Linux HOW-TOs
The complete collection of Linux HOW-TOs
(www.linux-howto.com) by Rob Kennedy
The Linux HOWTO Index
HOWTO Index, by Tim
Bynum <[email protected]>. Index of HOWTO documents about Linux. Updated
29 November 1998.
  - Partition mini-HOWTO,
    by Kristian Koehntopp <[email protected]>. How to choose disk partitions. Updated 3
    November 1997. 
 
  - Automount mini-HOWTO,
    by Don <[email protected]>. This file describes the autofs automounter, how to
    configure it, and points out some problems to avoid. Updated 7 September 1998. 
 
  - Multi-Disk HOWTO,
    by Stein Gjoen <[email protected]>. How to setup multiple hard disk drives. Updated 3
    February 1998.
 
  - Hard Disk Upgrade
    mini-HOWTO, by Yves Bellefeuille <[email protected]>. How to copy a Linux system
    from one hard disk to another. Updated 31 January 1998.  
 
  - Large Disk mini-HOWTO,
    by Andries Brouwer <[email protected]>. How to use disks with > 1024 cylinders. Updated
    18 May 1998. 
 
  - Small Memory
    mini-HOWTO, by Todd Burgess <[email protected]>. How to run Linux on a system
    with a small amount of memory. Update 29 October 1997. 
 
  - ZIP Drive mini-HOWTO,
    by Kyle Dansie <[email protected]>. Provides a quick reference quide on setting up and
    using the Iomega ZIP drive with Linux. Updated 26 August 1998. 
 
  - VAIO mini-HOWTO, by
    Hideki Saito <[email protected]>. This document explains installation of Linux on
    Sony VAIO computers. Updated 16 September 1998. 
 
  - Pre-installation
    Checklist mini-HOWTO, by S. Parthasarathy <[email protected]>.
    Pre-installation checklist and questionnaire. Updated 29 August 1998. 
 
  - Partition mini-HOWTO,
    by Kristian Koehntopp <[email protected]>. How to choose disk partitions. Updated 3
    November 1997. 
 
  - Installation HOWTO,
    by Eric S. Raymond <[email protected]>. How to obtain and install Linux. Updated
    20 November 1998.
 
  - Kernel HOWTO, by Brian
    Ward <[email protected]>. Upgrading and compiling the Linux kernel.
    Updated 26 May 1997. 
 
  - BootPrompt HOWTO,
    by Paul Gortmaker <[email protected]>. List of boot time arguments and
    overview of booting software. Updated 1 February 1998. 
 
  - Bootdisk HOWTO, by
    Tom Fawcett <[email protected]>. How to create a boot/root maintenance disk for
    Linux. Updated 1 February 1998. 
 
  - KickStart HOWTO, by
    Martin Hamilton <[email protected]>. Briefly describes how to use the RedHat Linux
    KickStart system to rapidly install large numbers of identical Linux boxes. Updated 28
    September 1998. 
 
  - Multi-Disk HOWTO,
    by Stein Gjoen <[email protected]>. How to setup multiple hard disk drives. Updated 3
    February 1998.
 
  - Linux+DOS+Win95+OS2
    mini-HOWTO, by Mike Harlan <[email protected]>. How to use Linux and DOS and OS/2
    and Win95 together. Updated 11 November 1997.  
 
  - Install From ZIP
    mini-HOWTO, by Kevin Snively <[email protected]>. How to install Linux from
    a parallel port ZIP drive. Updated 29 April 1998. 
 
  - Loadlin+Win95
    mini-HOWTO, by Chris Fischer <[email protected]>. How to use Linux and
    Windows95 together, using loadlin. Updated 9 November 1998.
 
  - LILO mini-HOWTO, by
    Alessandro Rubini <[email protected]>. Examples of typical LILO installations. Updated
    16 August 1998. 
 
  - Large Disk mini-HOWTO,
    by Andries Brouwer <[email protected]>. How to use disks with > 1024 cylinders. Updated
    18 May 1998.
 
  - Linux+NT-Loader
    mini-HOWTO, by Bernd Reichert <[email protected]>. How to use Linux and the
    Windows NT boot loader together. Updated 2 September 1997. 
 
  - Linux+Win95 mini-HOWTO,
    by Jonathan Katz <[email protected]>. How to use Linux and Windows95 together. Updated 26
    October 1996. 
 
  - Multiboot using
    LILO mini-HOWTO, by Renzo Zanelli <[email protected]>. Howto multiboot
    between Windows 95, Windows NT, and Linux. Updated 26 March 1998.  
 
  - Kerneld mini-HOWTO, by
    Henrik Storner <[email protected]>. How to use 'kerneld' (dynamic module
    loading). Updated 19 July 1997. 
 
  - ZIP Install mini-HOWTO,
    by John Wiggins <[email protected]>. How to install Linux onto a ZIP drive.
    Updated 26 January 1998. 
 
  - ZIP Drive mini-HOWTO,
    by Kyle Dansie <[email protected]>. Provides a quick reference quide on setting up and
    using the Iomega ZIP drive with Linux. Updated 26 August 1998. 
 
Backup&Recovery
  - CDROM HOWTO, by Jeff
    Tranter <[email protected]>. Information on CDROM drive compatibility for
    Linux. Updated 23 January 1998. 
 
  - Ethernet HOWTO, by
    Paul Gortmaker <[email protected]>. Information on Ethernet hardware
    compatibility for Linux. Updated 6 July 1998. 
 
  - ZIP Drive mini-HOWTO,
    by Kyle Dansie <[email protected]>. Provides a quick reference quide on setting up and
    using the Iomega ZIP drive with Linux. Updated 26 August 1998. 
 
  - Serial HOWTO, by David
    Lawyer <[email protected]>. How on use serial devices (modems, terminals) with Linux.
    Updated July 1998. 
 
  - Busmouse HOWTO, by
    Chris Bagwell <[email protected]>. Information on bus mouse compatibility with
    Linux. Updated 15 June 1998. 
 
  - Hardware Compatibility
    HOWTO, by Patrick Reijnen <[email protected]>. A list of
    hardware known to work with Linux. Updated 30 July 1998. 
 
  - PCI HOWTO, by Michael Will
    <[email protected]>. Information on PCI-architecture
    compatibility with Linux. Updated 30 March 1997. 
 
  - CD Writing HOWTO,
    by Winfried Trümper <[email protected]>. How to write CDs. Updated 16 December 1997.
  
 
  - PCMCIA HOWTO, by Dave
    Hinds <[email protected]>. How to install and use PCMCIA Card Services.
    Updated 13 August 1998. 
 
  - Optical Disk HOWTO,
    by Skip Rye <[email protected]>. How to use optical disk drives with Linux.
    Updated 1 September 1998. 
 
  - Plug and Play HOWTO,
    by David Lawyer <[email protected]>. How to get your Linux system to support
    Plug-and-Play. Updated November 1998. 
 
  - Sound HOWTO, by Jeff
    Tranter <[email protected]>. Sound hardware and software for the Linux
    operating system. Updated 23 January 1998. 
 
  - Cable Modem mini-HOWTO,
    by Vladimir Vuksan <[email protected]>. How to use a cable modem with a cable ISP.
    Updated 10 October 1998. 
 
  - UPS HOWTO, by Harvey J.
    Stein <[email protected]>. Information on using a UPS power supply with Linux.
    Updated 18 November 1997. 
 
Ethernet
Setting
Up Ethernet -- very good. The site Josh's Linux Guide contains
other useful documents. Highly recommended.
Linux at CESDIS -- by Donald Becker 
Ethernet HOWTO, by
Paul Gortmaker <[email protected]>. Information on Ethernet hardware
compatibility for Linux. Updated 6 July 1998. 
Linux NET-3-HOWTO
IP Masquerading
mini-HOWTO
Kernel HOWTO, by Brian
Ward <[email protected]>. Upgrading and compiling the Linux kernel.
Updated 26 May 1997. 
  - NET-3 HOWTO, by Terry
    Dawson <[email protected]>. Howto configure TCP/IP networking under
    Linux. Updated August 1998. 
 
  - Networking
    Overview HOWTO, by Daniel López Ridruejo <[email protected]>. The purpose of
    this document is to give an overview of the networking capabilities of the Linux Operating
    System providing pointers for further information and implementation details. Updated 10
    July 1998. 
 
  - Ethernet HOWTO, by
    Paul Gortmaker <[email protected]>. Information on Ethernet hardware
    compatibility for Linux. Updated 6 July 1998. 
 
  - ISP Hookup HOWTO,
    by Egil Kvaleberg <[email protected]>. Basic introduction to hooking up to an ISP.
    Updated 5 March 1998.
 
  - ISP Connectivity
    mini-HOWTO, by Michael Strates <[email protected]>. How to get mail and news
    over a dialup connection. Updated 6 November 1997. 
 
  - DNS HOWTO, by Nicolai
    Langfeldt <[email protected]>. How to set up DNS. Updated 12 November 1998. 
 
  - DHCP mini-HOWTO, by
    Vladimir Vuksan <[email protected]>. How to setup a DHCP Server and Client. Updated 14
    November 1998. 
 
  - Firewall HOWTO, by
    Mark Grennan <[email protected]>. How to set up a firewall using Linux. Updated 8
    November 1996. 
 
  - IPCHAINS HOWTO, by
    Paul Russell <[email protected]>. Install and configure the enhanced IP
    firewalling chains software. Updated 27 October 1998. 
 
  - IPX HOWTO, by Terry Dawson
    <[email protected]>. How to install and configure IPX networking.
    Updated 06 May 1998. 
 
  - Intranet Server
    HOWTO, by Pramod Karnad <[email protected]>. How to setup a Linux Intranet
    server. Updated 7 August 1997. 
 
  - Mail HOWTO, by Guylhem
    Aznar <[email protected]>. Information on electronic mail servers and
    clients. Updated January 1998. 
 
  - Multicast HOWTO, by
    Juan-Mariano de Goyeneche <[email protected]>. This HOWTO tries to cover most
    aspects related to multicast over TCP/IP networks. Updated 20 March 1998. 
 
  - NFS HOWTO, by Nicolai
    Langfeldt <[email protected]>. How to set up NFS clients and servers. Updated 3
    November 1997. 
 
  - NIS HOWTO, by Thorsten
    Kukuk <[email protected]>. Information on using NIS/YP on Linux systems.
    Updated 12 June 1998. 
 
  - PPP HOWTO, by Robert Hart
    <[email protected]>. Information on using PPP networking with Linux. Updated 31
    March 1997. 
 
  - SMB HOWTO, by David Wood
    <[email protected]>. How to use the Session Message Block (SMB) protocol with
    Linux. Updated 10 August 1996. 
 
  - UUCP HOWTO, by Guylhem
    Aznar <[email protected]>. Information on UUCP software for Linux.
    Updated 6 February 1998. 
 
  - Bridge mini-HOWTO, by
    Chris Cole <[email protected]>. How to setup an ethernet bridge. Updated 7
    September 1998. 
 
  - Bridge+Firewall
    mini-HOWTO, by Peter Breuer <[email protected]>. How to setup and ethernet bridge
    and firewall. Updated 19 December 1997.
 
  - IP Alias mini-HOWTO,
    by Harish Pillay <[email protected]>. How to use IP aliasing. Updated 13 January
    1997. 
 
  - IP Masquerade
    mini-HOWTO, by Ambrose Au <[email protected]>. How to use IP masquerading.
    Updated 10 November 1997. 
 
  - IP Subnetworking
    mini-HOWTO, by Robert Hart <[email protected]>. Why and how to subnetwork
    an IP network. Updated 31 March 1997.  
 
  - Assembly HOWTO, by
    François-René Rideau <[email protected]>. Information on programming in x86 assembly.
    Updated 16 November 1997. 
 
  - Benchmarking HOWTO,
    by André D. Balsa <[email protected]>. How to do basic benchmarking. Updated 15
    August 1997. 
 
  - GCC HOWTO, by Daniel
    Barlow <[email protected]>. How to set up the GNU C compiler and development
    libraries. Updated 28 February 1996. 
 
  - Glibc2 HOWTO, by Eric
    Green <[email protected]>. How to install and migrate to the glibc2 library. Updated
    8 February 1998.
 
  - Java-CGI HOWTO, by
    David H. Silber <[email protected]>. How to set up Java-capable CGI bin. Updated 18
    November 1996. 
 
  - TclTk HOWTO, by Luca
    Rossetti <[email protected]>. Describes the Linux approach to Tcl, a scripting
    language.. 
 
  - SCSI Programming
    HOWTO, by Heiko Eissfeldt <[email protected]>. Information on programming
    the generic Linux SCSI interface. Updated 7 May 1996. 
 
  - Serial
    Programming HOWTO, by Peter H. Baumann <[email protected]>. How to use serial
    ports in programs. Updated 22 January 1998. 
 
  - IO Port
    Programming mini-HOWTO, by Riku Saikkonen <[email protected]>. How to use
    I/O ports in C programs. Updated 28 December 1997. 
 
  - Beowulf HOWTO, by
    Jacek Radajewski <[email protected]> Douglas Eadline plogic.com>. Introduces the
    Beowulf Supercomputer architecture and provides background information on parallel
    programming.. Updated 22 November 1998. 
 
  - CD Writing HOWTO,
    by Winfried Trümper <[email protected]>. How to write CDs. Updated 16 December 1997.
  
 
  - Commercial HOWTO,
    by Martin Michlmayr <[email protected]>. Listing of commercial software products for
    Linux. Updated 21 September 1998. 
 
  - ELF HOWTO, by Daniel
    Barlow <[email protected]>. How to install and migrate to the ELF binary file
    format. Updated 14 July 1996. 
 
  - Ftape HOWTO, by Kevin
    Johnson <[email protected]>. Information on ftape drive compatibility with Linux.
    Updated August 1998. 
 
  - META-FAQ, by Michael K.
    Johnson <[email protected]>. A listing of Linux sources of information. Updated 25
    October 1997. 
 
  - PalmOS HOWTO, by David
    H. Silber <[email protected]>. How to use your Palm OS device with a Linux system.
    Updated 20 September 1998. 
 
  - Parallel
    Processing HOWTO, by Hank Dietz <[email protected]>. Discussion of parallel
    processing approaches for Linux. Updated 5 January 1998. 
 
  - Root RAID HOWTO, by
    Michael A. Robinton <[email protected]>. How to create a root-mounted RAID filesystem.
    Updated 25 March 1998. 
 
  - Sound Playing HOWTO,
    by Yoo C. Chung <[email protected]>. How to play various sound formats under
    Linux. Updated 23 January 1998. 
 
  - Tips HOWTO, by Paul
    Anderson <[email protected]>. HOWTO on miscellaneous tips and tricks for Linux.
    Updated June 1998. 
 
  - UMSDOS HOWTO, by
    Jacques Gelinas <[email protected]>. How to install and use the UMSDOS
    filesystem. Updated 13 November 1995. 
 
  - UPS HOWTO, by Harvey J.
    Stein <[email protected]>. Information on using a UPS power supply with Linux.
    Updated 18 November 1997. 
 
The following mini-HOWTOs are available: 
  - Apache SSL PHP/FI
    frontpage mini-HOWTO, by Marcus Faure <[email protected]>. Build a multipurpose
    webserver. Updated July 1998. 
 
  - Battery Powered
    mini-HOWTO, by Hanno Mueller <[email protected]>. How to reduce a Linux system's
    power consumption. Updated 21 December 1997. 
 
  - BogoMips mini-HOWTO,
    by Wim C.A. van Dorst <[email protected]>. Information about BogoMips. Updated
    13 December 1997. 
 
  - Bzip2 mini-HOWTO, by
    David Fetter <[email protected]>. How to use the new bzip2 compression program.
    Updated 29 June 1998. 
 
  - Colour ls mini-HOWTO,
    by Thorbjoern Ravn Andersen <[email protected]>. How to set up the colours with 'ls'.
    Updated 7 August 1997. 
 
  - Cyrus IMAP mini-HOWTO,
    by Kevin Mitchell <[email protected]>. How to install the Cyrus IMAP server. Updated
    21 January 1998. 
 
  - DPT Hardware RAID
    mini-HOWTO, by Ram Samudrala <[email protected]>. How to configure hardware RAID.
    Updated 15 December 1997. 
 
  - Diald mini-HOWTO, by
    Harish Pillay <[email protected]>. How to use 'diald' to dial an ISP. Updated 3 June
    1996. 
 
  - Diskless mini-HOWTO,
    by Robert Nemkin <[email protected]>. How to set up a diskless Linux box. Updated 12
    September 1996. 
 
  - Fax Server mini-HOWTO,
    by Erez Strauss <[email protected]>. How to setup a fax server. Update 8 November
    1997. 
 
  - Firewall Piercing
    mini-HOWTO, by François-René Rideau <[email protected]>. Using ppp over telnet
    transparently through an Internet firewall. Updated 22 August 1998. 
 
  - GIS-GRASS mini-HOWTO,
    by David A. Hastings <[email protected]>. How to install Geographic Information
    System (GIS) software. Updated 13 November 1997. 
 
  - GTEK BBS-550
    mini-HOWTO, by Wajihuddin Ahmed <[email protected]>. How to setup the GTEK
    BBS-550 multiport board with Linux. Updated 20 August 1997. 
 
  - LBX mini-HOWTO, by Paul D.
    Smith <[email protected]>. How to use Low-Bandwidth X (LBX). Updated 11
    December 1997. 
 
  - Leased Line mini-HOWTO,
    by Rob van der Putten <[email protected]>. How to setup leased line modems.
    Updated July 1998. 
 
  - Linux+FreeBSD
    mini-HOWTO, by Niels Kristian Bech Jensen <[email protected]> How to use Linux and
    FreeBSD together. Updated 18 June 1998. 
 
  - Mac Terminal
    mini-HOWTO, by Robert Kiesling <[email protected]>. How to use an Apple
    Macintosh as a serial terminal. Updated 9 November 1997. 
 
  - Mail Queue mini-HOWTO,
    by Leif Erlingsson <[email protected]>. How to queue remote mail and deliver local mail.
    Updated 3 September 1997. 
 
  - Mail2News mini-HOWTO,
    by Robert Hart <[email protected]>. How to set up a mail to news gateway. Updated 4
    November 1996. 
 
  - Modules mini-HOWTO, by
    Riley H. Williams <[email protected]>. How to setup and configure kernel modules.
    Updated 14 November 1997. 
 
  - NCD X Terminal
    mini-HOWTO, by Ian Hodge <[email protected]>. Describes how to connect an NCD X
    terminal to a UNIX host. Updated 3 April 1998. 
 
  - NFS-Root mini-HOWTO,
    by Andreas Kostyrka <[email protected]>. How to set up diskless Linux machines.
    Updated 8 August 1997. 
 
  - NFS-Root-Client
    mini-HOWTO, by Ofer Maor <[email protected]>. How to set up diskless Linux
    machines using NFS. Updated 1 July 1997. 
 
  - Netrom-Node mini-HOWTO,
    by Karl Larsen <[email protected]>. How to setup the ax25-utilities package for Amateur
    Radio such making Netrom Nodes. Updated 19 October 1998. 
 
  - Netscape+Proxy
    mini-HOWTO, by Sarma Seetamraju <[email protected]>. How to set up a proxy server
    for Netscape. Updated 15 August 1997. 
 
  - Netstation mini-HOWTO,
    by Kris Buytaert <[email protected]>. How to hook up a IBM Netstation to
    your local network using a Linux box as server. Updated 22 February 1998. 
 
  - News Leafsite
    mini-HOWTO, by Florian Kuehnert <[email protected]>. How to set up a leaf news site.
    Updated 4 January 1998. 
 
  - Offline Mailing
    mini-HOWTO, by Gunther Voet <[email protected]>. How to set up email addresses
    without a dedicated Internet connection. Updated 4 June 1998. 
 
  - PLIP mini-HOWTO, by Andrea
    Controzzi <[email protected]>. How to set up PLIP (Parallel Line Interface
    Protocol). Updated 12 March 1998. 
 
  - Process
    Accounting mini-HOWTO, by Albert M.C. Tam <[email protected]>. How to set up
    process accounting. Updated 8 August 1997. 
 
  - Proxy ARP Subnet
    mini-HOWTO, by Bob Edwards <[email protected]>. How to use proxy ARP with
    subnetting. Updated August 1997. 
 
  - Public Web
    Browser mini-HOWTO, by Donald B. Marti Jr. <[email protected]>. How to set up a
    guest account to use a WWW browser. Updated 5 January 1998. 
 
  - Qmail+MH mini-HOWTO,
    by Christopher Richardson <[email protected]>. How to install qmail and MH.
    Updated 5 March 1998. 
 
  - Quota mini-HOWTO, by
    Albert M.C. Tam <[email protected]>. How to set up disk quotas. Updated 8 August 1997. 
 
  - RCS mini-HOWTO, by Robert
    Kiesling <[email protected]>. How to use RCS (Revision Control System). Updated
    14 August 1997. 
 
  - RedHat CD mini-HOWTO,
    by Morten Kjeldgaard <[email protected]> Peter von der Ahé
    <[email protected]>. How to make your own CDs from the Red Hat Linux
    distribution equivalent to the ones commercially available from Red Hat. Updated 9
    September 1998. 
 
  - Remote Boot mini-HOWTO,
    by Marc Vuilleumier Stückelberg <[email protected]>. How to
    set up a server-based boot selector. Updated June 1998. 
 
  - Remote X Apps
    mini-HOWTO, by Vincent Zweije <[email protected]>. How to run remote X
    applications. Updated 14 July 1998. 
 
  - SLIP-PPP Emulator
    mini-HOWTO, by Irish <[email protected]>. How to use SLIP-PPP emulators with
    Linux. Updated 7 August 1997. 
 
  - Sendmail
    Address Rewrite mini-HOWTO, by Thomas Roessler <[email protected]>. Set up
    sendmail's configuration file for the home user's dial-up access. Updated 6 May 1998. 
 
  - Sendmail+UUCP
    mini-HOWTO, by Jamal Hadi Salim <[email protected]>. How to use sendmail and UUCP
    together. Updated August 1998. 
 
  - Software Building
    mini-HOWTO, by Mendel Leo Cooper <[email protected]>. How to build
    software packages. Updated 6 July 1998. 
 
  - Software RAID
    mini-HOWTO, by Linas Vepstas <[email protected]>. How to configure software RAID.
    Updated 21 November 1998. 
 
  - Soundblaster AWE
    mini-HOWTO, by Marcus Brinkmann <[email protected]>. How to
    install the Soundblaster AWE 32/64. Updated 11 January 1998. 
 
  - TkRat mini-HOWTO, by Dave
    Whitinger <[email protected]>. How to install and use the TkRat mail program.
    Updated 2 February 1998. 
 
  - Token Ring mini-HOWTO,
    by Mike Eckhoff <[email protected]>. How to use token ring cards. Updated
    7 January 1998. 
 
  - Ultra-DMA mini-HOWTO,
    by Brion Vibber <[email protected]>. How to use Ultra-DMA drives and controllers.
    Updated 6 July 1998. 
 
  - Vesafb mini-HOWTO, by
    Alex Buell <[email protected]>. How to use the vesafb device. Updated
    2 August 1998. 
 
  - Visual Bell mini-HOWTO,
    by Alessandro Rubini <[email protected]>. How to disable audible bells, and enable
    visual bells. Updated 11 November 1997. 
 
  - Windows Modem
    Sharing mini-HOWTO, by Friedemann Baitinger <[email protected]>. How to setup
    Windows to use a shared modem on a Linux machine. Updated 2 November 1997. 
 
  - WordPerfect mini-HOWTO,
    by Wade Hampton <[email protected]>. How to set up WordPerfect for Linux.
    Updated 13 August 1997. 
 
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