Linux HOW-TOs

General	Console and terminal	Disks	Setup	Configuration	Upgrades	Hardware
Net

The complete collection of Linux HOW-TOs (www.linux-howto.com) by Rob Kennedy

The Linux HOWTO Index

HOWTO Index, by Tim Bynum <linux-howto@sunsite.unc.edu>. Index of HOWTO documents about Linux. Updated 29 November 1998.

General

INFO-SHEET, by Michael K. Johnson <johnsonm@redhat.com>. Generic introduction to the Linux operating system. Updated 1 September 1998.
Tips HOWTO, by Paul Anderson <paul@geeky1.ebtech.net>. HOWTO on miscellaneous tips and tricks for Linux. Updated June 1998.

Console and terminal

Bash Prompt HOWTO by Giles Orr <giles@interlog.com>. Creating and controlling
terminal and xterm prompts. Updated 1 December 1998 .
The Linux keyboard and console HOWTO Delete and Backspace
Keyboard and Console HOWTO, by Andries Brouwer <aeb@cwi.nl>. Information about the Linux keyboard, console and non-ASCII characters. Updated 25 February 1998.
Text-Terminal HOWTO, by David S. Lawyer <bf347@lafn.org>. This document explains what text terminals are, how they work, how to install and configure them. Updated November 1998.
3 Button Mouse mini-HOWTO, by Geoff Short <geoff@kipper.york.ac.uk>. How to configure your mouse to use 3 buttons. Updated 31 May 1998.

Disks

Partition mini-HOWTO, by Kristian Koehntopp <kris@koehntopp.de>. How to choose disk partitions. Updated 3 November 1997.
Automount mini-HOWTO, by Don <don@sabotage.org>. 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 <sgjoen@nyx.net>. How to setup multiple hard disk drives. Updated 3 February 1998.
Hard Disk Upgrade mini-HOWTO, by Yves Bellefeuille <yan@ottawa.com>. How to copy a Linux system from one hard disk to another. Updated 31 January 1998.
Large Disk mini-HOWTO, by Andries Brouwer <aeb@cwi.nl>. How to use disks with > 1024 cylinders. Updated 18 May 1998.
Small Memory mini-HOWTO, by Todd Burgess <tburgess@uoguelph.ca>. How to run Linux on a system with a small amount of memory. Update 29 October 1997.
ZIP Drive mini-HOWTO, by Kyle Dansie <dansie@ibm.net>. 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 <hideki@chatlink.com>. This document explains installation of Linux on Sony VAIO computers. Updated 16 September 1998.

Setup

Pre-installation Checklist mini-HOWTO, by S. Parthasarathy <algolog@hd1.vsnl.net.in>. Pre-installation checklist and questionnaire. Updated 29 August 1998.
Partition mini-HOWTO, by Kristian Koehntopp <kris@koehntopp.de>. How to choose disk partitions. Updated 3 November 1997.
Installation HOWTO, by Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com>. How to obtain and install Linux. Updated 20 November 1998.
Kernel HOWTO, by Brian Ward <ward@blah.math.tu-graz.ac.at>. Upgrading and compiling the Linux kernel. Updated 26 May 1997.
BootPrompt HOWTO, by Paul Gortmaker <gpg109@rsphy1.anu.edu.au>. List of boot time arguments and overview of booting software. Updated 1 February 1998.
Bootdisk HOWTO, by Tom Fawcett <fawcett@croftj.net>. How to create a boot/root maintenance disk for Linux. Updated 1 February 1998.
KickStart HOWTO, by Martin Hamilton <martinh@gnu.org>. 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 <sgjoen@nyx.net>. How to setup multiple hard disk drives. Updated 3 February 1998.
Linux+DOS+Win95+OS2 mini-HOWTO, by Mike Harlan <r3mdh@raex.com>. How to use Linux and DOS and OS/2 and Win95 together. Updated 11 November 1997.
Install From ZIP mini-HOWTO, by Kevin Snively <k.snively@seaslug.org>. How to install Linux from a parallel port ZIP drive. Updated 29 April 1998.
Loadlin+Win95 mini-HOWTO, by Chris Fischer <protek@brigadoon.com>. How to use Linux and Windows95 together, using loadlin. Updated 9 November 1998.
LILO mini-HOWTO, by Alessandro Rubini <rubini@linux.it>. Examples of typical LILO installations. Updated 16 August 1998.
Large Disk mini-HOWTO, by Andries Brouwer <aeb@cwi.nl>. How to use disks with > 1024 cylinders. Updated 18 May 1998.
Linux+NT-Loader mini-HOWTO, by Bernd Reichert <reichert@dial.eunet.ch>. How to use Linux and the Windows NT boot loader together. Updated 2 September 1997.
Linux+Win95 mini-HOWTO, by Jonathan Katz <jkatz@in.net>. How to use Linux and Windows95 together. Updated 26 October 1996.
Multiboot using LILO mini-HOWTO, by Renzo Zanelli <rzanelli@southeast.net>. Howto multiboot between Windows 95, Windows NT, and Linux. Updated 26 March 1998.
Kerneld mini-HOWTO, by Henrik Storner <storner@osiris.ping.dk>. How to use 'kerneld' (dynamic module loading). Updated 19 July 1997.
ZIP Install mini-HOWTO, by John Wiggins <jwiggins@comp.uark.edu>. How to install Linux onto a ZIP drive. Updated 26 January 1998.
ZIP Drive mini-HOWTO, by Kyle Dansie <dansie@ibm.net>. Provides a quick reference quide on setting up and using the Iomega ZIP drive with Linux. Updated 26 August 1998.

Configuration

Config HOWTO, by Guido Gonzato <guido@ibogfs.cineca.it>. How to fine-tune and customize your Linux system. Updated 10 April 1998.
Path mini-HOWTO, by Esa Turtiainen <etu@dna.fi>. How to use the PATH environment variable. Updated 15 November 1997.
Bash Prompt HOWTO by Giles Orr <giles@interlog.com>. Creating and controlling
terminal and xterm prompts. Updated 1 December 1998 .
DOS/Win to Linux HOWTO, by Guido Gonzato <guido@ibogfs.cineca.it>. How to move from DOS/Windows to Linux. Updated 15 April 1998.
xterm Title mini-HOWTO, by Ric Lister <ric@giccs.georgetown.edu>. How to put strings into the titlebar of an xterm. Updated 7 January 1998.
Tips HOWTO, by Paul Anderson <paul@geeky1.ebtech.net>. HOWTO on miscellaneous tips and tricks for Linux. Updated June 1998.
Clock mini-HOWTO, by Ron Bean <rbean@execpc.com>. How to set and keep your clock on time. Updated December 1996.

Backup&Recovery

Ext2fs Undeletion mini-HOWTO, by Aaron Crane <aaronc@pobox.com>. How to retrieve deleted files from an ext2 filesystem. Updated 4 August 1997.
Ftape HOWTO, by Kevin Johnson <kjj@pobox.com>. Information on ftape drive compatibility with Linux. Updated August 1998.
Partition Rescue mini-HOWTO, by Rolf Klausen <rolfk@romsdal.vgs.no>. How to rescue deleted Linux partitions. Updated 22 October 1997.

Upgrades

Update mini-HOWTO, by Stein Gjoen <sgjoen@nyx.net>. How to stay updated about Linux development. Updated 3 February 1998.
Upgrade mini-HOWTO, by Greg Louis <glouis@dynamicro.on.ca>. How to upgrade your Linux distribution. Updated 6 June 1996.
Kernel HOWTO, by Brian Ward <ward@blah.math.tu-graz.ac.at>. Upgrading and compiling the Linux kernel. Updated 26 May 1997.
RPM HOWTO, by Donnie Barnes <djb@redhat.com>. How to use the Red Hat Package Manager (.rpm). Updated 8 April 1997.
Hard Disk Upgrade mini-HOWTO, by Yves Bellefeuille <yan@ottawa.com>. How to copy a Linux system from one hard disk to another. Updated 31 January 1998.
RPM+Slackware mini-HOWTO, by Dave Whitinger <dave@whitinger.net>. How to install the Red Hat Package Manager (RPM) under Slackware. Updated 13 April 1998.

Hardware

CDROM HOWTO, by Jeff Tranter <jeff_tranter@pobox.com>. Information on CDROM drive compatibility for Linux. Updated 23 January 1998.
Ethernet HOWTO, by Paul Gortmaker <gpg109@rsphy1.anu.edu.au>. Information on Ethernet hardware compatibility for Linux. Updated 6 July 1998.
ZIP Drive mini-HOWTO, by Kyle Dansie <dansie@ibm.net>. 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 <bf347@lafn.org>. How on use serial devices (modems, terminals) with Linux. Updated July 1998.
Busmouse HOWTO, by Chris Bagwell <cbagwell@sprynet.com>. Information on bus mouse compatibility with Linux. Updated 15 June 1998.
Hardware Compatibility HOWTO, by Patrick Reijnen <antispam.patrickr@antispam.bart.nl>. A list of hardware known to work with Linux. Updated 30 July 1998.
PCI HOWTO, by Michael Will <Michael.Will@student.uni-tuebingen.de>. Information on PCI-architecture compatibility with Linux. Updated 30 March 1997.
CD Writing HOWTO, by Winfried Trümper <winni@xpilot.org>. How to write CDs. Updated 16 December 1997.
PCMCIA HOWTO, by Dave Hinds <dhinds@allegro.stanford.edu>. How to install and use PCMCIA Card Services. Updated 13 August 1998.
Optical Disk HOWTO, by Skip Rye <Skip_Rye@faneuil.com>. How to use optical disk drives with Linux. Updated 1 September 1998.
Plug and Play HOWTO, by David Lawyer <bf347@lafn.org>. How to get your Linux system to support Plug-and-Play. Updated November 1998.
Sound HOWTO, by Jeff Tranter <jeff_tranter@pobox.com>. Sound hardware and software for the Linux operating system. Updated 23 January 1998.
Cable Modem mini-HOWTO, by Vladimir Vuksan <vuksan@veus.hr>. How to use a cable modem with a cable ISP. Updated 10 October 1998.
UPS HOWTO, by Harvey J. Stein <abel@netvision.net.il>. 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

Linux Network Drivers -- excellent source if your card was not recognized

Ethernet HOWTO, by Paul Gortmaker <gpg109@rsphy1.anu.edu.au>. Information on Ethernet hardware compatibility for Linux. Updated 6 July 1998.

Linux NET-3-HOWTO

IP Masquerading mini-HOWTO

Kernel HOWTO, by Brian Ward <ward@blah.math.tu-graz.ac.at>. Upgrading and compiling the Linux kernel. Updated 26 May 1997.

Net

NET-3 HOWTO, by Terry Dawson <terry@perf.no.itg.telecom.com.au>. Howto configure TCP/IP networking under Linux. Updated August 1998.
Networking Overview HOWTO, by Daniel López Ridruejo <ridruejo@esi.us.es>. 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 <gpg109@rsphy1.anu.edu.au>. Information on Ethernet hardware compatibility for Linux. Updated 6 July 1998.
ISP Hookup HOWTO, by Egil Kvaleberg <egil@kvaleberg.no>. Basic introduction to hooking up to an ISP. Updated 5 March 1998.
ISP Connectivity mini-HOWTO, by Michael Strates <mstrates@croftj.net>. How to get mail and news over a dialup connection. Updated 6 November 1997.
DNS HOWTO, by Nicolai Langfeldt <janl@math.uio.no>. How to set up DNS. Updated 12 November 1998.
DHCP mini-HOWTO, by Vladimir Vuksan <vuksan@veus.hr>. How to setup a DHCP Server and Client. Updated 14 November 1998.
Firewall HOWTO, by Mark Grennan <markg@netplus.net>. How to set up a firewall using Linux. Updated 8 November 1996.
IPCHAINS HOWTO, by Paul Russell <Paul.Russell@rustcorp.com.au>. Install and configure the enhanced IP firewalling chains software. Updated 27 October 1998.
IPX HOWTO, by Terry Dawson <terry@perf.no.itg.telecom.com.au>. How to install and configure IPX networking. Updated 06 May 1998.
Intranet Server HOWTO, by Pramod Karnad <karnad@indiamail.com>. How to setup a Linux Intranet server. Updated 7 August 1997.
Mail HOWTO, by Guylhem Aznar <guylhem@danmark.linux.eu.org>. Information on electronic mail servers and clients. Updated January 1998.
Multicast HOWTO, by Juan-Mariano de Goyeneche <jmseyas@dit.upm.es>. This HOWTO tries to cover most aspects related to multicast over TCP/IP networks. Updated 20 March 1998.
NFS HOWTO, by Nicolai Langfeldt <janl@math.uio.no>. How to set up NFS clients and servers. Updated 3 November 1997.
NIS HOWTO, by Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@vt.uni-paderborn.de>. Information on using NIS/YP on Linux systems. Updated 12 June 1998.
PPP HOWTO, by Robert Hart <hartr@interweft.com.au>. Information on using PPP networking with Linux. Updated 31 March 1997.
SMB HOWTO, by David Wood <dwood@plugged.net.au>. How to use the Session Message Block (SMB) protocol with Linux. Updated 10 August 1996.
UUCP HOWTO, by Guylhem Aznar <guylhem@danmark.linux.eu.org>. Information on UUCP software for Linux. Updated 6 February 1998.
Bridge mini-HOWTO, by Chris Cole <cole@lynkmedia.com>. How to setup an ethernet bridge. Updated 7 September 1998.
Bridge+Firewall mini-HOWTO, by Peter Breuer <ptb@it.uc3m.es>. How to setup and ethernet bridge and firewall. Updated 19 December 1997.
IP Alias mini-HOWTO, by Harish Pillay <h.pillay@ieee.org>. How to use IP aliasing. Updated 13 January 1997.
IP Masquerade mini-HOWTO, by Ambrose Au <ambrose@writeme.com>. How to use IP masquerading. Updated 10 November 1997.
IP Subnetworking mini-HOWTO, by Robert Hart <hartr@interweft.com.au>. Why and how to subnetwork an IP network. Updated 31 March 1997.

Lang

Assembly HOWTO, by François-René Rideau <rideau@ens.fr>. Information on programming in x86 assembly. Updated 16 November 1997.
Benchmarking HOWTO, by André D. Balsa <andrewbalsa@usa.net>. How to do basic benchmarking. Updated 15 August 1997.
GCC HOWTO, by Daniel Barlow <daniel.barlow@linux.org>. How to set up the GNU C compiler and development libraries. Updated 28 February 1996.
Glibc2 HOWTO, by Eric Green <ejg3@cornell.edu>. How to install and migrate to the glibc2 library. Updated 8 February 1998.
Java-CGI HOWTO, by David H. Silber <dhs@orbits.com>. How to set up Java-capable CGI bin. Updated 18 November 1996.
TclTk HOWTO, by Luca Rossetti <lukaros@tin.it>. Describes the Linux approach to Tcl, a scripting language..
SCSI Programming HOWTO, by Heiko Eissfeldt <heiko@colossus.escape.de>. Information on programming the generic Linux SCSI interface. Updated 7 May 1996.
Serial Programming HOWTO, by Peter H. Baumann <Peter.Baumann@dlr.de>. How to use serial ports in programs. Updated 22 January 1998.
IO Port Programming mini-HOWTO, by Riku Saikkonen <Riku.Saikkonen@hut.fi>. How to use I/O ports in C programs. Updated 28 December 1997.

Document processing

LinuxDoc+Emacs+Ispell HOWTO, by Philippe Martin <feloy@wanadoo.fr>. Assist writers and translators of Linux HOWTOs or any other paper for the Linux Documentation Project. Updated 27 February 1998.
Printing HOWTO, by Grant Taylor <gtaylor+pht@picante.com>. HOWTO on printing software for Linux. Updated 6 June 1998.
Printing Usage HOWTO, by Mark Komarinski <markk@auratek.com>. How to use the printing system for a variety of file types and options. Updated 6 February 1998.
teTeX HOWTO, by Robert Kiesling <kiesling@terracom.net>. How to install the teTeX package (TeX and LaTeX) under Linux. Updated 9 November 1998.
Man Page mini-HOWTO, by Jens Schweikhardt <schweikh@noc.dfn.de>. How to write man pages. Updated July 1998.

DOS

DOS/Win to Linux HOWTO, by Guido Gonzato <guido@ibogfs.cineca.it>. How to move from DOS/Windows to Linux. Updated 15 April 1998.
Linux+DOS+Win95+OS2 mini-HOWTO, by Mike Harlan <r3mdh@raex.com>. How to use Linux and DOS and OS/2 and Win95 together. Updated 11 November 1997.
DOSEMU HOWTO, by Uwe Bonnes <bon@elektron.ikp.physik.th-darmstadt.de>. HOWTO about the Linux MS-DOS Emulator, DOSEMU. Updated 15 March 1997 for dosemu-0.64.4 (in progress).
Backup with MSDOS mini-HOWTO, by Christopher Neufeld <neufeld@physics.utoronto.ca>. How to backup Linux machines with MSDOS. Updated 5 August 1997.
Linux+NT-Loader mini-HOWTO, by Bernd Reichert <reichert@dial.eunet.ch>. How to use Linux and the Windows NT boot loader together. Updated 2 September 1997.
Linux+Win95 mini-HOWTO, by Jonathan Katz <jkatz@in.net>. How to use Linux and Windows95 together. Updated 26 October 1996.

Database

Oracle HOWTO, by Paul Haigh <paul@nailed.demon.co.uk>. How to setup Oracle as a database server. Updated 4 August 1998.
WWW mSQL HOWTO, by Oliver Corff <corff@zedat.fu-berlin.de>. How to set up a web server database with mSQL. Updated 17 September 1997.
PostgreSQL HOWTO, by Al Dev (Alavoor Vasudevan) <aldev@hotmail.com>. How to setup PostgreSQL as a database server. Updated 24 November 1998.

WWW

WWW HOWTO, by Wayne Leister <n3mtr@qis.net>. How to set up WWW clients and servers. Updated 19 November 1997.
Virtual Services HOWTO, by Brian Ackerman <brian@nycrc.net>. How to set up virtual hosting services. Updated 15 August 1998.

X

XFree86 HOWTO, by Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com>. How to obtain, install, and configure XFree86 3.2 (X11R6). Updated 27 October 1998.
XFree86 Video Timings HOWTO, by Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com>. How to compose a mode line for XFree86. Updated 20 February 1998.
X Big Cursor mini-HOWTO, by Joerg Schneider <schneid@ira.uka.de>. How to use enlarged cursors with XWindows. Updated 11 August 1997.
XFree86-XInside mini-HOWTO, by Marco Melgazzi <marco@techie.com>. How to convert XFree86 to XInside modelines. Updated September 1997.
Here are some useful programs for debugging:
- SuperProbe -- attempts to determine your video hardware
- Xconfigurator -- creates /etc/X11/XF86Config
- xf86config -- another program to create XF86Config

Security

Security HOWTO, by Kevin Fenzi <kevin@scrye.com>. General overview of security issues. Updated 1 May 1998.
Shadow Password HOWTO, by Michael H. Jackson <mhjack@tscnet.com>. How to obtain, install, and configure shadow passwords. Updated 3 April 1996.
Cipe+Masquerading mini-HOWTO, by Anthony Ciaravalo <acj@home.com>. How to setup a Virtual Private Network between your LAN and other LAN's using cipe through linux masquerading firewall machines. Updated 28 October 1998.
Bridge+Firewall mini-HOWTO, by Peter Breuer <ptb@it.uc3m.es>. How to setup and ethernet bridge and firewall. Updated 19 December 1997.
VPN mini-HOWTO, by Árpád Magosányi <mag@bunuel.tii.matav.hu>. How to set up a VPN (Virtual Private Network). Updated 7 August 1997.
Secure POP via SSH mini-HOWTO, by Manish Singh <yosh@gimp.org>. How to set up secure POP connections using ssh. Updated 30 September 1998.
Term Firewall mini-HOWTO, by Barak Pearlmutter <bap@cs.unm.edu>. How to use 'term' over a firewall. Updated 15 July 1997.

Suits

StarOffice mini-HOWTO, by Matthew Borowski <mkb@poboxes.com>. Information on installing the StarOffice suite. Updated 2 June 1998.

Etc

Beowulf HOWTO, by Jacek Radajewski <jacek@usq.edu.au> 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 <winni@xpilot.org>. How to write CDs. Updated 16 December 1997.
Commercial HOWTO, by Martin Michlmayr <tbm@cyrius.com>. Listing of commercial software products for Linux. Updated 21 September 1998.
ELF HOWTO, by Daniel Barlow <daniel.barlow@linux.org>. How to install and migrate to the ELF binary file format. Updated 14 July 1996.
Ftape HOWTO, by Kevin Johnson <kjj@pobox.com>. Information on ftape drive compatibility with Linux. Updated August 1998.
META-FAQ, by Michael K. Johnson <johnsonm@redhat.com>. A listing of Linux sources of information. Updated 25 October 1997.
PalmOS HOWTO, by David H. Silber <pilot@orbits.com>. How to use your Palm OS device with a Linux system. Updated 20 September 1998.
Parallel Processing HOWTO, by Hank Dietz <pplinux@ecn.purdue.edu>. Discussion of parallel processing approaches for Linux. Updated 5 January 1998.
Root RAID HOWTO, by Michael A. Robinton <michael@bzs.org>. How to create a root-mounted RAID filesystem. Updated 25 March 1998.
Sound Playing HOWTO, by Yoo C. Chung <wacko@laplace.snu.ac.kr>. How to play various sound formats under Linux. Updated 23 January 1998.
Tips HOWTO, by Paul Anderson <paul@geeky1.ebtech.net>. HOWTO on miscellaneous tips and tricks for Linux. Updated June 1998.
UMSDOS HOWTO, by Jacques Gelinas <jacques@solucorp.qc.ca>. How to install and use the UMSDOS filesystem. Updated 13 November 1995.
UPS HOWTO, by Harvey J. Stein <abel@netvision.net.il>. Information on using a UPS power supply with Linux. Updated 18 November 1997.

mini-HOWTOs

The following mini-HOWTOs are available:

Apache SSL PHP/FI frontpage mini-HOWTO, by Marcus Faure <marcus@faure.de>. Build a multipurpose webserver. Updated July 1998.
Battery Powered mini-HOWTO, by Hanno Mueller <hanno@lava.de>. How to reduce a Linux system's power consumption. Updated 21 December 1997.
BogoMips mini-HOWTO, by Wim C.A. van Dorst <baron@clifton.hobby.nl>. Information about BogoMips. Updated 13 December 1997.
Bzip2 mini-HOWTO, by David Fetter <dfetter@best.com>. How to use the new bzip2 compression program. Updated 29 June 1998.
Colour ls mini-HOWTO, by Thorbjoern Ravn Andersen <ravn@dit.ou.dk>. How to set up the colours with 'ls'. Updated 7 August 1997.
Cyrus IMAP mini-HOWTO, by Kevin Mitchell <kevin@iserv.net>. How to install the Cyrus IMAP server. Updated 21 January 1998.
DPT Hardware RAID mini-HOWTO, by Ram Samudrala <me@ram.org>. How to configure hardware RAID. Updated 15 December 1997.
Diald mini-HOWTO, by Harish Pillay <h.pillay@ieee.org>. How to use 'diald' to dial an ISP. Updated 3 June 1996.
Diskless mini-HOWTO, by Robert Nemkin <buci@math.klte.hu>. How to set up a diskless Linux box. Updated 12 September 1996.
Fax Server mini-HOWTO, by Erez Strauss <erez@newplaces.com>. How to setup a fax server. Update 8 November 1997.
Firewall Piercing mini-HOWTO, by François-René Rideau <rideau@ens.fr>. Using ppp over telnet transparently through an Internet firewall. Updated 22 August 1998.
GIS-GRASS mini-HOWTO, by David A. Hastings <dah@ngdc.noaa.gov>. How to install Geographic Information System (GIS) software. Updated 13 November 1997.
GTEK BBS-550 mini-HOWTO, by Wajihuddin Ahmed <wahmed@sdnpk.undp.org>. How to setup the GTEK BBS-550 multiport board with Linux. Updated 20 August 1997.
LBX mini-HOWTO, by Paul D. Smith <psmith@baynetworks.com>. How to use Low-Bandwidth X (LBX). Updated 11 December 1997.
Leased Line mini-HOWTO, by Rob van der Putten <rob@sput.webster.nl>. How to setup leased line modems. Updated July 1998.
Linux+FreeBSD mini-HOWTO, by Niels Kristian Bech Jensen <nkbj@image.dk> How to use Linux and FreeBSD together. Updated 18 June 1998.
Mac Terminal mini-HOWTO, by Robert Kiesling <kiesling@terracom.net>. How to use an Apple Macintosh as a serial terminal. Updated 9 November 1997.
Mail Queue mini-HOWTO, by Leif Erlingsson <leif@lege.com>. How to queue remote mail and deliver local mail. Updated 3 September 1997.
Mail2News mini-HOWTO, by Robert Hart <iweft@ipax.com.au>. How to set up a mail to news gateway. Updated 4 November 1996.
Modules mini-HOWTO, by Riley H. Williams <rhw@bigfoot.com>. How to setup and configure kernel modules. Updated 14 November 1997.
NCD X Terminal mini-HOWTO, by Ian Hodge <ihodge@nortel.ca>. Describes how to connect an NCD X terminal to a UNIX host. Updated 3 April 1998.
NFS-Root mini-HOWTO, by Andreas Kostyrka <andreas@ag.or.at>. How to set up diskless Linux machines. Updated 8 August 1997.
NFS-Root-Client mini-HOWTO, by Ofer Maor <ofer@hadar.co.il>. How to set up diskless Linux machines using NFS. Updated 1 July 1997.
Netrom-Node mini-HOWTO, by Karl Larsen <k5di@yahoo.com>. 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 <sarma@usa.net>. How to set up a proxy server for Netscape. Updated 15 August 1997.
Netstation mini-HOWTO, by Kris Buytaert <Kris.Buytaert@advalvas.be>. 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 <sutok@gmx.de>. How to set up a leaf news site. Updated 4 January 1998.
Offline Mailing mini-HOWTO, by Gunther Voet <freaker@tuc.ml.org>. How to set up email addresses without a dedicated Internet connection. Updated 4 June 1998.
PLIP mini-HOWTO, by Andrea Controzzi <controzz@cli.di.unipi.it>. How to set up PLIP (Parallel Line Interface Protocol). Updated 12 March 1998.
Process Accounting mini-HOWTO, by Albert M.C. Tam <bertie@scn.org>. How to set up process accounting. Updated 8 August 1997.
Proxy ARP Subnet mini-HOWTO, by Bob Edwards <bob@faceng.anu.edu.au>. How to use proxy ARP with subnetting. Updated August 1997.
Public Web Browser mini-HOWTO, by Donald B. Marti Jr. <dmarti@best.com>. How to set up a guest account to use a WWW browser. Updated 5 January 1998.
Qmail+MH mini-HOWTO, by Christopher Richardson <rdn@tara.n.eunet.de>. How to install qmail and MH. Updated 5 March 1998.
Quota mini-HOWTO, by Albert M.C. Tam <bertie@scn.org>. How to set up disk quotas. Updated 8 August 1997.
RCS mini-HOWTO, by Robert Kiesling <kiesling@terracom.net>. How to use RCS (Revision Control System). Updated 14 August 1997.
RedHat CD mini-HOWTO, by Morten Kjeldgaard <mok@imsb.au.dk> Peter von der Ahé <pahe+rhcd@daimi.au.dk>. 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 <Marc.VuilleumierStuckelberg@cui.unige.ch>. How to set up a server-based boot selector. Updated June 1998.
Remote X Apps mini-HOWTO, by Vincent Zweije <zweije@xs4all.nl>. How to run remote X applications. Updated 14 July 1998.
SLIP-PPP Emulator mini-HOWTO, by Irish <irish@eskimo.com>. How to use SLIP-PPP emulators with Linux. Updated 7 August 1997.
Sendmail Address Rewrite mini-HOWTO, by Thomas Roessler <roessler@guug.de>. 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 <jamal@glcom.com>. How to use sendmail and UUCP together. Updated August 1998.
Software Building mini-HOWTO, by Mendel Leo Cooper <thegrendel@theriver.com>. How to build software packages. Updated 6 July 1998.
Software RAID mini-HOWTO, by Linas Vepstas <linas@fc.net>. How to configure software RAID. Updated 21 November 1998.
Soundblaster AWE mini-HOWTO, by Marcus Brinkmann <Marcus.Brinkmann@ruhr-uni-bochum.de>. How to install the Soundblaster AWE 32/64. Updated 11 January 1998.
TkRat mini-HOWTO, by Dave Whitinger <dave@whitinger.net>. How to install and use the TkRat mail program. Updated 2 February 1998.
Token Ring mini-HOWTO, by Mike Eckhoff <mike.e@emissary.aus-etc.com>. How to use token ring cards. Updated 7 January 1998.
Ultra-DMA mini-HOWTO, by Brion Vibber <brion@pobox.com>. How to use Ultra-DMA drives and controllers. Updated 6 July 1998.
Vesafb mini-HOWTO, by Alex Buell <alex.buell@tahallah.demon.co.uk>. How to use the vesafb device. Updated 2 August 1998.
Visual Bell mini-HOWTO, by Alessandro Rubini <rubini@linux.it>. How to disable audible bells, and enable visual bells. Updated 11 November 1997.
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