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.deb, Debian Package Management

.deb files, ispell

/, A detailed look at the filesystem in Debian

/bin, A detailed look at the filesystem in Debian

/boot, A detailed look at the filesystem in Debian

/dev, A detailed look at the filesystem in Debian

/etc, A detailed look at the filesystem in Debian

/etc/fstab, Mounting Filesystems, Add the new filesystem to /etc/fstab

/etc/mtab, mount and unmount

/etc/printcap, /etc/printcap

/etc/skel, A detailed look at the filesystem in Debian

/etc/X11, A detailed look at the filesystem in Debian

/home, A detailed look at the filesystem in Debian

/lib, A detailed look at the filesystem in Debian

/mnt, A detailed look at the filesystem in Debian

/proc, A detailed look at the filesystem in Debian, mount and unmount, /proc, The /proc filesystem:

/proc/cpuinfo, /proc/cpuinfo

/proc/loadavg, /proc/loadavg

/proc/uptime, /proc/uptime

/sbin, A detailed look at the filesystem in Debian

/tmp, A detailed look at the filesystem in Debian

/usr, A detailed look at the filesystem in Debian

/usr/bin, A detailed look at the filesystem in Debian

/usr/bin/X11, A detailed look at the filesystem in Debian

/usr/dict, A detailed look at the filesystem in Debian

/usr/doc, A detailed look at the filesystem in Debian

/usr/etc, A detailed look at the filesystem in Debian

/usr/include, A detailed look at the filesystem in Debian

/usr/include/asm, A detailed look at the filesystem in Debian

/usr/include/g++, A detailed look at the filesystem in Debian

/usr/include/linux, A detailed look at the filesystem in Debian

/usr/include/X11, A detailed look at the filesystem in Debian

/usr/lib, A detailed look at the filesystem in Debian

/usr/lib/gcc-lib, A detailed look at the filesystem in Debian

/usr/lib/groff, A detailed look at the filesystem in Debian

/usr/lib/X11, A detailed look at the filesystem in Debian

/usr/local, A detailed look at the filesystem in Debian

/usr/local/bin, A detailed look at the filesystem in Debian

/usr/local/doc, A detailed look at the filesystem in Debian

/usr/local/etc, A detailed look at the filesystem in Debian

/usr/local/info, A detailed look at the filesystem in Debian

/usr/local/lib, A detailed look at the filesystem in Debian

/usr/local/man, A detailed look at the filesystem in Debian

/usr/local/sbin, A detailed look at the filesystem in Debian

/usr/local/src, A detailed look at the filesystem in Debian

/usr/man, A detailed look at the filesystem in Debian

/usr/sbin, A detailed look at the filesystem in Debian

/usr/share, A detailed look at the filesystem in Debian

/usr/share/man, A detailed look at the filesystem in Debian

/usr/src, A detailed look at the filesystem in Debian

/usr/src/linux, A detailed look at the filesystem in Debian

/usr/tmp, A detailed look at the filesystem in Debian

/usr/X11R6, A detailed look at the filesystem in Debian

/var, A detailed look at the filesystem in Debian

/var/account/pacct, Installing the accounting package

/var/adm, A detailed look at the filesystem in Debian

/var/backups, A detailed look at the filesystem in Debian

/var/lock, A detailed look at the filesystem in Debian

/var/log, A detailed look at the filesystem in Debian

/var/preserve, A detailed look at the filesystem in Debian

/var/run, A detailed look at the filesystem in Debian

/var/spool, A detailed look at the filesystem in Debian

/var/spool/at, A detailed look at the filesystem in Debian

/var/spool/cron, A detailed look at the filesystem in Debian

/var/spool/lpd, A detailed look at the filesystem in Debian

/var/spool/mail, A detailed look at the filesystem in Debian

/var/tmp, A detailed look at the filesystem in Debian

82 - Linux swap, cfdisk

83 - Linux, cfdisk

, dump and restore

A

ac, ac

ACACIA, Configure device driver modules

Laptop, ACACIA , ACACIA

act, Installing the accounting package

addgroup, adduser, addgroup, deluser and delgroup

adduser, adduser, addgroup, deluser and delgroup

AMANDA, AMANDA -- http://www.amanda.org/

APT, Configuring APT, tasksel and dselect

Advanced Package Tool, apt

at, at

atrm, atrm

B

backup, Mounting Filesystems

Backup Log, Backup Log

backup media, Backup media

binutils, binutils

BIOS, Switch on BIOS and CMOS, Device files

block device, Device files

boot block, The layout of a filesystem

boot floppy, Make a boot floppy

bootable flag, cfdisk

BSD Spooler, BSD Print Spooler (lpr)

bsf, mt

bsfm, mt

bsr, mt

C

cfdisk, cfdisk, Partition the new drive

Character Device Files, Device files

chfn, chfn and chsh

chsh, chfn and chsh

CMOS, Switch on BIOS and CMOS

cpio, cpio

cron, Scheduling Command execution with batch (cron) jobs

crontab, crontab

CUPS, CUPS - Common Unix Printing System

D

datablocks, Inodes

dbootstrap, Language and "dbootstrap"

dd, dd

Debian filesystem, A detailed look at the filesystem in Debian

default hostname, Configure the network

delgroup, adduser, addgroup, deluser and delgroup

deluser, adduser, addgroup, deluser and delgroup

device files, Device files

devpts, mount and unmount

df, df

DHCP, Configure the network

differential backup, Backup concepts

directory files, Directory files

disk free, df

disk used, du

dkpg, dkpg

dmesg, Does the kernel detect the drive?

DOS, Device files

dpkg, The X11 system, Uninstall an installed package _and_ its associated configuration files:

dselect, tasksel and dselect

du, du

dump, Mounting Filesystems, dump and restore

E

edquota, edquota

EOF, Regular files

eof, mt

erase, mt

exim, exim

ext2, Types of filesystems, mount and unmount

F

fd0, Hard drive device names

filenames, Directory files

find, suid and sgid bits, crontab

fsck, Mounting Filesystems

fsfm, mt

fsr, mt

FTP, apt

full backup, Backup concepts

G

Getty, Getty, issue and motd

GID, Inodes

gid, Introduction

Gnome, Installing and running Gnome:

groupadd, groupadd

groupdel, groupdel

groups, groups

GRUB, Changing your bootloader from LILO to GRUB

H

hard drive device names, Hard drive device names

hda, Hard drive device names

hdb, Hard drive device names

hdc, Hard drive device names

hdd, Hard drive device names

hostname, The /proc filesystem:

I

incremental backup, Backup concepts

init, "init" and Run Levels

inode, Inodes

inode number, Regular files

inode numbers, Directory files

inode table, The layout of a filesystem

Interprocess communication Devices, Interprocess communication Devices

ISA/EISA network cards, Configure device driver modules

issue, Getty, issue and motd

K

KDE, Installing and running KDE:

keyboard type, Select a keyboard

kill, ps and kill

L

last, last

lastcomm, lastcomm

LILO, Make system bootable, Boot Loader (LILO), Changing your bootloader from LILO to GRUB, Troubleshooting LILO:

locale, locale

logrotate, crontab

lpinfo, lpinfo

lpq, lpq

lpr, BSD Print Spooler (lpr), lpr

lprm, lprm

lsattr, lsattr

M

magnetic tape, Magnetic Tape

Mail Transfer Agent, exim

Major and Minor Device Numbers, Major and Minor Device Numbers

man-db, crontab

Master Boot Record, Make system bootable, Master Boot Record

MBR, Make system bootable, Master Boot Record, Upgrading your Linux kernel in Debian

MD5 password, MD5 passwords

mkdir, Examples:, Decide on a mountpoint and create it

mkfs, Decide on a mountpoint and create it

Modem, PPP dial-up configuration

motd, Getty, issue and motd

mount, mount and unmount, Print configuration

Mounting Filesystems, Mounting Filesystems

Mozilla, Mozilla

mt, mt, Verifying Backups

MTA, exim

N

nice, nice and renice

O

offline, mt

OpenSSH, OpenSSH

P

partitioning, Partition hard disk

PCI network card, Configure device driver modules

pipes, Pipes

POST, Switch on BIOS and CMOS

postmaster-mail, exim

Postscript printer

Printer, Postsctript, psfontmgr and paper size

PPP, PPP dial-up configuration

primary master, Hard drive device names

ps, ps and kill

pstree, Getty, issue and motd

Q

quota, Debian and disk quotas:, quota

quotacheck, initial setup

R

RAM, Why create a swap partition?

rc#.d, "init" and Run Levels

regular files, Regular files

Reiserfs, Types of filesystems

renice, nice and renice

repquota, repquota

restore, dump and restore

rewind, mt

root filesystem, Initialize a Linux partition

root user, Logging In

RPM, Debian Package Management, RPM Package Management:

Run Levels, "init" and Run Levels

S

sa, sa

scd0, Hard drive device names

sd0, Hard drive device names

semaphore, Semaphore

sgid, suid and sgid bits

Shadow password, Shadow passwords

shared memory, Shared Memory

shutdown, Shutting down:

standard, crontab

startkde, Installing and running KDE:

startx, startx

status, mt

sticky bit, sticky bit

suid, suid and sgid bits

swap partition, Why create a swap partition?

T

tail, du, Working with log files

tar, tar

tasksel, tasksel and dselect

Time Zone, Time Zone

top, top

U

UID, Inodes

uid, Introduction

uninstall, Uninstall an installed package:

unmount, mount and unmount

upgrading the kernel, Upgrading your Linux kernel in Debian

useradd, useradd

userdel, userdel

usermod, usermod

V

vmstat, vmstat

W

weof, mt

X

X11 system, The X11 system

xda, Hard drive device names

xdm, xdm

XFree86, startx

XFS, Types of filesystems

Xserver, Xserver