Debian GNU/Linux : Guide to Installation and Usage

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Before you install Debian on your computer, it is generally a good idea to plan how the contents of your hard drive will be arranged. One part of this process involves partition...

D:\DISTS\SLINK\MAIN\DISKS-I386\ 2.1.8-1999-02-22>rawrite2 RaWrite 2.0 - Write disk file to raw floppy diskette Enter disk image source file name: drv1440.bin Enter target disket...

If you have no use for PCMCIA, you can choose to remove it at this point. This will make your startup cleaner; also, it will make it easier to replace your kernel (PCMCIA requir...

If you’ve entered several commands, you can keep pressing the Up Arrow key to go back through them. This feature is handy if you’re doing the same thing several times, or if you...

rmdir is just like rm, only it’s for directories. Notice that rmdir only works on empty directories. If the directory contains files, you must delete those files first, or alter...

You can change the standard input of a command with the _input redirection operator_, <. For example, cat < myfile will display the contents of myfile. This is not useful in pra...

Instead of moving files around by hand, you can use a _file manager_. If you move a lot of files around, a file manager can make your work more efficient. There are text-based f...

The file /etc/fstab (it stands for “filesystem table”) contains descriptions of filesystems that you mount often. These filesystems can then be mounted with a shorter command, s...

Symlinks can cross filesystems. This is because they contain complete filenames, starting with the root directory, and all complete filenames are unique. Because hard links poin...

The first thing that happens when you turn on an Intel PC is that the BIOS executes. BIOS stands for Basic Input Output System. It’s a program permanently stored in the computer...

The hypothetical commands ‘show w’ and ‘show c’ should show the appropriate parts of the General Public License. Of course, the commands you use may be called something other th...

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