The Linux Documentation Project proudly presents... Linux Installation and Getting Started by Matt Welsh v2.2.2, 12 February 1995 Linux Installation and Getting Started is a book for anyone wishing to dive into the Linux world. It covers what Linux is, how to get it, and how to install it on your machine. Also included is an introductory tutorial to using Linux for UNIX novices, and chapters on Linux system administration and advanced features of Linux, such as the X Window System, TCP/IP networking, and more. This book is freely distributable under certain conditions (see below). This license allows anyone to print and distribute verbatim copies of the book. I encourage publishing companies and printing houses to do so. In particular, I encourage distributors of Linux software to use this book as an installation guide. (After all, that's why I wrote it!) If you don't find the instructions contained therein specific enough, you can provide your own short "installation supplement" to go along with the book. Changes in version 2.2.2: Many typo corrections, added information on installing the Slackware distribution, and a complete section on installing and configuring XFree86 3.1. The book has been uploaded to sunsite.unc.edu in the directory /pub/Linux/docs/LDP/install-guide Other sites, such as tsx-11.mit.edu, should mirror this soon. The book is also available in printed form via mail order from SSC, Inc. See below for more information. The files below ending in the .gz extension have been compressed with gzip. Gzip is available from many FTP sites, including prep.ai.mit.edu in /pub/gnu. An MS-DOS version of Gzip can be found on sunsite.unc.edu in /pub/Linux/distributions/slackware/GZIP.EXE. The files without the .gz extension are plain, uncompressed files. Many readers were having trouble getting Gzip for MS-DOS and other platforms, so I am providing both gzipped and ungzipped versions of the files on the FTP sites. The gzipped files are identical to their non-gzipped counterparts. You only need to get one or the other, not both. The files are: install-guide-2.2.2.ps install-guide-2.2.2.ps.gz PostScript output, ready to print, 236 pages. Should print fine on US letter or A4 paper. You can also view this with Ghostview. parts/chapter0.ps.gz, parts/chapter1.ps.gz, ... The "parts" subdirectory contains individual PostScript files for each chapter of the book, as some people have had problems printing the single PostScript file above. In addition, the file appendix.ps.gz contains the appendices and index. Each of these files should be printed separately. install-guide-2.2.2.dvi install-guide-2.2.2.dvi.gz .dvi (device independent) TeX output. 236 pages. ou can view this with xdvi or convert to another format with the various DVI tools if you wish. For example, dvips will generate PostScript from this file, dvilj2p will produce HP LaserJet IIP output, etc. See the comp.text.tex FAQ for details. install-guide-2.2.2.txt install-guide-2.2.2.txt.gz Plain ASCII output. This is made available mostly for previewing purposes---it is rather ugly. I DO NOT recommend reading the plain ASCII if you can help it---the PostScript and .dvi versions look very nice in comparison. install-guide-2.2.2.tar.gz Complete LaTeX source, including formatting macros and style file. You need this only if you want to format the book from scratch. (For example, for printing two-sided.) Otherewise one of the above files will do. This is a gzipped UNIX tar file. Linux Installation and Getting Started may be reproduced and distributed in whole or in part, subject to the following conditions: Linux Installation and Getting Started is Copyright (c)1992-1994 by Matt Welsh, mdw@sunsite.unc.edu. * The copyright notice above and this permission notice must be preserved complete on all complete or partial copies. * Any translation or derivative work of Linux Installation and Getting Started must be approved by the author in writing before distribution. * If you distribute Linux Installation and Getting Started in part, instructions for obtaining the complete version of this manual must be included, and a means for obtaining a complete version provided. * Small portions may be reproduced as illustrations for reviews or quotes in other works without this permission notice if proper citation is given. * The GNU General Public License referenced below may be reproduced under the conditions given within it. Exceptions to these rules may be granted for academic purposes: Write to Matt Welsh, at the above address, or email mdw@sunsite.unc.edu, and ask. These restrictions are here to protect us as authors, not to restrict you as educators and learners. In short, you don't need my permission to copy, print, or distribute the complete book, verbatim, but you do need my permission to translate the book or to produce a derivative work from it. Just get in touch with me if you have questions. All source code in Linux Installation and Getting Started is placed under the GNU General Public License, available via anonymous FTP from prep.ai.mit.edu:/pub/gnu/COPYING. This book is available from SSC, Inc. via mail order. Belinda Frazier writes, SSC has printed the Linux Installation and Getting Started manual, Version 2.2.1 to make it available for those who do not have the capability to print it themself and to support our customers who buy Linux (Yggdrasil) from us. It is printed double-sided, perfect bound, with a cover. SSC also intends to make comb bound versions of the other LDP manuals available. Linux Installation and Getting Started, Version 2.2.1 is available for $12.95 plus shipping ($3 in the U.S.). We can accept credit card orders (Visa, MasterCard or AmEx). Orders can be phoned in (206-FOR-UNIX/206-527-3385), FAXed (206-527-2806) or mailed to SSC, P.O. Box 55549, Seattle, WA 98155. Mail sales@ssc.com for more information. Please send me any comments or suggestions. I usually appreciate general comments, instead of cdiffs, because they allow me to make corrections by hand. Share and enjoy, M. Welsh, mdw@sunsite.unc.edu