [] (brackets)
- regular expression
- Regular Expressions
- (tilde)
- Using Files: A Tutorial
- absolute filenames
- Files and Directories
| Using Files: A Tutorial
- abstractions
- Introduction to X
- Access screen
- dselect
- Access
- accessing
- files
- Mode
- filesystems
- Mounting a Filesystem
- Help file (installation)
- Select
- accounts
- ordinary user
- Create an Ordinary User
| Create an Ordinary User
- permissions
- Permissions
| Permissions
- example sessions
- Permissions in Practice
| Permissions in Practice
| Permissions in Practice
- file mode
- Mode
| Mode
| Mode
- file ownership
- File Ownership
| File Ownership
- root user
- Working as Root
| Working as Root
- superuser
- Set the Root Password
- user
- logging in
- First Steps
| First Steps
- plans
- Managing Your Identity
| Managing Your Identity
- Acknowledgments
- no title
- activating
- swap partition
- Initialize and Activate a
| Initialize and Activate a
- ae
- no title
- ae (text editor)
- Text Editors
| Using ae
- alias
- Aliases
- aliases
- Aliases
- Alt key
- Conventions
| Conventions
- APM
- Shutting Down
- APM (Advanced Power Management)
- Shutting Down
- application software
- What Is Debian?
- applications
- cfdisk
- Partition a Hard Disk
| Partition a Hard Disk
- configuration files
- Configuration Files
- dbootstrap
- Step-by-Step Installation
- network configuration
- Configure the Network
- dselect
- Select and Install Profiles
| Introduction
| Introduction
- Access screen
- Access
- multi-CD installation
- Access
- multi-NFS, multi-mount installation
- Access
- package states
- Select
| Select
- Update screen
- Update
| Select
| Select
| Select
| Select
- exiting
- How to Read This
- file managers
- Introduction to X
- GNU documentation viewer
- Using info
| Using info
- gzip
- File Compression with gzip
| File Compression with gzip
- multitasking
- A Multiuser, Multitasking Operating
- system binaries
- Files Present and Their
- tasks
- Select and Install Profiles
| Select and Install Profiles
- text editores
- Text Editors
| Text Editors
- text editors
- ae
- Using ae
- archiving utilities
- Backup Tools
- arguments
- The Command Line and
- arranging
- hard drive
- Partitioning Your Hard Drive
| Background
| Background
- asking technical questions
- Personal Help
| Tips for asking questions
- assigning
- job numbers to command lines
- Managing Processes with bash
- authentication
- shadow passwords
- Shadow Password Support
- automatic filesystem mounting
- /etc/fstab: Automating the Mount
| /etc/fstab: Automating the Mount
- backing up
- disks
- Last Chance to Back
- backups
- performing
- Before You Start
- utilities
- Backup Tools
- GNU tar
- tar
- base system
- no title
| no title
- configuring
- Debian Installation Steps
| Choosing Your Installation Media
- installation
- Install the Base System
| Configure 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
| /dev/null
- 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
- built-in dependencies
- packages
- Select
| Select
- built-in 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
| /dev/null
- 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
- /etc/fstab: Automating the Mount
| /etc/fstab: 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
| /dev/null
- 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
| /dev/null
- character devices
- Device Files
| /dev/null
- daemons
- Processes
- files
- symlinks
- Symbolic Links
- filesystems
- Concepts
- automatic mounting
- /etc/fstab: Automating the Mount
| /etc/fstab: 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
- /etc/X11/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
- configuration files
- Configuration Files
- contents
- displaying
- Determining a File's Contents
- current working directory
- Using Files: A Tutorial
- deleting
- Using Files: A Tutorial
- device files
- Device Files
| /dev/null
- disk images
- Creating Floppies from Disk
| Creating Floppies from Disk
- dotfiles
- Dot Files and ls -a
| System-Wide Versus User-Specific Configuration
- Editors
- no title
- hard links
- The Real Nature of
| The Real Nature of
- inodes
- The Real Nature of
- large-scale copying
- Large-Scale Copying
| Large-Scale Copying
- locating
- Finding Files
| Finding Files
- moving
- Using Files: A Tutorial
- named pipes
- Named Pipes (FIFOs)
- naming conventions
- troubleshooting
- Working with Strangely-Named Files
- permissions
- Permissions
| Permissions
| Security
- example sessions
- Permissions in Practice
| Permissions in Practice
| Permissions in Practice
- mode
- Mode
| Mode
| Mode
- ownership
- File Ownership
| File Ownership
- plans
- creating
- Managing Your Identity
| Managing Your Identity
- regular expressions
- Regular Expressions
| Regular Expressions
| Regular Expressions
- sockets
- Sockets
- symlinks
- Symbolic Links
- removing
- Symbolic Links
| Symbolic Links
- temporary
- Files Present and Their
- Text
- no title
- editing
- Text Editors
| Text Editors
| Using ae
- viewing
- Viewing Text Files
- text files
- Working with Text Files
- uncompressing
- File Compression with gzip
- filesystems
- Filesystems
- automatic mounting
- /etc/fstab: Automating the Mount
| /etc/fstab: Automating the Mount
- backing up
- Backup Tools
- GNU tar
- tar
- ext2
- Concepts
- hard links
- The Real Nature of
| The Real Nature of
- deleting
- The Real Nature of
- listing
- Example: Mounting a CD-ROM
- 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
- finding
- documentation
- Kinds of Documentation
| Kinds of Documentation
- files
- Finding Files
| Finding Files
- system information
- Getting Information from the
- finger information
- plans
- creating
- Managing Your Identity
- FIPS
- Lossless Repartitioning
| Lossless Repartitioning
- floppies
- boot floppies
- creating
- Make a Boot Floppy
- booting from
- Booting from Floppies
- disk images
- writing
- Creating Floppies from Disk
| Creating Floppies from Disk
- filesystem
- mounting
- Removable Disks (Floppies, Zip
- filesystems
- Mounting a Filesystem
- Floppy Disks
- no title
- fonts
- selecting
- Starting the X Environment
- xterm
- increasing size
- Starting the X Environment
- Free Software
- What Is Free Software?
- developing
- What Is Free Software?
- Social Contract
- What Is Free Software?
- Free Software Foundation
- What Is Free Software?
- fully-qualified filenames
- Files and Directories
- functionality
- What Is Debian?
- 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
- glossary
- Glossary
- GNOME desktop project
- Introduction to X
- GNU documentation viewer
- Using info
| Using info
- 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
- GNU Midnight Commander
- Using a File Manager
- GNU Project
- What Is Debian?
- GNU tar
- tar
- GNU tar (backup utility
- Backup Tools
- GNU/Linux
- multiuser environment
- A Multiuser, Multitasking Operating
- graphical user interfaces
- see GUIs
- The X Window System
| Introduction to X
- GUIs
- abstractions
- Introduction to X
- icon-based file managers
- Introduction to X
- X Window
- The X Window System
| Introduction to X
- X windows system
- clients
- X Clients
| X Clients
- clients, selecting
- Customizing Your X Startup
| Customizing Your X Startup
- customizing
- Customizing Your X Startup
- exiting
- Leaving the X Environment
| Customizing Your X Startup
| Customizing Your X Startup
- mouse operation
- The Mouse
- starting
- Starting the X Environment
- troubleshooting
- Troubleshooting
| X Problems
- xdm
- Starting the X Environment
- gzip
- File Compression with gzip
| File Compression with gzip
- Hacker Ethic
- What Is Free Software?
- hackers
- What Is Free Software?
- hard disk
- Linux partition
- initializing
- Initialize a Linux Partition
| Initialize a Linux Partition
- partitioning
- PC BIOS
- PC Disk Limitations
- swap partition
- initializing
- Initialize and Activate a
| Initialize and Activate a
- hard disks
- partitioning
- Lossless Repartitioning
| Debian Installation Steps
| Partition a Hard Disk
| Partition a Hard Disk
- partitions
- mounting
- Initialize a Linux Partition
- scanning
- Initialize and Activate a
- hard drive
- organizing
- Partitioning Your Hard Drive
| Background
| Background
- partition
- boot partition
- PC Disk Limitations
- partitioning
- Partitioning Your Hard Drive
| Background
| Background
- cylinder translation
- PC Disk Limitations
- root partition
- Background
- swap partition
- Background
- hard drives
- filesystems
- Mounting a Filesystem
- LILO
- operating system, booting
- Booting the System
- partitioning
- swap partitions
- Recommended Partitioning Scheme
| Recommended Partitioning Scheme
- partitions
- mounting
- Mount a Previously-Initialized Partition
- hard links
- The Real Nature of
| The Real Nature of
- comparing to symlinks
- Symbolic Links
| Symbolic Links
- deleting
- The Real Nature of
- symlinks
- Symbolic Links
- hardware
- abstractions
- Introduction to X
- device files
- Device Files
| /dev/null
- video cards
- support for
- Supported Hardware
- Hardware, supported
- no title
- Help file (installation)
- accessing
- Select
- help system
- HOWTOs
- HOWTOs
- hierarchies
- Concepts
- filesystems
- Concepts
- 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
- History
- see Command Line History
- home directories
- Files Present and Their
- home directory
- Using Files: A Tutorial
- HOWTOs
- HOWTOs
- icon-based file managers
- Introduction to X
- images (disk)
- writing to floppies
- Creating Floppies from Disk
| Creating Floppies from Disk
- importing
- variables to environment
- Environment Variables
- info
- no title
| Using info
| Using info
- Info help system
- Managing Processes with bash
- initializing
- Linux partition
- Initialize a Linux Partition
| Initialize a Linux Partition
- swap partition
- Initialize and Activate a
| Initialize and Activate a
- inodes
- The Real Nature of
| The Real Nature of
- hard links
- removing
- The Real Nature of
- Installation
- backups, performing
- Before You Start
- base system
- Install the Base System
| Configure the Base System
- base system, configuring
- Debian Installation Steps
| Choosing Your Installation Media
- boot floppies
- creating
- Make a Boot Floppy
- CD-ROM
- no title
- device drivers
- configuring
- Configure Device Driver Modules
- disks
- backing up
- Last Chance to Back
- dselect
- Introduction
- Access screen
- Access
- Floppies
- no title
- hard disks
- partitioning
- Partition a Hard Disk
| Partition a Hard Disk
- hard drive
- partitioning
- Background
| Background
- partitioning
- Partitioning Your Hard Drive
- Help file
- accessing
- Select
- kernel
- Install Operating System Kernel
- keyboard configuration
- Configure the Keyboard
- Linux partition
- initialization
- Initialize a Linux Partition
| Initialize a Linux Partition
- main menu
- Debian GNU/Linux Installation Main
- master boot record
- Make Linux Bootable Directly
- Media
- no title
- memory requirements
- Memory and Disk Space
- Menu
- no title
- monitor display
- color, selecting
- Select Color or Monochrome
- multi-NFS, multi-mount
- Access
- multi_cd
- Access
| Access
- network
- configuring
- Configure the Network
- packages
- Package Installation with dselect
- partitioning
- Partitioning Prior to Installation
| Partitioning from DOS or
| Lossless Repartitioning
| Debian Installation Steps
- PCMCIA support
- configuring
- Configure PCMCIA Support
- Prerequisites
- no title
- profiles
- Planning Use of the
- selecting
- Select and Install Profiles
- root password
- setting
- Set the Root Password
- smoke test
- The Moment of Truth
- swap partition
- initialization
- Initialize and Activate a
| Initialize and Activate a
- tasks
- selecting
- Select and Install Profiles
- time zone
- specifying
- Configure the Base System
- installations
- network workstations
- Information You Will Need
- operating systems, multiple
- Before You Start
- installing
- packages
- Install
| Install
- Internet
- Debian mailing list
- Personal Help
| Personal Help
- online manual
- viewing
- Environment Variables
- IRC (Internet Relay Chat)
- Debian mailing list
- Personal Help
| Personal Help
- ISPs
- PPP
- PPP
| Preparation
- italics
- typographical conventions
- Conventions
- job
- Managing Processes with bash
- job numbers
- assigning to command lines
- Managing Processes with bash
- jobs
- Managing Processes with bash
| Managing Processes with bash
- listing
- Managing Processes with bash
- starting
- Managing Processes with bash
- status
- displaying
- Managing Processes with bash
- suspending
- Managing Processes with bash
| Managing Processes with bash
- terminating
- Managing Processes with bash
| Managing Processes with bash
- kernel
- boot process
- troubleshooting
- Troubleshooting the Boot Process
- installing
- Install Operating System Kernel
- PCMCIA
- removing
- Remove PCMCIA
- virtual consoles
- Virtual Consoles
| Virtual Consoles
- kernel:LILO (Linux Loader)
- Booting the System
| Booting the System
- key combinations
- dselect
- Select
- keyboard
- configuring
- Configure the Keyboard
- killing
- jobs
- Managing Processes with bash
| Managing Processes with bash
- X server
- Leaving the X Environment
- Korn shell
- The Shell
- languages
- programming
- Software Development with Debian
| Software Development with Debian
- LANs
- Ethernet
- configuration
- Ethernet
- large-scale copying
- Large-Scale Copying
| Large-Scale Copying
- legal 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
- licenses
- 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
- LILO
- Make Linux Bootable Directly
- LILO (Linux Loader)
- Booting the System
| Booting the System
- limitations
- partitions
- PC Disk Limitations
- Linux
- devices
- Device Names in Linux
| Device Names in Linux
| Device Names in Linux
- 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
- kernel
- command line
- Describing the Command Line
| Describing the Command Line
- disk cache
- Shutting Down
- virtual console
- Virtual Consoles
| Virtual Consoles
- Linux Documentation Project
- Supported Hardware
- HOWTOs
- HOWTOs
- Linux native partition
- creating
- Partition a Hard Disk
| Partition a Hard Disk
- Linux partition
- initializing
- Initialize a Linux Partition
| Initialize a Linux Partition
- Linux partitions
- mounting
- Initialize a Linux Partition
| Initialize a Linux Partition
- Linux swap partition
- creating
- Partition a Hard Disk
| Partition a Hard Disk
- listing
- aliases
- Aliases
- jobs
- Managing Processes with bash
- mounted filesystems
- Example: Mounting a CD-ROM
- processes
- Processes
- locating
- documentation
- Kinds of Documentation
| Kinds of Documentation
- files
- Finding Files
| Finding Files
- system information
- Getting Information from the
- logging in
- First Steps
| First Steps
- logical partitions
- PC Disk Limitations
| Device Names in Linux
- long form
- options
- The Command Line and
- ls
- Using Files: A Tutorial
| no title
- ls command
- Using Files: A Tutorial
| Using Files: A Tutorial
| Dot Files and ls -a
- mailing list
- Debian
- Personal Help
| Personal Help
- main menu
- installation
- Debian GNU/Linux Installation Main
- mainenance
- packages
- What a Package Maintenance
| What a Package Maintenance
- deselect
- dselect
- dpkg
- dpkg
- man less command
- Environment Variables
- man pages
- The Command Line and
- managing
- files
- Using a File Manager
- manual startup
- X windows system
- Starting the X Environment
- master boot record
- installation
- Make Linux Bootable Directly
- memory
- disk cache
- Shutting Down
- installation requirements
- Memory and Disk Space
- swap partitions
- Recommended Partitioning Scheme
| Recommended Partitioning Scheme
- menus
- installation
- Debian GNU/Linux Installation Main
- Partition a Hard Disk
- Partition a Hard Disk
| Partition a Hard Disk
- messages
- error
- standard error
- stdin, stdout, Pipelines, and
- metacharacters
- regular expressions
- Regular Expressions
| Regular Expressions
| Regular Expressions
- mkdir command
- Using Files: A Tutorial
- mode (files)
- Mode
| Mode
| Mode
- modifier keys
- Conventions
| Conventions
- modifying
- files
- hard links
- The Real Nature of
- modularity
- Introduction to X
- modules
- device drivers
- configuring
- Configure Device Driver Modules
- installation
- Install Operating System Kernel
- monitor
- display color
- selecting
- Select Color or Monochrome
- monochrome display
- selecting
- Select Color or Monochrome
- more command
- Using Files: A Tutorial
- mount points
- Mounting a Filesystem
- mounting
- CD-ROM
- Example: Mounting a CD-ROM
| Example: Mounting a CD-ROM
- filesystems
- Mounting a Filesystem
| Mounting a Filesystem
| Example: Mounting a CD-ROM
| Example: Mounting a CD-ROM
| Removable Disks (Floppies, Zip
- automatic
- /etc/fstab: Automating the Mount
| /etc/fstab: Automating the Mount
- floppy disks
- Removable Disks (Floppies, Zip
- initialized partitions
- Mount a Previously-Initialized Partition
- partitions
- Initialize a Linux Partition
| Initialize a Linux Partition
- mouse operation
- X windows system
- The Mouse
- moving
- files
- Using Files: A Tutorial
- msdos filesystem
- Concepts
- multi-NFS, multi-mount installation
- Access
- multi_cd installation
- Access
| Access
- multiple operating systems
- booting
- Make Linux Bootable Directly
- multitasking
- A Multiuser, Multitasking Operating
| A Multiuser, Multitasking Operating
- processes
- Processes
- Multiuser
- A Multiuser, Multitasking Operating
- multiuser environment
- GNU/Linux
- A Multiuser, Multitasking Operating
- multiuser environments
- virtual console
- Virtual Consoles
| Virtual Consoles
- mv command
- Using Files: A Tutorial
- named pipes
- Named Pipes (FIFOs)
- naming
- devices
- Device Names in Linux
| Device Names in Linux
| Device Names in Linux
- naming conventions
- files
- troubleshooting
- Working with Strangely-Named Files
- navigating
- dbootstrap
- Step-by-Step Installation
- nedit (text editor
- Text Editors
- netowrks
- devices
- output, redirecting
- stdin, stdout, Pipelines, and
| stdin, stdout, Pipelines, and
- network
- configuring
- Configure the Network
- Network Configuration
- no title
- network transparency
- Introduction to X
- networking
- Networking
- Ethernet
- configuration
- Ethernet
- PPP
- PPP
| Preparation
- configuration
- The Easy Way: wvdial
| The Easy Way: wvdial
- sockets
- Sockets
- networks
- servers
- partitioning
- Recommended Partitioning Scheme
- terminals
- A Multiuser, Multitasking Operating
- virtual console
- Virtual Consoles
| Virtual Consoles
- workstations
- installation
- Information You Will Need
- X servers
- Introduction to X
- online manual
- builtin programs
- Where Commands Reside: The
- text, paging
- Environment Variables
- viewing
- Environment Variables
- Open Source Software
- What Is Free Software?
- operating system
- booting
- LILO (Linux Loader)
- Booting the System
- kernel
- installing
- Install Operating System Kernel
- operating systems
- What Is Debian?
- backup tools
- Backup Tools
- GNU tar
- tar
- boot loaders
- Before You Start
- Debian
- booting
- Booting Debian
- functionality
- What Is Debian?
- GNU Linux
- multiuser environment
- A Multiuser, Multitasking Operating
- installation
- partitioning
- Partitioning Prior to Installation
| Partitioning from DOS or
| Lossless Repartitioning
| Debian Installation Steps
- LILO
- Make Linux Bootable Directly
- modularity
- Introduction to X
- multiple installations
- Before You Start
- multiple, booting
- Make Linux Bootable Directly
- root password
- setting
- Set the Root Password
- swap partitions
- Background
- X windows system
- troubleshooting
- X Problems
- options (commands)
- The Command Line and
- ordinary user accounts
- Create an Ordinary User
| Create an Ordinary User
- organization
- files
- Files and Directories
| Files and Directories
- organizing
- files
- Concepts
- hard drive
- Partitioning Your Hard Drive
| Background
| Background
- ouput
- redirecting
- pipelines
- stdin, stdout, Pipelines, and
- output
- redirecting
- stdin, stdout, Pipelines, and
| stdin, stdout, Pipelines, and
| stdin, stdout, Pipelines, and
- reversing
- stdin, stdout, Pipelines, and
- overriding
- package dependencies
- Select
- ownership (files)
- File Ownership
| File Ownership
- packages
- Glossary
- canceling selection (dselect)
- Select
- compiling
- Compiling Software
- configuring
- Configure
- Debian base system
- Debian Installation Steps
| Choosing Your Installation Media
- dependencies
- Select
| Select
- development
- Who Creates Debian?
- installation
- Package Installation with dselect
- multi-CD
- Access
| Access
- multi-NFS, multi-mount
- Access
- installing
- Install
| Install
- maintenance utilities
- What a Package Maintenance
| What a Package Maintenance
- deselect
- dselect
- dpkg
- dpkg
- profiles
- Planning Use of the
- see also dselect
- Introduction
| Introduction
- selecting
- Select and Install Profiles
| Select
| Select
| Select
- states (dselect)
- Select
| Select
- PAGER environment variable
- Environment Variables
- parameters
- The Command Line and
- parent directories
- Using Files: A Tutorial
- partition
- boot partition
- PC Disk Limitations
- Initialization
- no title
- Swap
- no title
- Lossless
- no title
- Partitioning
- no title
| Device Names in Linux
- cylinder translation
- PC Disk Limitations
- hard disks
- Partition a Hard Disk
| Partition a Hard Disk
- hard drive
- Partitioning Your Hard Drive
| Background
| Background
- root partition
- Background
- swap partition
- Background
- Linux partition
- initializing
- Initialize a Linux Partition
| Initialize a Linux Partition
- PC BIOS
- PC Disk Limitations
- SCSI drives
- PC Disk Limitations
- servers
- Recommended Partitioning Scheme
- swap partition
- initializing
- Initialize and Activate a
| Initialize and Activate a
- swap partitions
- Recommended Partitioning Scheme
| Recommended Partitioning Scheme
- partitions
- mounting
- Initialize a Linux Partition
| Initialize a Linux Partition
| Mount a Previously-Initialized Partition
- surface scanning
- Initialize and Activate a
- passwords
- logging in
- First Steps
| First Steps
- root password
- setting
- Set the Root Password
- shadow passwords
- Shadow Password Support
- superuser
- Working as Root
- PATH
- no title
- paths
- Files and Directories
- PC BIOS
- PC Disk Limitations
- PCMCIA
- no title
- configuring
- Configure PCMCIA Support
- removing
- Remove PCMCIA
- Permissions
- no title
| Permissions
| Permissions
| Security
- access
- Mode
- example session
- Permissions in Practice
| Permissions in Practice
| Permissions in Practice
- file ownership
- File Ownership
| File Ownership
- hard links
- The Real Nature of
- mode
- Mode
| Mode
| Mode
- PID
- Processes
- PID (Process Identification Number)
- Processes
- pipe operators
- stdin, stdout, Pipelines, and
- pipeline
- Managing Processes with bash
- pipelines
- stdin, stdout, Pipelines, and
- output
- reversing
- stdin, stdout, Pipelines, and
- pipes
- named pipes
- Named Pipes (FIFOs)
- plans
- Managing Your Identity
| Managing Your Identity
- PPP
- configuration
- PPP
| Preparation
- wvdial
- The Easy Way: wvdial
| The Easy Way: wvdial
- primary partitions
- PC Disk Limitations
- printenv
- Environment Variables
| Environment Variables
- Printing
- no title
- troubleshooting
- Printing
- proc filesystem
- The proc Filesystem
- process groups
- Managing Processes with bash
| Managing Processes with bash
- Process Management
- no title
- Processes
- no title
| Processes
- boot process
- troubleshooting
- Troubleshooting the Boot Process
- comparing to programs
- Processes
- controlling
- The Shell
| The Shell
- daemons
- Processes
- environments
- Environment Variables
- jobs
- listing
- Managing Processes with bash
- starting
- Managing Processes with bash
- suspending
- Managing Processes with bash
| Managing Processes with bash
- terminating
- Managing Processes with bash
| Managing Processes with bash
- named pipes
- Named Pipes (FIFOs)
- PID (Process Identification Number)
- Processes
- redirection operators
- stdin, stdout, Pipelines, and
| stdin, stdout, Pipelines, and
- standard input
- stdin, stdout, Pipelines, and
- standard output
- stdin, stdout, Pipelines, and
- profiles
- Planning Use of the
| Planning Use of the
- selecting
- Select and Install Profiles
| Select and Install Profiles
- programming
- Software Development with Debian
| Software Development with Debian
- programs
- bash
- aliases
- Aliases
- BIOS (Basic Input/Output System)
- Booting the System
- built-in
- Where Commands Reside: The
- cfdisk
- Partition a Hard Disk
| Partition a Hard Disk
- comparing to processes
- Processes
- dbootstrap
- Step-by-Step Installation
- network configuration
- Configure the Network
- dselect
- Select and Install Profiles
| Introduction
| Introduction
- Access screen
- Access
- multi-CD installation
- Access
- multi-NFS, multi-mount installation
- Access
- package states
- Select
| Select
- packages, configuring
- Configure
- packages, installing
- Install
| Install
- Update screen
- Update
| Select
| Select
| Select
| Select
- executing
- search path
- Where Commands Reside: The
| Where Commands Reside: The
- exiting
- How to Read This
- file managers
- Introduction to X
- functionality
- What Is Debian?
- gzip
- File Compression with gzip
| File Compression with gzip
- multitasking
- A Multiuser, Multitasking Operating
- packages
- maintenance utilities
- What a Package Maintenance
| What a Package Maintenance
| dpkg
| dselect
- shell
- The Shell
| The Shell
- software development
- Software Development with Debian
| Software Development with Debian
- tasks
- Select and Install Profiles
| Select and Install Profiles
- text editors
- Text Editors
| Text Editors
- ae
- Using ae
- wvdial
- PPP configuration
- The Easy Way: wvdial
| The Easy Way: wvdial
- X clients
- X Clients
| X Clients
- Prompt, Changing
- Environment Variables
| Environment Variables
- prompts
- shell prompts
- First Steps
- proprietary software
- comparing to commercial
- What Is Free Software?
- proxy servers
- environment variables
- setting
- Access
- PS1
- Environment Variables
| Environment Variables
- pwd
- Using Files: A Tutorial
- pwd command
- Using Files: A Tutorial
| Using Files: A Tutorial
- query process
- Booting the System
- questions
- technical support
- Personal Help
| Tips for asking questions
- quitting
- ae (text editor)
- Using ae
- X windows system
- Customizing Your X Startup
| Customizing Your X Startup
- RAM
- disk cache
- Shutting Down
- RAM (Random Access Memory)
- installation requirements
- Memory and Disk Space
- reading
- device files
- Device Files
- redirecting
- output
- stdin, stdout, Pipelines, and
- pipelines
- stdin, stdout, Pipelines, and
- Redirection
- no title
- redirection operators
- stdin, stdout, Pipelines, and
- hard links
- The Real Nature of
- output
- reversing
- stdin, stdout, Pipelines, and
- regular expressions
- Regular Expressions
| Regular Expressions
| Regular Expressions
- reinitializing
- swap partition
- Initialize and Activate a
- removable disks
- mounting filesystem
- Removable Disks (Floppies, Zip
- removing
- directories
- Using Files: A Tutorial
- hard links
- The Real Nature of
- PCMCIA
- Remove PCMCIA
- symlinks
- Symbolic Links
| Symbolic Links
- repartitioning
- from Windows
- Partitioning from DOS or
| Lossless Repartitioning
- hard drive
- Partitioning Your Hard Drive
| Background
| Background
- requirements
- installation
- memory
- Memory and Disk Space
- restrictions
- partitions
- PC Disk Limitations
- reversing
- output
- stdin, stdout, Pipelines, and
- rm
- Using Files: A Tutorial
- root directory
- Files and Directories
| Files and Directories
- root partition
- Background
- root password
- setting
- Set the Root Password
- root user
- Working as Root
| Working as Root
- see also superuser
- Files Present and Their
- saving
- edited files (ae)
- Using ae
- scanning
- hard disk
- Initialize and Activate a
- screen
- display color
- selecting
- Select Color or Monochrome
- screens
- ae (text editor)
- Using ae
- dselect
- Select
- Select
| Select
| Select
| Select
| Select
- Update
- Update
- X windows system
- windows manager
- Introduction to X
- scrolling
- commands
- Command History and Editing
- SCSI drives
- partitioning
- PC Disk Limitations
- partitions
- Device Names in Linux
- search path
- Where Commands Reside: The
| Where Commands Reside: The
- security
- backups, performing
- Before You Start
- passwords
- logging in
- First Steps
| First Steps
- shadow passwords
- Shadow Password Support
- permissions
- Permissions
| Permissions
| Security
- example session
- Permissions in Practice
| Permissions in Practice
| Permissions in Practice
- file mode
- Mode
| Mode
| Mode
- file ownership
- File Ownership
| File Ownership
- root password
- setting
- Set the Root Password
- root user
- Working as Root
| Working as Root
- Select screen (dselect)
- Select
| Select
| Select
| Select
- selecting
- color display
- Select Color or Monochrome
- fonts, xterm
- Starting the X Environment
- monochrome display
- Select Color or Monochrome
- packages
- Select and Install Profiles
| Select
| Select
| Select
- see also dselect
- Introduction
| Introduction
- profiles
- Select and Install Profiles
| Select and Install Profiles
- X clients
- Customizing Your X Startup
| Customizing Your X Startup
- Server profile
- Planning Use of the
- servers
- partitioning
- Recommended Partitioning Scheme
- proxy servers
- environment variables, setting
- Access
- X server
- killing
- Leaving the X Environment
- X servers
- Introduction to X
- clients
- X Clients
| X Clients
- network transparency
- Introduction to X
- sh (Bourne shell)
- The Shell
- shadow passwords
- Shadow Password Support
- sharing
- software
- What Is Free Software?
| What Is Free Software?
- Shell
- no title
| The Shell
| The Shell
| no title
- built-in programs
- Where Commands Reside: The
- filename expansion patterns
- Filename Expansion
- output
- reversing
- stdin, stdout, Pipelines, and
- redirection operator
- stdin, stdout, Pipelines, and
| stdin, stdout, Pipelines, and
- search path
- Where Commands Reside: The
| Where Commands Reside: The
- shell commands
- typing
- First Steps
- shell prompt
- command history
- Command History and Editing
- command line
- Command History and Editing
| Command History and Editing
- shells
- Bourne shell
- The Shell
- C shell
- The Shell
- command lines
- job numbers, assigning
- Managing Processes with bash
- current working directory
- Using Files: A Tutorial
- environments
- Environment Variables
- jobs
- suspending
- Managing Processes with bash
- pipelines
- stdin, stdout, Pipelines, and
- process groups
- Managing Processes with bash
| Managing Processes with bash
- redirection operators
- hard links
- The Real Nature of
- variables
- exporting
- Environment Variables
- xterms
- Starting the X Environment
- shortcut directories
- Using Files: A Tutorial
- shortcuts
- aliases
- Aliases
- Shutdown
- no title
- shutting down
- Shutting Down
- sites
- Web
- Debian
- What Is Free Software?
- Free Software Foundation
- What Is Free Software?
- Multi Disk HOWTO
- Recommended Partitioning Scheme
- video cards, support for
- Supported Hardware
- smoke test
- The Moment of Truth
- Social Contract
- What Is Free Software?
| What Is Free Software?
| What Is Free Software?
- sockets
- Sockets
- soft links
- Symbolic Links
- software
- applications
- What Is Debian?
- development
- Who Creates Debian?
- free
- developing
- What Is Free Software?
- Social Contract
- What Is Free Software?
- Free Software
- What Is Free Software?
- Open Source
- What Is Free Software?
- packages
- mainenance utilities
- What a Package Maintenance
| dpkg
| dselect
- sofware
- development
- Software Development with Debian
| Software Development with Debian
- Source code
- Viewing Text Files
- comparing to binary executables
- Viewing Text Files
- spaces
- typographical convention
- Conventions
- specifying
- time zone
- Configure the Base System
- splitting
- partitions
- Lossless Repartitioning
- Stallman, Richard M.
- Why Software Should be Free
- What Is Free Software?
- standard error
- stdin, stdout, Pipelines, and
- standard input
- stdin, stdout, Pipelines, and
- standard output
- stdin, stdout, Pipelines, and
- starting
- ae (text editor)
- Using ae
- jobs
- Managing Processes with bash
| Managing Processes with bash
| Managing Processes with bash
- X windows system
- Starting the X Environment
- startup
- boot process
- BIOS
- Booting the System
- query process
- Booting the System
- X windows system
- customizing
- Customizing Your X Startup
- states
- packages (dselect)
- Select
| Select
- status
- jobs
- displaying
- Managing Processes with bash
- stdin
- no title
- stdout
- no title
- structure
- command line
- The Command Line and
- directories
- Files and Directories
- su command
- Working as Root
- subdirectories
- filename expansion patterns
- Filename Expansion
| Filename Expansion
- submitting
- bug reports
- Troubleshooting the Boot Process
- superuser
- Working as Root
| Working as Root
- home directory
- Files Present and Their
- superuser account
- Set the Root Password
- surface scanning
- hard disks
- Initialize and Activate a
- suspending
- jobs
- Managing Processes with bash
| Managing Processes with bash
- swap partition
- Background
- initializing
- Initialize and Activate a
| Initialize and Activate a
- swap partitions
- Recommended Partitioning Scheme
| Recommended Partitioning Scheme
- Linux swap partition
- creating
- Partition a Hard Disk
| Partition a Hard Disk
- symlinks
- Symbolic Links
- comparing to hard links
- Symbolic Links
| Symbolic Links
- removing
- Symbolic Links
- syntax
- commands
- The Command Line and
| Describing the Command Line
| Describing the Command Line
- file searches
- Finding Files
- system binaries
- Files Present and Their
- system clock
- setting
- Configure the Base System
- system configuration
- Debian Installation Steps
| Choosing Your Installation Media
- dbootstrap
- Step-by-Step Installation
- system-wide configuration
- System-Wide Versus User-Specific Configuration
- /etc directory
- Files Present and Their
- automatic filesystem mounting
- /etc/fstab: Automating the Mount
| /etc/fstab: Automating the Mount
- networking
- Networking
- Ethernet
- Ethernet
- PPP
- PPP
| Preparation
| The Easy Way: wvdial
| The Easy Way: wvdial
- packages
- selecting
- Select
| Select
| Select
- permissions
- file mode
- Mode
| Mode
| Mode
- file ownership
- File Ownership
- X windows system
- customizing
- Customizing Your X Startup
- system-wide configuratoin
- System-Wide Versus User-Specific Configuration
- Taper
- Backup Tools
- taper (backup utility)
- Backup Tools
- tar
- Backup Tools
| no title
- tar (tape archiver
- tar
- tasks
- Select and Install Profiles
| Select and Install Profiles
- tcsh
- The Shell
- technical support
- asking questions
- Personal Help
| Tips for asking questions
- temporary files
- Files Present and Their
- Terminal
- A Multiuser, Multitasking Operating
- terminals
- A Multiuser, Multitasking Operating
- consoles
- A Multiuser, Multitasking Operating
- terminating
- jobs
- Managing Processes with bash
| Managing Processes with bash
- testing
- installation
- smoke test
- The Moment of Truth
- text
- bold face
- typographical conventions
- Conventions
- fonts
- xterm, selecting
- Starting the X Environment
- italicized
- typographical conventions
- Conventions
- online manual
- paging
- Environment Variables
- output
- reversing
- stdin, stdout, Pipelines, and
- regular expressions
- Regular Expressions
| Regular Expressions
| Regular Expressions
- wildcards
- -
- Filename Expansion
- ?
- Filename Expansion
- file searches
- Finding Files
- filename expansion patterns
- Filename Expansion
- text editors
- Text Editors
- ae
- Using ae
- text files
- Working with Text Files
| no title
- viewing
- Viewing Text Files
- time zone
- specifying
- Configure the Base System
- tools
- backups
- Backup Tools
- GNU tar
- tar
- FIPS
- Lossless Repartitioning
| Lossless Repartitioning
- troubleshooting
- boot process
- Troubleshooting the Boot Process
- files
- naming conventions
- Working with Strangely-Named Files
- printing
- Printing
- X windows system
- Troubleshooting
| X Problems
- type
- Where Commands Reside: The
- typing
- Bash commands
- wildcards
- Tab Completion
- command line
- Command History and Editing
| Command History and Editing
- commands
- aliases
- Aliases
- modifier keys
- Conventions
| Conventions
- shell commands
- First Steps
- wildcards
- ?
- Filename Expansion
- filename expansion pattern
- Filename Expansion
- typographical conventions
- Conventions
| Conventions
- bold face
- Conventions
- italics
- Conventions
- modifier keys
- Conventions
| Conventions
- spaces
- Conventions
- uncompressing
- files
- File Compression with gzip
- unmounting
- CD-ROMs
- Example: Mounting a CD-ROM
- Update screen (dselect)
- Update
- user accounts
- logging in
- First Steps
| First Steps
- ordinary user
- Create an Ordinary User
| Create an Ordinary User
- permission
- Permissions
| Permissions
- permissions
- example session
- Permissions in Practice
| Permissions in Practice
| Permissions in Practice
- file ownership
- File Ownership
| File Ownership
- mode
- Mode
| Mode
| Mode
- plans
- Managing Your Identity
| Managing Your Identity
- root user
- Working as Root
| Working as Root
- superuser
- Set the Root Password
- user-specific configuration
- System-Wide Versus User-Specific Configuration
| System-Wide Versus User-Specific Configuration
- dotfiles
- System-Wide Versus User-Specific Configuration
- utilities
- archiving
- Backup Tools
- backup tools
- Backup Tools
- GNU tar
- tar
- dbootstrap
- network configuration
- Configure the Network
- dselect
- Select and Install Profiles
| Introduction
| Introduction
- Access screen
- Access
- multi-CD installation
- Access
- multi-NFS, multi-mount installation
- Access
- package states
- Select
| Select
- packages, configuring
- Configure
- packages, installing
- Install
| Install
- Update screen
- Update
| Select
| Select
| Select
| Select
- file manager
- Using a File Manager
- FIPS
- Lossless Repartitioning
| Lossless Repartitioning
- GNU documentation viewer
- Using info
| Using info
- gzip
- File Compression with gzip
| File Compression with gzip
- package maintenance
- What a Package Maintenance
| What a Package Maintenance
- deselect
- dselect
- dpkg
- dpkg
- system binaries
- Files Present and Their
- tasks
- Select and Install Profiles
| Select and Install Profiles
- text editors
- Text Editors
| Text Editors
- ae
- Using ae
- variables
- Environment Variables
- exporting
- Environment Variables
- shell
- exporting
- Environment Variables
- vi (text editor)
- Text Editors
| Text Editors
- video cards
- support for
- Supported Hardware
- viewing
- directory contents
- Files Present and Their
| Files Present and Their
- file contents
- Using Files: A Tutorial
| Determining a File's Contents
- files
- filename expansion pattern
- Filename Expansion
- Info help system
- Managing Processes with bash
- job status
- Managing Processes with bash
- mounted filesystems
- Example: Mounting a CD-ROM
- online manual
- Environment Variables
- text files
- Viewing Text Files
- Virtual Consoles
- no title
| Virtual Consoles
| Virtual Consoles
- virtual devices
- Device Files
| /dev/null
- web sites
- Debian
- What Is Free Software?
| Personal Help
| Personal Help
- Free Software Foundation
- What Is Free Software?
- Multi Disk HOWTO
- Recommended Partitioning Scheme
- Web sites:video cards, support for
- Supported Hardware
- whoami command
- Working as Root
- Why Software Should be Free (Stallman, Richard M.)
- What Is Free Software?
- wildcards
- no title
| Filename Expansion
- *
- Filename Expansion
- ?
- Filename Expansion
- Bash commands
- Tab Completion
- file searches
- Finding Files
- filename expansion pattens
- Filename Expansion
- regular expressions
- Regular Expressions
| Regular Expressions
| Regular Expressions
- window managers
- Introduction to X
- Windows
- partitioning
- Partitioning from DOS or
| Lossless Repartitioning
| Debian Installation Steps
- Work profile
- Planning Use of the
- workstations
- installation
- Information You Will Need
- write permission
- Mode
- writing
- disk images to floppies
- Creating Floppies from Disk
| Creating Floppies from Disk
- to device files
- Device Files
- to named pipes
- Named Pipes (FIFOs)
- wvdial
- PPP configuration
- The Easy Way: wvdial
| The Easy Way: wvdial
- X clients
- Introduction to X
- network transparency
- Introduction to X
- selecting
- Customizing Your X Startup
| Customizing Your X Startup
- X servers
- Introduction to X
- X Window
- The X Window System
| Introduction to X
- X windows system
- clients
- X Clients
| X Clients
- selecting
- Customizing Your X Startup
| Customizing Your X Startup
- customizing
- Customizing Your X Startup
- exiting
- Leaving the X Environment
| Customizing Your X Startup
| Customizing Your X Startup
- mouse operation
- The Mouse
- network transparency
- Introduction to X
- starting
- Starting the X Environment
- troubleshooting
- Troubleshooting
| X Problems
- xdm
- Starting the X Environment
- X, troubleshooting
- no title
- xcoral (text editor)
- Text Editors
- xdm (X Display Manager)
- Starting the X Environment
- xterm
- font size, increasing
- Starting the X Environment
- fonts
- selecting
- Starting the X Environment
- xterms
- Starting the X Environment
- Zip Disks
- no title
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