Contents

 
• 1 Quick Start
  • 1.1 Get Red Hat Linux
  • 1.2 Make Floppies
  • 1.3 Installation
  • 1.4 Running Directly off the CD-ROM
• 2 Installation in Detail
  • 2.1 Before You Begin
  • 2.2 Installation Methods
  • 2.3 Starting the Installation
    • 2.3.1 Creating the Boot and Supplemental Disks
      • Making Floppies Under DOS
      • Making Floppies Under Linux
    • 2.3.2 Booting the Installation System
    • 2.3.3 Information available during installation
    • 2.3.4 Using the Dialog Boxes
    • 2.3.5 Installation Type
    • 2.3.6 NFS Installation
    • 2.3.7 Installation Path
    • 2.3.8 SCSI Adapter Support
    • 2.3.9 FTP Installation
    • 2.3.10 Disk Partitions
    • 2.3.11 Filesystem Configuration
    • 2.3.12 Package Selection and Installation
      • Series Selection
      • Package Selection
    • 2.3.13 Mouse Configuration
    • 2.3.14 X Windows Configuration
    • 8.4 Network Configuration
    • 2.3.16 Clock Configuration
    • 2.3.17 Select Keymap
    • 2.3.18 Root Password
    • 2.3.19 LILO Installation
• 3 Red Hat Alpha Installation
  • F.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 Supported Hardware
  • 3.3 Installing the Miniloader MILO
  • 3.4 Installing Red Hat Linux Alpha
    • 3.4.1 Making a Boot disk
    • 3.4.2 Beginning the Install
    • 3.4.3 Finishing up
  • 3.5 Booting your Red Hat Linux Alpha system
• 4 Red Hat SPARC Installation
  • 4.1 Hardware
  • 4.2 Booting from Floppy
  • 4.3 Booting from a Network
  • 4.4 Network Installation
  • 4.5 SILO Configuration
  • 4.6 Partitioning
  • 4.7 X Windows
• 5 Post Installation Configuration
  • 5.1 Package Installation (or Uninstallation)
  • 5.2 Building a Custom Kernel
    • 5.2.1 Building a modularized kernel
    • 5.2.2 Making an initrd image
    • 5.2.3 Building a monolithic kernel
  • 5.3 X Window Configuration with XFree86
    • 5.3.1 The X Server
    • 5.3.2 Xconfigurator
      • Selecting your Server
      • Finishing Up
  • 5.4 X Window Configuration with Metro-X
    • 5.4.1 System Requirements
    • 5.4.2 configX.curses
      • Graphics Card
      • Mouse
      • Exiting
    • 5.4.3 configX
      • Start-up
      • Special Keys
      • 5.5 Mouse configuration
      • Keyboard configuration
      • Monitor configuration
      • Screen Saver
      • Graphics Card Configuration
      • Colors
      • Virtual Resolution
      • Physical Resolution
      • Multiple-Screen Configuration
      • Adding a Screen
      • Deleting a Screen
      • Screen Layout
      • Font Path
      • Save and Exit
      • Quit Without Saving
  • Mouse configuration
  • 5.6 Sendmail
  • 5.7 Controlling Access to Services
  • 5.8 Anonymous FTP
  • 5.9 World Wide Web Server
  • 5.10 NFS Configuration
    • 5.10.1 Mounting NFS Filesystems
    • 5.10.2 Exporting NFS Filesystems
  • 5.11 Running Programs at Boot Time
  • 5.12 Color ls Setup
  • 5.13 NIS/NYS Setup
• 6 Finding Documentation
  • 6.1 On Line Help
    • 6.1.1 Man Pages
    • 6.1.2 Package Documentation
    • 6.1.3 HOWTOs and FAQs
    • 6.1.4 The ``locate'' Command
    • 6.1.5 ``info'' Pages
  • 6.2 Help from the Internet Community
    • 6.2.1 Red Hat Mailing Lists
    • 6.2.2 USENET Newsgroups
• 7 Package Management with RPM
  • 7.1 RPM Design Goals
  • 7.2 Using RPM
    • 7.2.1 Installing
      • Package Already Installed
      • Conflicting Files
      • Unresolved Dependency
    • 7.2.2 Uninstalling
    • 7.2.3 Upgrading
    • 7.2.4 Querying
    • 7.2.5 Verifying
  • 7.3 Impressing Your Friends with RPM
  • 7.4 Other RPM Resources
• 8 Control Panel
  • 8.1 User and Group Configuration
    • 8.1.1 Adding a User
    • 8.1.2 Removing a User
      • Deactivating a User
    • 8.1.3 Creating a New Group
  • 8.2 File System Configuration
    • 8.2.1 Adding NFS Mounts
  • 8.3 Printer Configuration
  • Network Configuration
    • 8.4.1 Managing Names
    • 8.4.2 Managing Hosts
    • 8.4.3 Adding a Networking Interface
      • PPP Interface
      • SLIP Interface
      • PLIP Interface
      • Ethernet, Arcnet, Token Ring and Pocket Adaptor Interfaces
    • 8.4.4 Managing Routes
  • 8.5 Time and Date
  • 8.6 Kernel Daemon Configuration
    • 8.6.1 Changing Module Options
    • 8.6.2 Changing Modules
    • 8.6.3 Adding Modules
    • 8.6.4 Restarting Kerneld
• 9 Glint
  • 9.1 Starting glint
  • 9.2 The Package Display
    • 9.2.1 Context Sensitive Menus
    • 9.2.2 Selecting Packages
    • 9.2.3 Viewing Available Packages
  • 9.3 Configuration
  • 9.4 Package Manipulation
    • 9.4.1 Querying Packages
    • 9.4.2 Verifying Packages
    • 9.4.3 Installing New Packages
      • Upgrading Packages
    • 9.4.4 Uninstalling Packages
• 10 System Administration
  • 10.1 Filesystem Structure
    • 10.1.1 Overview of the FSSTND
      • The /etc Directory
      • The /lib Directory
      • The /sbin Directory
      • The /usr Directory
      • The /usr/local Directory
      • The /var directory
    • 10.1.2 /usr/local in Red Hat Linux
  • 10.2 Special Red Hat File Locations
  • 10.3 Users, Groups and User-Private Groups
    • 10.3.1 Standard Users
    • 10.3.2 Standard Groups
    • 10.3.3 User Private Groups
      • User Private Group Rationale
  • 10.4 The Boot Process, Init, and Shutdown
    • 10.4.1 System V Init
    • 10.4.2 Init Runlevels
    • 10.4.3 Shutting Down
• A Hardware Requirements
• B Module parameters
  • B.1 CD-ROM parameters
  • B.2 SCSI parameters
  • B.3 Ethernet parameters
• C Metro X
  • C.1 Special Features
    • C.1.1 Hot-Key Exit
    • C.1.2 Hot-Key Resolution Switching
    • C.1.3 Hardware Panning
    • C.1.4 Multiple Screens
      • Supported Cards
    • C.1.5 International Keyboards
  • C.2 Metro X Configuration File
    • C.2.1 Warning
    • C.2.2 Xconfig
    • C.2.3 Keywords
      • Options Set In Configuration Utility
      • Options Not Set in Configuration Utility
    • C.2.4 Modes
      • Adjusting the Image Position
      • Extensions
      • Special Notes
• D Intro to Alpha Systems and Processors
  • D.1 What is Alpha
  • D.2 What is Digital Semiconductor
  • D.3 Alpha CPUs
  • D.4 21064 performance vs 21066 performance
  • D.5 A Few Notes On Clocking
  • D.6 The chip-sets
  • D.7 The Systems
  • D.8 Bytes and all that stuff
  • D.9 PALcode and all that stuff
  • D.10 Porting
  • D.11 More Information
  • D.12 References
• E Alpha Miniloader Howto
  • Introduction
    • E.1.1 Copyright
    • E.1.2 New Versions of this Document
  • E.2 What is Milo?
  • E.3 Pre-Built Standard Milo Images
  • E.4 How To Build Milo
  • E.5 How To Load Milo
    • E.5.1 Loading Milo from the Windows NT ARC firmware
    • E.5.2 Loading Milo from the Evaluation Board Debug Monitor
    • E.5.3 Loading Milo from a Failsafe Boot Block Floppy
    • E.5.4 Loading Milo from Flash
    • E.5.5 Loading Milo from the SRM Console
    • E.5.6 System Specific Information
      • AxpPCI33 (Noname)
      • AlphaPC64 (Cabriolet)
      • EB66+
      • EB64+/Aspen Alpine
      • Universal Desktop Box (Multia)
      • EB164
      • XL266
      • Platform2000
  • E.6 Milo's User Interface
    • E.6.1 The ''help'' Command
    • E.6.2 Booting Linux
    • E.6.3 Rebooting Linux
    • E.7.5 The ``bootopt'' command
  • E.7 Running the Flash Management Utility
    • E.7.1 The ''help'' command
    • E.7.2 The ``list'' command
    • E.7.3 The ``program'' command
    • E.7.4 The ``environment'' command
    • The ``bootopt'' command
    • E.7.6 The ``quit'' command
  • E.8 Restrictions
  • E.9 Problem Solving
  • E.10 Acknowledgements
• F Red Hat Linux Frequently Asked Questions
  • Introduction
  • F.2 General Questions
    • F.2.1 Where can I get information on Red Hat Linux?
    • F.2.2 What Media is Red Hat Linux Available on?
    • F.2.3 The Red Hat FTP site is slow. Are there mirrors?
    • F.2.4 How do I order from the Red Hat Software?
    • F.2.5 How do I contact Red Hat Software?
    • F.2.6 How do I get new updates to Red Hat as they happen?
    • F.2.7 How do I get support if I bought the Caldera, PHT, etc CD-ROM?
    • F.2.8 What is the relationship between Red Hat and Caldera, PHT, etc?
    • F.2.9 What do I do if I have media (manual or CD-ROM) problems?
    • F.2.10 What's the quickest and best way to get support for Red Hat Linux?
    • F.2.11 How do I report a problem?
    • F.2.12 What versions of Red Hat Linux are there?
    • F.2.13 What hardware does Red Hat Linux support?
    • F.2.14 Why won't my Adaptec (274x, 284x) work?
    • F.2.15 What applications are there for Red Hat Linux?
    • F.2.16 Does Red Hat Linux include source code?
    • F.2.17 What version of X Windows is included with Red Hat?
    • F.2.18 Does Red Hat support UMSDOS installs?
  • F.3 Installation Questions
    • F.3.1 Do I need swap space?
    • F.3.2 How do I get my IDE CD-ROM on my SB16 to work?
    • F.3.3 How do I do a network install of Red Hat 4.0?
    • F.3.4 How do I run the install program again?
    • F.3.5 Why am I missing some programs?
    • F.3.6 How do I mount my CD-ROM?
    • F.3.7 Why does my Trident 9400 show up as an 8900?
    • F.3.8 Why does Linux only see part of my RAM?
    • F.3.9 How do I install to my DOS partition?
    • F.3.10 How do I use the NYS/NIS system that comes with RedHat?
    • F.3.11 Why can't I get to Unixware now that I've installed Linux?
    • F.3.12 Why does my Diamond do odd things under X Windows?
    • F.3.13 Where do I go to find an ``errata'' sheet?
    • F.3.14 I installed Metro-X, now how do I use it?
  • F.4 Using Red Hat Linux
    • F.4.1 Why does Red Hat `adduser' put each user in his/her own group?
    • F.4.2 Why doesn't the xmh shipped with Red Hat work properly?
    • F.4.3 I rebuilt my kernel, but I got vmlinux instead of vmlinuz. Why?
    • F.4.4 How do I make my own packages (RPMs)?
    • F.4.5 I compiled a program, but I can't run it. What gives?
    • F.4.6 Why doesn't xtexsh work?
  • F.5 Copyright Notice
• G Getting Technical Support
  • G.1 Registration
    • G.1.1 Registering via the Web
    • G.1.2 Registering via Email
    • G.1.3 Registering via Fax or Snail Mail
  • G.2 Support Questions
    • G.2.1 How to Send Them
    • G.2.2 Where to Send Them
  • G.3 Support FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
• H Red Hat and Freely Distributable Software.
  • H.0.1 Red Hat History
  • H.1 The Free Software Model
  • H.2 The Evolution of ``Free Software''
  • H.3 The GNU Public License
  • H.4 Will Linux Replace Commercial OSes?
  • H.5 Red Hat Software, Inc.'s Role in Linux Development
  • H.6 Further Reading
• I Licenses
  • I.1 The BSD Copyright
  • I.2 X Copyright
  • I.3 Gnu Public License
    • I.3.1 Preamble
    • I.3.2 GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
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