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The Linux Documentation Project proudly presents...
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Linux Installation and Getting Started
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by Matt Welsh <mdw@sunsite.unc.edu>
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v2.2.2, 12 February 1994
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Linux Installation and Getting Started is a book for anyone wishing to
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dive into the Linux world. It covers what Linux is, how to get it, and how
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to install it on your machine. Also included is an introductory tutorial to
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using Linux for UNIX novices, and chapters on Linux system administration and
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advanced features of Linux, such as the X Window System, TCP/IP networking,
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and more.
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This book is freely distributable under certain conditions (see below).
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This license allows anyone to print and distribute verbatim copies of
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the book. I encourage publishing companies and printing houses to do so.
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In particular, I encourage distributors of Linux software to use this book
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as an installation guide. (After all, that's why I wrote it!) If you don't
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find the instructions contained therein specific enough, you can provide
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your own short "installation supplement" to go along with the book.
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Changes in version 2.2.2: Many typo corrections, added information on
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installing the Slackware distribution, and a complete section on installing
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and configuring XFree86 3.1.
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The book has been uploaded to sunsite.unc.edu in the directory
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/pub/Linux/docs/LDP/install-guide
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Other sites, such as tsx-11.mit.edu, should mirror this soon. The book is
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also available in printed form via mail order from SSC, Inc. See below for
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more information.
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The files below ending in the .gz extension have been compressed with
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gzip. Gzip is available from many FTP sites, including prep.ai.mit.edu
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in /pub/gnu. An MS-DOS version of Gzip can be found on sunsite.unc.edu
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in /pub/Linux/distributions/slackware/GZIP.EXE.
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The files without the .gz extension are plain, uncompressed
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files. Many readers were having trouble getting Gzip for MS-DOS and
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other platforms, so I am providing both gzipped and ungzipped versions
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of the files on the FTP sites.
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The gzipped files are identical to their non-gzipped counterparts.
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You only need to get one or the other, not both.
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The files are:
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install-guide-2.2.2.ps
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install-guide-2.2.2.ps.gz
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PostScript output, ready to print, 236 pages.
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Should print fine on US letter or A4 paper. You can
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also view this with Ghostview.
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parts/chapter0.ps.gz, parts/chapter1.ps.gz, ...
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The "parts" subdirectory contains individual PostScript
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files for each chapter of the book, as some people have
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had problems printing the single PostScript file above. In
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addition, the file appendix.ps.gz contains the appendices
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and index. Each of these files should be printed separately.
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install-guide-2.2.2.dvi
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install-guide-2.2.2.dvi.gz
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.dvi (device independent) TeX output. 236 pages.
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ou can view this with xdvi or convert to another format with
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the various DVI tools if you wish. For example, dvips will
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generate PostScript from this file, dvilj2p will produce HP
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LaserJet IIP output, etc. See the comp.text.tex FAQ for details.
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install-guide-2.1.1.txt
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install-guide-2.1.1.txt.gz
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Plain ASCII output. This is made available mostly for previewing
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purposes---it is rather ugly. I DO NOT recommend reading the
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plain ASCII if you can help it---the PostScript and .dvi versions
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look very nice in comparison. It's also for the previous
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version of the book, v2.1.1.
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install-guide-2.2.2.tar.gz
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Complete LaTeX source, including formatting macros
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and style file. You need this only if you want to
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format the book from scratch. (For example, for printing
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two-sided.) Otherewise one of the above files will do.
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This is a gzipped UNIX tar file.
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Linux Installation and Getting Started may be reproduced and distributed
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in whole or in part, subject to the following conditions:
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Linux Installation and Getting Started is Copyright (c)1992-1994 by Matt
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Welsh, mdw@sunsite.unc.edu.
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* The copyright notice above and this permission notice must be
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preserved complete on all complete or partial copies.
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* Any translation or derivative work of Linux Installation and
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Getting Started must be approved by the author in writing before
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distribution.
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* If you distribute Linux Installation and Getting Started in
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part, instructions for obtaining the complete version of this
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manual must be included, and a means for obtaining a complete
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version provided.
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* Small portions may be reproduced as illustrations for reviews or
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quotes in other works without this permission notice if proper
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citation is given.
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* The GNU General Public License referenced below may be
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reproduced under the conditions given within it.
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Exceptions to these rules may be granted for academic purposes: Write
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to Matt Welsh, at the above address, or email mdw@sunsite.unc.edu,
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and ask. These restrictions are here to protect us as authors, not to
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restrict you as educators and learners.
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In short, you don't need my permission to copy, print, or distribute the
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complete book, verbatim, but you do need my permission to translate
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the book or to produce a derivative work from it. Just get in touch with
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me if you have questions.
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All source code in Linux Installation and Getting Started
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is placed under the GNU General Public License, available via anonymous
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FTP from prep.ai.mit.edu:/pub/gnu/COPYING.
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This book is available from SSC, Inc. via mail order. Belinda Frazier
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writes,
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SSC has printed the Linux Installation and Getting Started
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manual, Version 2.2.1 to make it available for those who do not
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have the capability to print it themself and to support our
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customers who buy Linux (Yggdrasil) from us. It is printed
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double-sided, perfect bound, with a cover. SSC also intends to
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make comb bound versions of the other LDP manuals available.
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Linux Installation and Getting Started, Version 2.2.1 is available
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for $12.95 plus shipping ($3 in the U.S.). We can accept credit
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card orders (Visa, MasterCard or AmEx). Orders can be phoned in
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(206-FOR-UNIX/206-527-3385), FAXed (206-527-2806) or mailed to
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SSC, P.O. Box 55549, Seattle, WA 98155.
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Mail sales@ssc.com for more information.
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Please send me any comments or suggestions. I usually appreciate
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general comments, instead of cdiffs, because they allow me to make
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corrections by hand.
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Share and enjoy,
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M. Welsh, mdw@sunsite.unc.edu
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