... Recompiling the kernel for modules . ... Before the steps in this document can be applied, the reader MUST have a working Linux installation in which one can get to the Linux prompt as user root since the majority of the steps involved can only be undertaken by the said user. ... 16 Megs . ... When you have decided on the correct number, edit the file /usr/src/linux/Makefile and find the line that currently reads: . ... For this reason, I have the following entry in my /etc/lilo.conf file: . ...
THE LINUX MAN-PAGE-HOWTO . ... Any man page belongs to a specific section, which is denoted by a single character. ... The name of the source file for a man page (the input to the formatting system) is the name of the command, function or file name, followed by a dot, followed by the section. ... Here's how to do it: If you want to have your man page available under the names `foo' and `bar' in section 1, then put the man page in foo.1 and have bar.1 look like this: .so man1/foo.1 . ...
... V1.00, 06/12/97 Initial release This mini-HOWTO describes how to setup a Linux system in order to share a modem attached to this system with other systems over a TCP/IP network. ... The modem demon is started by the INETD process if a client connects to the appropriate port as described below. ... DialOut/IP presents the shared modem on a new virtual COM port that it adds to Windows. This virtual COM port can be used by Windows programs as if the shared modem is directly connected. ...
... After exploring the Internet, many users find the likes of Linux, and want to run a better OS at a much better price. ... Linux and Windows 95 can get along quite well on the same hard disk. ... It is VERY IMPORTANT that your Linux partition start before (below) the 1024th cylander, otherwise you will be unable to boot it (and that's not a good thing). ... 5 Using your new system! ... If that is the case, you can still use Linux and Win95, HOWEVER, there is NO support to read/write a FAT32 partition...
... This is a cook book recipe on how to set up and run IP aliasing on a Linux box. ... sbin/route add -net 127.0.0.0 /sbin/route add -net 172.16.3.0 dev eth0 /sbin/route add -host 172.16.3.1 dev eth0 /sbin/route add -host 172.16.3.10 dev eth0:0 /sbin/route add -host 172.16.3.100 dev eth0:1 /sbin/route add default gw 172.16.3.200 That's it. ... ganymede$ /usr/lib/sendmail -bt ADDRESS TEST MODE (ruleset 3 NOT automatically invoked) Enter 0 me@4.5.6.7 rewrite: ruleset 0 input: me @ 4 . ...
Summary: This document describes how to acquire, install and configure a powerful scientific public-domain Geographic Information System (GIS): the Geographic Resources Analysis Support System (GRASS). It provides information on other resources for learning more about GRASS, GIS in general, for acquiring data, etc. ... GRASS code was managed in several directories. ... You should be able to compile the Baylor source code under Linux yourself, using information in this mini-HOWTO. ...
mini-HOWTO install Cyrus IMAP Server Kevin Mitchell (kevin@iserv.net) v0.9, 21 January 1998 This documentation is to offer some help in installing the Cyrus IMAP Server on a Linux machine. ... What is IMAP and why should I use it? ... Cyrus is designed to be run on a server where normal users are not permitted to log in. ... Tcl Installation Make sure that you have Tcl installed on your machine before attempting to install Cyrus - otherwise you will not be able to use the Cyrus Admin Tool (cyradm). ...
BOCA-HOWTO . Installing a Boca 16-port serial card (Boca 2016) with Linux . ... He is also standing in as a new source for cables for the device. ... If you want to use your new Boca card with any standard DB-25 RS232 connector, you will have to get a special breakout box, which costs about $ 80. ... The special $ 80 box has phone-like cables that plug into the breakout box included with the Boca card; you can then plug your modems or terminals into standard RS-232 connectors on the box. ...
... How to copy a Linux system from one hard disk to another . ... Edit the file /new-disk/etc/lilo.conf as follows: disk=/dev/hdb bios=0x80 # Tell LILO to treat the second # disk as if it were the first # disk (BIOS ID 0x80). boot=/dev/hdb # Install LILO on second hard # disk. map=/new-disk/boot/map # Location of "map file". install=/new-disk/boot/boot.b # File to copy to hard disk's # boot sector. prompt # Have LILO show "LILO boot:" # prompt. timeout=50 # Boot default system after 5 # seconds. ...
. v1.12, May 2000 . This document explains what text terminals are, how they work, how to install and configure them, and provides some info on how to repair them. If you don't have a terminal manual, it may be of help. While it's written for real terminals on a Linux system, some of it is also applicable to terminal emulation and may be helpful for non-Linux systems. 1.1 Copyright, Trademarks, Disclaimer, & Credits . 1.2 Future Plans: You Can Help . 1.3 New Versions of this HOWTO . 1.4 Related HOWTO's .
. v2.07 May 2000 . This document describes serial port features other than those which should be covered by Modem-HOWTO, PPP-HOWTO, Serial-Programming-HOWTO, or Text-Terminal-HOWTO. It lists info on multiport serial cards. It contains technical info about the serial port itself in more detail than found in the above HOWTOs and should be best for troubleshooting when the problem is the serial port itself. If you are dealing with a Modem, PPP (used for Internet access on a phone line), or a Text-Terminal,
... 3.4 Buses . ... In the sense used in this HOWTO, the configuration is only that of configuring PnP bus-resources and letting the device drivers know about it. ... For the ISA bus there is a real problem with implementing PnP since no one had PnP in mind when the ISA bus was designed and there are almost no I/O addresses available for PnP to use for sending configuration info to physical device. ... You might have a Linux device driver that uses PnP methods to search for the device it controls. ...
. v0.10, May 2000 . Help with selecting, connecting, configuring, trouble-shooting, and understanding modems for a PC. See Serial-HOWTO for multiport serial boards. 1.1 DSL, Cable, and ISDN Modems in other HOWTOs . 1.2 Also not covered: PCMCIA Modems, PPP . 1.3 Copyright, Disclaimer, Trademarks, & Credits . 1.4 Contacting the Author . 1.5 New Versions of this HOWTO . 1.6 New in this Version . 1.7 What is a Modem ? . 1.8 Quick Install . 2.1 External vs. Internal . 2.2 External Modems . 2.3 Internal Modems .
... This document describes 3Dfx graphics accelerator chip support for Linux. ... 9.6 What is Mesa? ... I have reports regarding the Orchid Righteous 3D, Guillemot Maxi 3D Gamer, and Diamond Monster 3D. If you are a board manufacturer who wants to make sure his Voodoo Graphics (tm), Voodoo Rush (tm) or Voodoo 2 (tm) boards work with upcoming releases of Linux, Xfree86, Linux Glide and/or Mesa, please contact me, and I will happily forward your request to the persons maintaining the drivers in question. ...
... This document describes how to set up call-back by using the Linux system and modem. ... I think that the best solution is to install call-back software on the Linux server. ... If you have it set off, Plug&Play options and set up modem on free com (read Plug&Play-HOWTO). ... Because call-back system we have double verification and we create a user who will be running ppp on the side of server. pppuser:klkIOM89mn65H:230:PPP Dialin:/home/pppuser:/etc/ppp/ppplogin . ... We edit file /etc/ppp/options :...
... This document is only useful for those with the printer port version of a ZIP drive who wish to have either a portable or backup Linux system on a ZIP disk. ... 5.3 What to install . ... This document is divided into four basic sections each describing how to install a bare-bones Linux system on a 100MB ZIP disk using a printer port ZIP drive. ... When I first decided to attempt to install Red Hat on a ZIP disk, I figured it would be much easier to just use a Red Hat boot disk. ...
... This Document provides a quick reference quide on setting up and using the Iomega ZIP drive with Linux. ... 3.1 SCSI version . ... 7.8 Can I use the parallel drive as a real SCSI disk ? ... SCSI . ... To use the ZIP drive with Linux, you must have a kernel configured with support for the SCSI system, support for SCSI disks, and support for the host adapter you are using. ... If you are building a kernel to support the SCSI version of the ZIP drive, you should select SCSI support and SCSI disk...
... This document explains how to use escape sequences to dynamically change window and icon titles of an xterm. ... ESC]l string ESC\ Set window title to string . ESC]L string ESC\ Set icon title to string These are truly awful programs: use something else. dtterm sets $TERM=dtterm , and appears to recognise both the standard xterm escape sequences and the Sun cmdtool sequences (tested on Solaris 2.5.1, Digital Unix 4.0, HP-UX 10.20). hpterm sets $TERM=hpterm and uses the following escapes: . ...
... This document describes how to use enlarged mouse cursors with the X window system. ... In all cases it might help to use enlarged mouse cursors. ... Most programs use these mouse cursors and the key idea is to replace the standard cursor font with an enlarged version. The motivation for this MINIHOWTO was a visually impaired co-student who asked me how to enlarge the mouse cursor under X. After I found out how this can be done, I wrote an initial version of this document. ...