Linux Universe: Installation and Configuration / Edition 3

by Stefan Strobel, Robert Bach, Rainer Maurer, Stefan Middendorf

Overview

Hailed in previous editions for its user-friendliness, this third edition of Linux Universe contains the newest Linux Kernel 2.0.25 on two fully configured CD-ROMs for easy installation. The new edition contains several powerful new features, including Java SDK (binary), Xemacs, Netatalk (Appletalk connectivity), and IP firewall administration tools.

"The graphical configuration utility is simple to use and seems to work well. It works quickly and intelligently. When filling out the networking configuration, for example, it guesses most of the information once you type in the IP address." -LINUX JOURNAL

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780387948799
Publisher:	Springer New York
Publication date:	04/16/1997
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of the original 3rd ed. 1997
Pages:	228
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.03(d)

Table of Contents

1.1 Historical perspectives on Linux.- 1.2 Versions.- 1.3 Features.- 1.4 UNIX development and standards.- 1.5 The Free Software Foundation.- Features.- New Features in Linux 2.0.- Hardware.- 4.1 Required hardware.- 4.2 Supported hardware.- Basic Installation.- 5.1 Overview.- 5.2 Booting for installation.- 5.3 Partitioning.- The Installation Program.- 6.1 Language.- 6.2 Partitioning.- 6.3 Swap partition.- 6.4 File system partition.- 6.5 X11 configuration.- 6.6 Products.- 6.7 Network adapter selection.- 6.8 Installation.- 6.9 Reboot.- 6.10 Launching a shell.- 6.11 Aborting installation.- The Boot System.- 7.1 Boot options.- 7.2 The Linux Universe boot manager.- 7.3 Boot variants.- Fundamentals of Linux.- 8.1 First things first.- 8.2 Accessing and removing the Linux Universe CD.- 8.3 Accessing other file systems.- 8.4 Linux identifiers.- 8.5 Users and groups.- 8.6 Files under Linux.- 8.7 Essential commands.- 8.8 Redirection of input and output.- 8.9 Piping commands.- 8.10 Accessing floppy disk drives.- 8.11 Virtual consoles.- 8.12 Automatic path extension.- 8.13 Compressed files.- 8.14 Printing.- 8.15 Background commands.- 8.16 Help and documentation.- 8.17 Fundamentals of X11.- Administration.- 9.1 What is administration?.- 9.2 xadmin.- 9.3 Software management.- 9.4 Configuration of the file systems.- 9.5 Setting the keyboard type.- 9.6 Processes.- 9.7 Shutting down the Linux system.- 9.8 Kernel modules.- 9.9 Utilities.- 9.10 The appointment calendar cron.- 9.11 User management.- 9.12 User groups.- 9.13 Adding and removing shells with xadmin.- 9.14 Message of the day.- 9.15 Boot message.- 9.16 Formatting floppy disks.- 9.17 Copying floppy disks.- 9.18 Setting date and time.- 9.19 Backups.- 9.20 Environment variables.- 9.21 Printer configuration.- 9.22 Setting the modem port.- 9.23 Network.- 9.24 Kernel compilation.- 9.25 X11 configuration.- 9.26 Configuration of X applications.- 9.27 The source code CD.- Reference.