
<para>
Topics covered in this section include:

<simplelist type="vert" columns="1">
<member><xref linkend="osgs"> Getting Started</member>
<member><xref linkend="osswitch"> Switching from Other Operating Systems</member>
<member><xref linkend="osdist"> Distributions</member>
<member><xref linkend="osinstall"> Installation</member>
<member><xref linkend="oskernel"> Kernel</member>
<member><xref linkend="osboot"> Boot Loaders and Booting the OS</member>
<member><xref linkend="ospp"> Parallel Processing</member>
<member><xref linkend="ospartitions"> Partitions and Filesystems</member>
<member><xref linkend="osraid"> RAID</member>
<member><xref linkend="osprinting"> Printing</member>
<member><xref linkend="osshell"> Shell</member>
<member><xref linkend="osusing"> Using Linux</member>
</simplelist>

</para>

<sect2 id="osgs">
<title>Getting Started</title>

<para>

<ItemizedList>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../INFO-SHEET.html">
INFO-SHEET</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Linux Information Sheet</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: Sep 1998</CiteTitle>.
Provides basic information about the Linux operating system,
including an explanation of Linux, a list of features, some
requirements, and some resources. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Unix-and-Internet-Fundamentals-HOWTO/index.html">
Unix-and-Internet-Fundamentals-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>The Unix and Internet Fundamentals HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: Aug 2013</CiteTitle>.
Describes the working basics of PC-class computers, Unix-like
operating systems, and the Internet in non-technical language. </Para>
</ListItem>

</ItemizedList>

</para>

</sect2>

<sect2 id="osswitch">
<title>Switching from Other Operating Systems</title>

<para>

<ItemizedList>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../DOSEMU-HOWTO.html">
DOSEMU-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>The dosemu HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: Dec 2002</CiteTitle>.
DOSEMU stands for DOS Emulation, and is an application that enables the
Linux OS to run many DOS programs. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../DOS-Win-to-Linux-HOWTO.html">
DOS-Win-to-Linux-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>From DOS/Windows to Linux HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: Aug 1999</CiteTitle>.
Written for all the DOS and Windows users who have decided to switch
to Linux. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Linux+Windows-HOWTO/index.html">
Linux+Windows-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Linux + Windows HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: Dec 2001</CiteTitle>.
Aimed at assisting those who wish to use
the features of both Linux and Windows on the
same host. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../VMS-to-Linux-HOWTO/index.html">
VMS-to-Linux-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>From VMS to Linux HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: Sep 2004</CiteTitle>.
Aimed at all those who have been using VMS and now need or want to
switch to Linux. </Para>
</ListItem>

</ItemizedList>

</para>

</sect2>

<sect2 id="osdist">
<title>Distributions</title>

<para>

<ItemizedList>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<CiteTitle>Linux From Scratch HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
Describes the process of creating your own Linux system from scratch
from an already installed Linux distribution, using nothing but the
source code of software that we need. </Para>
<Para>Replaced by the <ULINK URL="../../guides.html#lfs">Linux From Scratch</ULink>
book. </Para>
</ListItem>

</ItemizedList>

</para>

</sect2>

<sect2 id="osinstall">
<title>Installation</title>

<para>

<ItemizedList>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Pre-Installation-Checklist/index.html">
Pre-Installation-Checklist</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
GNU/Linux Pre-Installation Checklist</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: Nov 2000</CiteTitle>.
An aide-memoire which may make installation of Linux a
pleasant experience for you. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Installation-HOWTO/index.html">
Installation-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>The Linux Installation HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: Jul 2002</CiteTitle>.
How to obtain and install Linux software. It is the first document
which a new Linux user should read to get started. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Post-Installation-Checklist/index.html">
Post-Installation-Checklist</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
GNU/Linux Post-Installation Checklist</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: Jun 2001</CiteTitle>.
Provides a checklist for steps you should take immediately
after installing GNU/Linux. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Compaq-Remote-Insight-Board-HOWTO/index.html">
Compaq-Remote-Insight-Board-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>HOWTO Use a Compaq Remote Insight Lights Out Edition for a
Headless, Remote Linux Installation</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: Apr 2002</CiteTitle>.
Describes the installation of Linux on a headless Compaq
ProLiant server with a Compaq Remote Insight Lights-Out
Edition card without physical access to the system. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Debian-Jigdo/index.html">
Debian-Jigdo</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
Debian Jigdo mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: Dec 2005</CiteTitle>.
Describes why you should use jigdo (a tool for obtaining Debian ISOs),
a little bit about how it works and how you use it to get and update 
Debian ISOs. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Glibc-Install-HOWTO/index.html">
Glibc-Install-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Glibc Installation HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: Mar 2004</CiteTitle>.
Explains how you install a new version of glibc on your system. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Hardware-HOWTO/index.html">
Hardware-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Linux Hardware Compatibility HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: May 2007</CiteTitle>.
Lists most of the hardware supported by Linux and helps you locate
any necessary drivers. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Installfest-HOWTO/index.html">
Installfest-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Linux Installfest HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: Jan 2012</CiteTitle>.
Provides some guidelines that should help you run a
successful installfest. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Install-From-ZIP.html">
Install-From-ZIP</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
Linux Install From PPA-Zip drive mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: Apr 1998</CiteTitle>.
How to install Linux from a parallel port zip drive using the
Slackware Linux distribution. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Install-Strategies/index.html">
Install-Strategies</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
Linux Installation Strategies</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: May 2001</CiteTitle>.
Discusses a few installation strategies for those who 
intend to dual-boot between Windows and Linux. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Linux+DOS+Win95+OS2.html">
Linux+DOS+Win95+OS2</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
The Linux-DOS-Win95-OS2 mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: Nov 1997</CiteTitle>.
Presents a procedure to make 4 operating systems co-exist on a single
hard disk. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Linux+FreeBSD.html">
Linux+FreeBSD</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
The Linux+FreeBSD mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: Mar 2000</CiteTitle>.
How to use Linux and FreeBSD on the same system. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Linux+Solaris.html">
Linux+Solaris</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
Linux+Solaris mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: Apr 2000</CiteTitle>.
Describes how to use Solaris and Linux together on one machine.
It addresses common questions like multibooting and file-sharing. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Linux+Win95/index.html">
Linux+Win95</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
Linux + Windows 95 mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: Apr 2001</CiteTitle>.
Details how to install Linux on a machine that currently runs
Windows 95. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Linux+WinNT.html">
Linux+WinNT</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
Linux+WindowsNT mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: Jul 2010</CiteTitle>.
Covers some ways on how to install both Linux and Windows NT
on the same computer and how to boot either of them from
within LILO menu. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../PLIP.html">
PLIP</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
LINUX PLIP mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: Mar 1998</CiteTitle>.
Will hopefully let you build and use a Parallel Line Interface Protocol. </Para></ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../PLIP-Install-HOWTO.html">
PLIP-Install-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>PLIP Install HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: Jul 2002</CiteTitle>.
How to install a Gnu/Linux distribution on a computer without
Ethernet card, nor cdrom, but just a local floppy drive and a remote
nfs server attached by a Null-Modem parallel cable. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../RedHat-CD-HOWTO/index.html">
RedHat-CD-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Burning a RedHat CD HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: Oct 2003</CiteTitle>.
How to make your own CDs from the Red Hat Linux distribution
equivalent to the ones commercially available from Red Hat. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Saving-Space.html">
Saving-Space</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
Saving Space mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: Apr 1999</CiteTitle>.
Directions for squeezing your Linux installation into
the least possible space.  Particularly aimed at notebook users. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Small-Memory/index.html">
Small-Memory</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
Small Memory Mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: Dec 2000</CiteTitle>.
How to run Linux on a system with a small amount of memory. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Swap-Space.html">
Swap-Space</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
Linux Swap Space Mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: Dec 2002</CiteTitle>.
How to share your Linux swap partition with Windows. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../TimeSys-Linux-Install-HOWTO/index.html">
TimeSys-Linux-Install-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>TimeSys Linux Install HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: May 2005</CiteTitle>.
A quick-start guide for installing TimeSys
Linux on a typical desktop workstation. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Upgrade/index.html">
Upgrade</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
Upgrading Your linux Distribution mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: Mar 2002</CiteTitle>.
Hints and tips on upgrading from one linux distribution to another. </Para>
</ListItem>

</ItemizedList>

</para>

</sect2>

<sect2 id="oskernel">
<title>Kernel</title>

<para>

<ItemizedList>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../BogoMips/index.html">
BogoMips</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
BogoMips mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: Mar 2006</CiteTitle>.
Some information about BogoMips, compiled from various sources. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../BootPrompt-HOWTO.html">
BootPrompt-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>The Linux BootPrompt HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: Mar 2003</CiteTitle>.
A compilation of all the possible boot time arguments that can be
passed to the Linux kernel at boot time. Includes all kernel and
device parameters. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../IO-Perf-HOWTO/index.html">
IO-Perf-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>I/O Performance HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: May 2002</CiteTitle>.
Covers information on available patches for the 2.4 kernel
that will improve the I/O performance of your Linux operating system. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Kernel-HOWTO/index.html">
Kernel-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>The Linux Kernel HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Removed: November 2003</CiteTitle>.
This HOWTO has been removed for review. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../KernelAnalysis-HOWTO.html">
KernelAnalysis-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>KernelAnalysis-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: Mar 2003</CiteTitle>.
Explains some things about the Linux Kernel,
such as the most important components, how they work, and so on. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Kerneld/index.html">
Kerneld</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
The Linux kerneld mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: May 2000</CiteTitle>.
Explains how you can use the kerneld function in the Linux kernels. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../libdc1394-HOWTO/index.html">
libdc1394-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Libdc1394 Library Support for IEEE 1394 Cameras HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: Apr 2007</CiteTitle>.
Discusses how to set up the libdc1394 library on
Linux for support of IEEE 1394 (FireWire) cameras. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Linux-Crash-HOWTO/index.html">
Linux-Crash-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Linux Crash HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: Jan 2002</CiteTitle>.
Describes the installation and usage of the LKCD (Linux Kernel 
Crash Dump) package. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Module-HOWTO/index.html">
Module-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Linux Loadable Kernel Module HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: Sep 2006</CiteTitle>.
Explains what Linux loadable kernel modules (LKMs) are,
and how to use and create them. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Modules/index.html">
Modules</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
Linux Modules Installation mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: n/a</CiteTitle>
How to successfully set up Linux with modules configured and working. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../PA-RISC-Linux-Boot-HOWTO/index.html">
PA-RISC-Linux-Boot-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>PA-RISC/Linux Boot HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: Jun 2006</CiteTitle>.
Outlines the procedures for getting the current 
PA-RISC/Linux development kernel to boot on your PA-RISC system. 
It also explains the functions of PALO, the kernel loader 
for PA/Linux. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Process-Accounting/index.html">
Process-Accounting</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
Enabling Process Accounting on Linux</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: Feb 2001</CiteTitle>.
Describes the basics of enabling process accounting on Linux. </Para>
</ListItem>

</ItemizedList>

</para>

</sect2>

<sect2 id="osboot">
<title>Boot Loaders and Booting the OS</title>

<para>

<ItemizedList>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Bootdisk-HOWTO/index.html">
Bootdisk-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>The Linux Bootdisk HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: Jan 2002</CiteTitle>.
How to design and build your own boot/root diskettes for Linux. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Disk-on-Chip-HOWTO/index.html">
Disk-on-Chip-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Disk on Chip HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: Sep 2006</CiteTitle>.
Discusses how to make the Flash Drives Linux bootable.
Describes how to boot from such a drive, instead of from
the normal hard drive.  </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../From-PowerUp-To-Bash-Prompt-HOWTO.html">
From-PowerUp-To-Bash-Prompt-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>From Power Up To Bash Prompt</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: Nov 2000</CiteTitle>.
A brief description of what happens in a Linux system from the time
that you turn on the power, to the time that you log in and get a
bash prompt. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../LILO.html">
LILO</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
LILO mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: Jul 2010</CiteTitle>.
Lilo (LILO) is the most used Linux Loader for the x86 flavour of
Linux. This describes some typical Lilo installations. Intended
as a supplement to the Lilo User's Guide. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Linux-i386-Boot-Code-HOWTO/index.html">
Linux-i386-Boot-Code-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Linux i386 Boot Code HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: Feb 2004</CiteTitle>.
Describes Linux i386 boot code, serving as a study guide and
source commentary. In addition to C-like pseudocode source
commentary, it also presents keynotes of toolchains and specs
related to kernel development. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Linux-Init-HOWTO.html">
Linux-Init-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Linux 2.4.x Initialization for IA-32 HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: May 2001</CiteTitle>.
A description of the Linux 2.4 kernel initialization
sequence on IA-32 processors. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Linux+NT-Loader.html">
Linux+NT-Loader</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
NT OS Loader + Linux mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: Sep 1997</CiteTitle>.
Describes the use of the Windows NT boot loader to start Linux.
This procedures have been tested with Windows NT 4.0 WS and
Linux 2.0. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Linux+Win9x+Grub-HOWTO/index.html">
Linux+Win9x+Grub-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Linux+Win9x+Grub HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: Jan 2002</CiteTitle>.
How to use the GRUB bootloader to turn
your computer into a Windows + Linux dual boot machine, without 
affecting your current Linux installation. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Loadlin+Win95-98-ME.html">
Loadlin+Win95-98-ME</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
The Loadlin+Win95/98/ME mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: Feb 2001</CiteTitle>.
Describes how to use Loadlin with Windows 95/98/ME to boot 
to Linux. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../MILO-HOWTO/index.html">
MILO-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Alpha Miniloader HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: Nov 2000</CiteTitle>.
Describes the Alpha Linux Miniloader (also known as MILO), a program
for Alpha-based systems that can be used to initialize the machine
and load Linux. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Multiboot-with-GRUB.html">
Multiboot-with-GRUB</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
Multiboot with GRUB Mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: Jan 2001</CiteTitle>.
How to install Windows 98, Windows 2000, DOS and Linux using GRUB. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Multiboot-with-LILO.html">
Multiboot-with-LILO</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
Win95 + WinNT + Linux multiboot using LILO mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: Mar 1998</CiteTitle>.
How to multiboot between Windows 95, Windows NT, and Linux. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../PA-RISC-Linux-Boot-HOWTO/index.html">
PA-RISC-Linux-Boot-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>PA-RISC/Linux Boot HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: Jun 2006</CiteTitle>.
Outlines the procedures for getting the current 
PA-RISC/Linux development kernel to boot on your PA-RISC system. 
It also explains the functions of PALO, the kernel loader 
for PA/Linux. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../SRM-HOWTO/index.html">
SRM-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>SRM Firmware HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: Nov 2000</CiteTitle>.
Describes how to boot Linux/Alpha using the SRM console, which is
the console firmware also used to boot Compaq Tru64 Unix (also known
as Digital Unix and OSF/1) and OpenVMS. </Para>
</ListItem>

</ItemizedList>

</para>

</sect2>

<sect2 id="ospp">
<title>Parallel Processing</title>

<para>

<ItemizedList>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Parallel-Processing-HOWTO.html">
Parallel-Processing-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Linux Parallel Processing HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: Jun 2004</CiteTitle>.
Discusses the four basic approaches to parallel processing that are
available to Linux users:  SMP Linux systems, clusters of networked
Linux systems, parallel execution using multimedia instructions
(i.e., MMX), and attached (parallel) processors hosted by a Linux
system. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../SMP-HOWTO.html">
SMP-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Linux SMP HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: Jul 2002</CiteTitle>.
Reviews main issues related to SMP configuration under Linux. </Para>
</ListItem>

</ItemizedList>

</para>

</sect2>

<sect2 id="ospartitions">
<title>Partitions and Filesystems</title>

<para>

<ItemizedList>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Filesystems-HOWTO.html">
Filesystems-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Filesystems HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: Jan 2007</CiteTitle>.
About filesystems and accessing filesystems. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Cryptoloop-HOWTO/index.html">
Cryptoloop-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Cryptoloop HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: Mar 2004</CiteTitle>.
Eplains how to create encrypted file systems using the
Cryptoloop functionality. Cryptoloop is part of the CryptoAPI in
the 2.6 Linux kernel series. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Disk-Encryption-HOWTO/index.html">
Disk-Encryption-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Disk Encryption HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: Nov 2004</CiteTitle>.
A method is described for encrypting a hard disk, 
either in whole or in part, with the encryption key stored
on an external medium for increased security. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Ext2fs-Undeletion.html">
Ext2fs-Undeletion</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
Linux Ext2fs Undeletion mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: Feb 1999</CiteTitle>.
Presents a discussion of how to retrieve deleted files from
a Second Extended File System.  </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../LVM-HOWTO/index.html">
LVM-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Logical Volume Manager HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: Nov 2006</CiteTitle>.
Describes how to build, install, and configure LVM for Linux. </para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../NFS-Root.html">
NFS-Root</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
NFS-Root mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: Sep 2002</CiteTitle>.
How to setup a ``disc-less'' Linux workstation, which mounts it's
root filesystems via NFS. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../NFS-Root-Client-mini-HOWTO/index.html">
NFS-Root-Client-mini-HOWTO</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
NFS-Root-Client Mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: Feb 1999</CiteTitle>.
How to create client root directories on a server that is using
NFS Root mounted clients. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Partition/index.html">
Partition</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
Linux Partition HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: Dec 2005</CiteTitle>.
Teaches you how to plan and layout disk space for your Linux system. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Partition-Rescue/index.html">
Partition-Rescue</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
Partition Rescue HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: Nov 2008</CiteTitle>.
Describes how to rescue your Linux partition if it has 
been deleted. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Partition-Mass-Storage-Definitions-Naming-HOWTO/index.html">
Partition-Mass-Storage-Definitions-Naming-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Partitions-Mass-Storage-Definitions-Naming-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: May 2009</CiteTitle>.
</Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Partition-Mass-Storage-Dummies-Linux-HOWTO/index.html">
Partition-Mass-Storage-Dummies-Linux-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Partition-Mass-Storage-Dummies-Linux-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: Apr 2009</CiteTitle>.
A document about partitioning usual mass storage that can be
magnetic rotating hard drives or Solid State Drives (SSD - including
flash cards or USB keys). </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../SquashFS-HOWTO/index.html">
SquashFS-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>SquashFS HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: Jul 2008</CiteTitle>.
Describes the usage of SquashFS - a highly-compressed
file system for Linux, which is intended for use in tiny/embedded
Linux systems, as well as for read-only archiving and general
in-file system compression. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Swap-Space.html">
Swap-Space</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
Linux Swap Space Mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: Dec 2002</CiteTitle>.
How to share your Linux swap partition with Windows. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../UMSDOS-HOWTO.html">
UMSDOS-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>UMSDOS HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: Dec 2001</CiteTitle>.
Explains how to use Umsdos (a linux file system) in different
configurations, and its operation. </Para>
</ListItem>

</ItemizedList>

</para>

</sect2>

<sect2 id="osraid">
<title>RAID</title>

<para>

<ItemizedList>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Antares-RAID-sparcLinux-HOWTO/index.html">
Antares-RAID-sparcLinux-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Antares-RAID-sparcLinux-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: May 2002</CiteTitle>.
Describes how to install, configure, and maintain a hardware RAID built
around the 5070 SBUS host based RAID controller by Antares Microsystems.
</Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../ATA-RAID-HOWTO/index.html">
ATA-RAID-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Linux ATA RAID HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: May 2002</CiteTitle>.
Explains how to install Linux on an Intel
Pentium compatible computer with an ATA RAID Controller (onboard chip
or seperate card), single or multiple processors and at least two hard
disks. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Boot+Root+Raid+LILO.html">
Boot+Root+Raid+LILO</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
Boot + Root + Raid + Lilo : Software Raid mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: Jul 2000</CiteTitle>.
A cookbook for setting up root raid using the 0.90 raidtools
for bootable raid mounted on root using standard LILO. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../DPT-Hardware-RAID-HOWTO.html">
DPT-Hardware-RAID-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Linux DPT Hardware RAID HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: Aug 2004</CiteTitle>.
How to set up hardware RAID under Linux. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Root-RAID-HOWTO.html">
Root-RAID-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Root RAID HOWTO cookbook</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: Jul 2000</CiteTitle>.
This document only applies to the OLD raidtools, versions 0.50
and under. The workarounds and solutions addressed in this HOWTO
have largely been made obsolete by the vast improvment in the 0.90
raidtools and accompanying kernel patch to the 2.0.37, 2.2x and
2.3x series kernels. You may find the detailed descriptions
useful, particularly if you plan to run root raid or use initrd.
</Para>
<Para>
<CiteTitle>original description:</CiteTitle>
A cookbook for creating a root mounted raid filesystem and companion
fallback rescue system using linux initrd. Step-by-step instructions
for both raid1 and raid5 md0 devices. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Software-RAID-HOWTO.html">
Software-RAID-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Software-RAID HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: Jun 2004</CiteTitle>.
This HOWTO is deprecated; the Linux RAID HOWTO is maintained as a wiki by the
linux-raid community
at <ULINK URL="http://raid.wiki.kernel.org/">http://raid.wiki.kernel.org/</ULink>
How to use Software RAID under Linux. It addresses a specific
version of the Software RAID layer, namely the 0.90 RAID layer made
by Ingo Molnar and others. This is the RAID layer that will be
standard in Linux-2.4, and it is the version that is also used by
Linux-2.2 kernels shipped from some vendors. The 0.90 RAID support
is available as patches to Linux-2.0 and Linux-2.2, and is by many
considered far more stable that the older RAID support already in
those kernels. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Software-RAID-0.4x-HOWTO.html">
Software-RAID-0.4x-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Software-RAID HOWTO (earlier implementation)</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: Nov 1998</CiteTitle>.
How to use Software RAID under Linux. RAID stands for "Redundant
Array of Inexpensive Disks". For users of the Linux MD kernel
extension, the associated tools, and their use. This HOWTO addresses
an earlier implementation. </Para>
</ListItem>

</ItemizedList>

</para>

</sect2>

<sect2 id="osprinting">
<title>Printing</title>

<para>

<ItemizedList>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Printing-HOWTO/index.html">
Printing-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>The Linux Printing HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: Jun 2003</CiteTitle>.
A collection of information on how to generate, preview, print and
fax anything under Linux (and other Unices in general). </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Printing-Usage-HOWTO.html">
Printing-Usage-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>The Linux Printing Usage HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: Feb 1998</CiteTitle>.
How to use the print system under Linux. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Debian-and-Windows-Shared-Printing/index.html">
Debian-and-Windows-Shared-Printing</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Debian and Windows Shared Printing mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: Jul 2005</CiteTitle>.
Demonstrates how to use command-line tools to configure your
Debian system for printing. It explains how to send documents from Linux
to Windows printers and how to share Linux printers with Windows PCs. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Print2Win.html">
Print2Win</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
The Linux Print2Win mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: Jul 2002</CiteTitle>.
Contains the general configuration to get linux printing
to a Windows print share. </Para>
</ListItem>


</ItemizedList>

</para>

</sect2>

<sect2 id="osshell">
<title>Shell</title>

<para>

<ItemizedList>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Adv-Bash-Scr-HOWTO/index.html">
Adv-Bash-Scr-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Advanced Bash-Scripting HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</PARA> <Para>
A guide to shell scripting, using Bash. </Para>
<Para>Replaced by the <ULINK URL="../../guides.html#abs">Advanced 
Bash-Scripting Guide</ULink>. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Bash-Prompt-HOWTO/index.html">
Bash-Prompt-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Bash Prompt HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para>
<Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: Nov 2003</CiteTitle>.
Creating and controlling terminal and xterm prompts is discussed,
including incorporating standard escape sequences to give username,
current working directory, time, etc. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Bash-Prog-Intro-HOWTO.html">
Bash-Prog-Intro-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>BASH Programming - Introduction HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: Jul 2000</CiteTitle>.
This article intends to help you to start programming
basic-to-intermediate shell scripts. </Para>
</ListItem>

</ItemizedList>

</para>

</sect2>


<sect2 id="osusing">
<title>Using Linux</title>

<para>

<ItemizedList>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../RPM-HOWTO/index.html">
RPM-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>RPM HOWTO - RPM at Idle</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: Nov 1999</CiteTitle>.
RPM is the RPM Package Manager. It is an open packaging
system available for anyone to use. It allows users to take source
code for new software and package it into source and binary form such
that binaries can be easily installed and tracked and source can be
rebuilt easily. It also maintains a database of all packages and their
files that can be used for verifying packages and querying for
information about files and/or packages. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Software-Building-HOWTO.html">
Software-Building-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Building and Installing Software Packages for Linux</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: Jul 1999</CiteTitle>.
A comprehensive guide to building and installing "generic" UNIX
software distributions under Linux. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Tips-HOWTO.html">
Tips-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>The Linux Tips HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: Jun 1998</CiteTitle>.
Contains those hard to find hints and tweekings that make Linux a bit
nicer. </Para>
</ListItem>

</ItemizedList>

</para>

</sect2>

