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一份很好的linux入门资料

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Okay,&nbsp;you've&nbsp;sold&nbsp;me&nbsp;on&nbsp;the&nbsp;idea.&nbsp;What&nbsp;next?
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The&nbsp;first&nbsp;thing&nbsp;you&nbsp;will&nbsp;need&nbsp;to&nbsp;do&nbsp;is&nbsp;pick&nbsp;a&nbsp;distribution.&nbsp;Linux&nbsp;is&nbsp;packaged&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>
as&nbsp;collections&nbsp;of&nbsp;programs,&nbsp;applications,&nbsp;utilities,&nbsp;and&nbsp;the
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operating&nbsp;system,&nbsp;by&nbsp;different&nbsp;people&nbsp;and&nbsp;vendors.&nbsp;These&nbsp;are&nbsp;called&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>
distributions.&nbsp;There&nbsp;are&nbsp;many,&nbsp;fine&nbsp;distributions&nbsp;out&nbsp;there,&nbsp;and
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choosing&nbsp;the&nbsp;&quot;right&quot;&nbsp;one&nbsp;is&nbsp;a&nbsp;nebulous&nbsp;process.&nbsp;This&nbsp;is&nbsp;somewhat&nbsp;analogous&nbsp;to&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>
picking&nbsp;the&nbsp;&quot;best&quot;&nbsp;vacation&nbsp;spot,&nbsp;or&nbsp;the&nbsp;&quot;best&quot;&nbsp;outfit
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to&nbsp;wear.&nbsp;
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I&nbsp;will&nbsp;be&nbsp;discussing&nbsp;the&nbsp;Slackware&nbsp;3.5,&nbsp;and&nbsp;RedHat&nbsp;5.1,&nbsp;as&nbsp;these&nbsp;are&nbsp;the&nbsp;ones&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>
I&nbsp;am&nbsp;familiar&nbsp;with.&nbsp;Many&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;descriptions&nbsp;and
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configuration&nbsp;options,&nbsp;most&nbsp;notably&nbsp;the&nbsp;autoprobing&nbsp;of&nbsp;PCI&nbsp;devices,&nbsp;and&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>
support&nbsp;for&nbsp;many&nbsp;newer&nbsp;video&nbsp;cards,&nbsp;are&nbsp;applicable
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ONLY&nbsp;to&nbsp;these&nbsp;distributions.&nbsp;All&nbsp;my&nbsp;comments&nbsp;and&nbsp;recommendations&nbsp;are&nbsp;just&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>
that&nbsp;-&nbsp;comments&nbsp;and&nbsp;recommendations.&nbsp;Your
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preferences&nbsp;may&nbsp;be&nbsp;entirely&nbsp;different.&nbsp;
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Slackware&nbsp;3.5&nbsp;
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The&nbsp;first&nbsp;distribution&nbsp;I&nbsp;ever&nbsp;used,&nbsp;and&nbsp;still&nbsp;my&nbsp;favorite.&nbsp;It&nbsp;has&nbsp;the&nbsp;option&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>
for&nbsp;either&nbsp;a&nbsp;Command&nbsp;Line&nbsp;Interface&nbsp;(CLI)&nbsp;install,&nbsp;or&nbsp;a
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Graphical&nbsp;User&nbsp;Interface&nbsp;(GUI)&nbsp;install.&nbsp;Uses&nbsp;Tarballs,&nbsp;or&nbsp;.tgz&nbsp;package&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>
format.&nbsp;I&nbsp;like&nbsp;this&nbsp;because&nbsp;I&nbsp;am&nbsp;not&nbsp;&quot;forced&quot;&nbsp;to&nbsp;install&nbsp;X&nbsp;just
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to&nbsp;use&nbsp;my&nbsp;system&nbsp;like&nbsp;some&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;other&nbsp;distributions&nbsp;(&nbsp;see&nbsp;below.)&nbsp;I&nbsp;am&nbsp;also&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>
given&nbsp;more&nbsp;control&nbsp;over&nbsp;what&nbsp;does&nbsp;and&nbsp;does&nbsp;not&nbsp;get
&nbsp;<BR>
installed.&nbsp;(Upgrade&nbsp;path&nbsp;is&nbsp;not&nbsp;too&nbsp;good.)&nbsp;Best&nbsp;for&nbsp;people&nbsp;who&nbsp;want&nbsp;to&nbsp;really&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>
learn&nbsp;about&nbsp;how&nbsp;the&nbsp;system&nbsp;works,&nbsp;and&nbsp;like&nbsp;installing
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and&nbsp;compiling&nbsp;their&nbsp;own&nbsp;software.&nbsp;A&nbsp;full&nbsp;install&nbsp;will&nbsp;eat&nbsp;up&nbsp;~400MB&nbsp;of&nbsp;disk&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>
space.&nbsp;
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RedHat&nbsp;5.1&nbsp;
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This&nbsp;is&nbsp;the&nbsp;current&nbsp;&quot;darling&quot;&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;commercial&nbsp;side&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;Linux&nbsp;community.&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>
Probably&nbsp;the&nbsp;easiest&nbsp;to&nbsp;install.&nbsp;Forces&nbsp;the&nbsp;installation
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of&nbsp;the&nbsp;X&nbsp;window&nbsp;system,&nbsp;whether&nbsp;you&nbsp;want&nbsp;it&nbsp;or&nbsp;not.&nbsp;Uses&nbsp;the&nbsp;RPM&nbsp;package&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>
format&nbsp;to&nbsp;ensure&nbsp;all&nbsp;packages&nbsp;and&nbsp;programs&nbsp;are
&nbsp;<BR>
installed&nbsp;correctly&nbsp;(sort&nbsp;of.)&nbsp;Upgrade&nbsp;path&nbsp;is&nbsp;good.&nbsp;Currently&nbsp;has&nbsp;the&nbsp;lion's&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>
share&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;media&nbsp;attention,&nbsp;and&nbsp;thus,&nbsp;application
&nbsp;<BR>
support.&nbsp;This&nbsp;is&nbsp;the&nbsp;one&nbsp;I&nbsp;recommend&nbsp;for&nbsp;people&nbsp;who&nbsp;want&nbsp;a&nbsp;working&nbsp;system&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>
quickly,&nbsp;and&nbsp;are&nbsp;less&nbsp;concerned&nbsp;about&nbsp;the&nbsp;internal
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workings&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;Operating&nbsp;System.&nbsp;A&nbsp;full&nbsp;install&nbsp;will&nbsp;eat&nbsp;up&nbsp;~600MB&nbsp;of&nbsp;disk&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>
space.&nbsp;
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I&nbsp;had&nbsp;originally&nbsp;intended&nbsp;to&nbsp;do&nbsp;an&nbsp;in-depth&nbsp;comparison&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;various&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>
distributions,&nbsp;but&nbsp;the&nbsp;August&nbsp;issue&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;Linux&nbsp;Journal&nbsp;just
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arrived&nbsp;in&nbsp;my&nbsp;mailbox&nbsp;today,&nbsp;and&nbsp;I&nbsp;see&nbsp;that&nbsp;Phil&nbsp;has&nbsp;beat&nbsp;me&nbsp;to&nbsp;it.&nbsp;I&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>
respectfully&nbsp;disagree&nbsp;with&nbsp;regard&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;Caldera&nbsp;Distribution.&nbsp;I
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am&nbsp;overwhelmed&nbsp;by&nbsp;it's&nbsp;cost,&nbsp;and&nbsp;underwhelmed&nbsp;by&nbsp;it's&nbsp;performance.&nbsp;Other&nbsp;than&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>
that,&nbsp;I&nbsp;would&nbsp;suggest&nbsp;you&nbsp;refer&nbsp;to&nbsp;his&nbsp;article&nbsp;for&nbsp;a
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more&nbsp;in-depth&nbsp;comparison.&nbsp;He&nbsp;has&nbsp;done&nbsp;an&nbsp;outstanding&nbsp;job,&nbsp;much&nbsp;better&nbsp;than&nbsp;I&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>
could&nbsp;have&nbsp;ever&nbsp;done.&nbsp;
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How&nbsp;do&nbsp;I&nbsp;get&nbsp;the&nbsp;software?
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Here&nbsp;you&nbsp;have&nbsp;several&nbsp;options.&nbsp;All&nbsp;the&nbsp;distributions&nbsp;I&nbsp;mention&nbsp;are&nbsp;freely&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>
available&nbsp;on&nbsp;the&nbsp;Internet&nbsp;for&nbsp;download.&nbsp;Additionally,
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RedHat,&nbsp;and&nbsp;Slackware&nbsp;are&nbsp;available&nbsp;for&nbsp;purchase,&nbsp;either&nbsp;directly&nbsp;from&nbsp;the&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>
manufacturers,&nbsp;or&nbsp;through&nbsp;third&nbsp;parties.&nbsp;Finally,&nbsp;some
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or&nbsp;all&nbsp;of&nbsp;them&nbsp;are&nbsp;often&nbsp;bundled&nbsp;with&nbsp;books&nbsp;on&nbsp;Linux&nbsp;or&nbsp;can&nbsp;be&nbsp;had&nbsp;at&nbsp;your&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>
local&nbsp;Linux&nbsp;User's&nbsp;Group's&nbsp;Install&nbsp;Party,&nbsp;an&nbsp;event
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where&nbsp;people&nbsp;bring&nbsp;in&nbsp;their&nbsp;computers&nbsp;and&nbsp;the&nbsp;hosts&nbsp;at&nbsp;your&nbsp;Linux&nbsp;users&nbsp;Group&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>
will&nbsp;install&nbsp;the&nbsp;software&nbsp;for&nbsp;you.&nbsp;
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IMPORTANT&nbsp;NOTE:&nbsp;While&nbsp;it&nbsp;is&nbsp;possible&nbsp;to&nbsp;install&nbsp;some&nbsp;of&nbsp;these&nbsp;distributions&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>
using&nbsp;FTP&nbsp;or&nbsp;NFS,&nbsp;I&nbsp;strongly&nbsp;urge&nbsp;you&nbsp;to&nbsp;acquire&nbsp;a
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CD-ROM&nbsp;for&nbsp;your&nbsp;first&nbsp;installation.&nbsp;See&nbsp;the&nbsp;resources&nbsp;section&nbsp;at&nbsp;the&nbsp;end&nbsp;of&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>
this&nbsp;document&nbsp;for&nbsp;vendors,&nbsp;or&nbsp;check&nbsp;your&nbsp;local&nbsp;book
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store.&nbsp;
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While&nbsp;an&nbsp;Install&nbsp;Party&nbsp;is&nbsp;probably&nbsp;the&nbsp;easiest&nbsp;method&nbsp;to&nbsp;get&nbsp;your&nbsp;system&nbsp;up&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>
and&nbsp;running,&nbsp;You&nbsp;will&nbsp;get&nbsp;more&nbsp;out&nbsp;of&nbsp;it&nbsp;by&nbsp;doing&nbsp;the
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installation&nbsp;yourself.&nbsp;Messing&nbsp;up,&nbsp;and&nbsp;doing&nbsp;it&nbsp;yourself&nbsp;is&nbsp;the&nbsp;best&nbsp;way&nbsp;to&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>
learn.&nbsp;
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What&nbsp;sort&nbsp;of&nbsp;planning&nbsp;should&nbsp;I&nbsp;do&nbsp;beforehand?
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Excellent&nbsp;question.&nbsp;Here&nbsp;are&nbsp;some&nbsp;things&nbsp;to&nbsp;consider:&nbsp;
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While&nbsp;it&nbsp;is&nbsp;possible&nbsp;and&nbsp;feasible&nbsp;to&nbsp;have&nbsp;multiple&nbsp;operating&nbsp;systems&nbsp;residing&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>
on&nbsp;one&nbsp;system,&nbsp;I&nbsp;recommend&nbsp;using&nbsp;a&nbsp;separate&nbsp;machine
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if&nbsp;possible,&nbsp;or&nbsp;at&nbsp;least&nbsp;a&nbsp;separate&nbsp;disk&nbsp;or&nbsp;disks&nbsp;on&nbsp;your&nbsp;machine&nbsp;just&nbsp;for&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>
Linux.&nbsp;
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This&nbsp;will&nbsp;give&nbsp;you&nbsp;the&nbsp;confidence&nbsp;to&nbsp;bang&nbsp;away&nbsp;at&nbsp;it,&nbsp;install&nbsp;multiple&nbsp;times,&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>
and&nbsp;decrease&nbsp;the&nbsp;chance&nbsp;of&nbsp;harming&nbsp;your&nbsp;primary&nbsp;OS&nbsp;or
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data.&nbsp;Also,&nbsp;in&nbsp;later&nbsp;installments,&nbsp;I&nbsp;will&nbsp;show&nbsp;you&nbsp;how&nbsp;to&nbsp;make&nbsp;this&nbsp;machine&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>
do&nbsp;all&nbsp;kinds&nbsp;of&nbsp;neat&nbsp;tricks,&nbsp;like&nbsp;serve&nbsp;up&nbsp;your&nbsp;Internet
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connection,&nbsp;store&nbsp;files&nbsp;and&nbsp;applications,&nbsp;even&nbsp;become&nbsp;the&nbsp;starting&nbsp;point&nbsp;for&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>
your&nbsp;own&nbsp;home&nbsp;network.&nbsp;
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I'm&nbsp;not&nbsp;rich,&nbsp;where&nbsp;can&nbsp;I&nbsp;find&nbsp;a&nbsp;cheap&nbsp;machine&nbsp;like&nbsp;you&nbsp;mention?
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Check&nbsp;around&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;paper,&nbsp;your&nbsp;local&nbsp;Linux&nbsp;user&nbsp;group,&nbsp;your&nbsp;place&nbsp;of&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>
employment&nbsp;or&nbsp;even&nbsp;your&nbsp;local&nbsp;community&nbsp;college&nbsp;for&nbsp;one
&nbsp;<BR>
of&nbsp;those&nbsp;&quot;old&quot;&nbsp;machines.&nbsp;They&nbsp;can&nbsp;often&nbsp;be&nbsp;had&nbsp;at&nbsp;little&nbsp;or&nbsp;no&nbsp;cost.&nbsp;
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What&nbsp;we&nbsp;are&nbsp;aiming&nbsp;for&nbsp;here&nbsp;is&nbsp;maximizing&nbsp;your&nbsp;chances&nbsp;for&nbsp;a&nbsp;successful&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>
installation,&nbsp;there&nbsp;will&nbsp;be&nbsp;plenty&nbsp;of&nbsp;time&nbsp;for&nbsp;you&nbsp;to&nbsp;learn
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the&nbsp;more&nbsp;esoteric&nbsp;methods&nbsp;as&nbsp;your&nbsp;Unix&nbsp;skills&nbsp;increase.&nbsp;
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If&nbsp;at&nbsp;all&nbsp;possible&nbsp;try&nbsp;to&nbsp;get&nbsp;a&nbsp;separate&nbsp;machine,&nbsp;preferably&nbsp;with&nbsp;two&nbsp;Hard&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>
Disk&nbsp;Drives,&nbsp;and&nbsp;an&nbsp;ATAPI&nbsp;compliant&nbsp;CD-ROM.&nbsp;
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That&nbsp;sounds&nbsp;like&nbsp;a&nbsp;lot&nbsp;of&nbsp;trouble.&nbsp;Can't&nbsp;I&nbsp;just&nbsp;try&nbsp;it&nbsp;out&nbsp;without&nbsp;all&nbsp;that&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>
extra&nbsp;stuff?
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If&nbsp;you&nbsp;absolutely&nbsp;must&nbsp;disregard&nbsp;my&nbsp;warnings,&nbsp;and&nbsp;intend&nbsp;to&nbsp;try&nbsp;out&nbsp;Linux&nbsp;on&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>
your&nbsp;primary&nbsp;machine,&nbsp;BACKUP&nbsp;ANYTHING
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YOU&nbsp;CAN&nbsp;NOT&nbsp;AFFORD&nbsp;TO&nbsp;LOSE&nbsp;ONTO&nbsp;FLOPPY&nbsp;DISK,&nbsp;TAPE,&nbsp;OR&nbsp;WHATEVER&nbsp;BACKUP&nbsp;DEVICE&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>
YOU
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PRESENTLY&nbsp;USE.&nbsp;IF&nbsp;YOU&nbsp;DON'T&nbsp;HAVE&nbsp;ONE,&nbsp;PUT&nbsp;THIS&nbsp;DOWN&nbsp;AND&nbsp;GO&nbsp;GET&nbsp;ONE!&nbsp;YOU&nbsp;HAVE&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>
BEEN&nbsp;WARNED.
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Consider&nbsp;the&nbsp;Slackware&nbsp;distribution.&nbsp;It&nbsp;offers&nbsp;the&nbsp;option&nbsp;of&nbsp;running&nbsp;directly&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>
off&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;CD-ROM.&nbsp;
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Okay,&nbsp;I&nbsp;have&nbsp;the&nbsp;machine&nbsp;or&nbsp;extra&nbsp;disk(s),&nbsp;what&nbsp;next?
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If&nbsp;you&nbsp;have&nbsp;not&nbsp;acquired&nbsp;a&nbsp;separate&nbsp;machine,&nbsp;refer&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;warning&nbsp;above.&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>
BACKUP&nbsp;ANYTHING&nbsp;YOU&nbsp;CANNOT&nbsp;AFFORD
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TO&nbsp;LOSE.&nbsp;
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The&nbsp;first&nbsp;thing&nbsp;you&nbsp;will&nbsp;need&nbsp;to&nbsp;do&nbsp;is&nbsp;create&nbsp;your&nbsp;boot&nbsp;disk,&nbsp;and&nbsp;in&nbsp;some&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>
cases,&nbsp;a&nbsp;root&nbsp;or&nbsp;supplemental&nbsp;disk.&nbsp;
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If&nbsp;you&nbsp;purchased&nbsp;the&nbsp;commercial&nbsp;distribution&nbsp;of&nbsp;RedHat,&nbsp;the&nbsp;required&nbsp;disks&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>
should&nbsp;already&nbsp;be&nbsp;included.&nbsp;The&nbsp;commercial&nbsp;version&nbsp;of
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Slackware&nbsp;should&nbsp;be&nbsp;bootable&nbsp;directly&nbsp;from&nbsp;the&nbsp;CD-ROM&nbsp;on&nbsp;newer&nbsp;systems.&nbsp;
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If&nbsp;you&nbsp;obtained&nbsp;the&nbsp;software&nbsp;bundled&nbsp;with&nbsp;a&nbsp;book,&nbsp;you&nbsp;will&nbsp;probably&nbsp;need&nbsp;to&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>
create&nbsp;the&nbsp;disk&nbsp;or&nbsp;disks&nbsp;yourself.&nbsp;
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You&nbsp;will&nbsp;need&nbsp;one&nbsp;or&nbsp;two&nbsp;DOS&nbsp;formatted&nbsp;disks&nbsp;for&nbsp;this.&nbsp;
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What&nbsp;boot&nbsp;image&nbsp;you&nbsp;need&nbsp;will&nbsp;depend&nbsp;on&nbsp;which&nbsp;distribution&nbsp;you&nbsp;are&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>
installing.&nbsp;
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For&nbsp;RedHat,&nbsp;look&nbsp;for&nbsp;the&nbsp;/images&nbsp;directory,&nbsp;which&nbsp;should&nbsp;contain&nbsp;two&nbsp;files&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>
named&nbsp;boot.img&nbsp;and&nbsp;supp.img.&nbsp;Normally&nbsp;only&nbsp;the
&nbsp;<BR>
boot.img&nbsp;disk&nbsp;will&nbsp;be&nbsp;required.&nbsp;
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For&nbsp;Slackware,&nbsp;look&nbsp;for&nbsp;a&nbsp;directory&nbsp;called&nbsp;/bootdsks.144,&nbsp;and&nbsp;another&nbsp;called&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>
/rootdsks.&nbsp;Unless&nbsp;you&nbsp;have&nbsp;something&nbsp;other&nbsp;than&nbsp;IDE
&nbsp;<BR>
devices&nbsp;in&nbsp;your&nbsp;machine,&nbsp;the&nbsp;bare.i&nbsp;image&nbsp;is&nbsp;the&nbsp;one&nbsp;you&nbsp;will&nbsp;be&nbsp;looking&nbsp;for&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>
as&nbsp;your&nbsp;boot&nbsp;disk.&nbsp;In&nbsp;the&nbsp;rootdsks&nbsp;directory,&nbsp;you&nbsp;will
&nbsp;<BR>
need&nbsp;the&nbsp;color.gz&nbsp;image&nbsp;for&nbsp;your&nbsp;root&nbsp;disk.&nbsp;
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The&nbsp;method&nbsp;used&nbsp;for&nbsp;creating&nbsp;your&nbsp;boot&nbsp;and/or&nbsp;root&nbsp;disks&nbsp;will&nbsp;depend&nbsp;on&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>
whether&nbsp;you&nbsp;are&nbsp;using&nbsp;a&nbsp;Linux&nbsp;(or&nbsp;Unix)&nbsp;machine,&nbsp;or&nbsp;a
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DOS&nbsp;based&nbsp;machine.&nbsp;
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If&nbsp;you&nbsp;are&nbsp;on&nbsp;a&nbsp;DOS&nbsp;based&nbsp;machine,&nbsp;I.E.&nbsp;Windows&nbsp;3.x,&nbsp;Windows&nbsp;95,&nbsp;Windows&nbsp;98&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>
or&nbsp;Windows&nbsp;NT,&nbsp;you&nbsp;will&nbsp;need&nbsp;to&nbsp;use
&nbsp;<BR>
RAWRITE.EXE&nbsp;to&nbsp;create&nbsp;your&nbsp;images.&nbsp;This&nbsp;program&nbsp;should&nbsp;be&nbsp;included&nbsp;either&nbsp;in&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>
the&nbsp;same&nbsp;place&nbsp;as&nbsp;the&nbsp;images&nbsp;we&nbsp;just&nbsp;discussed,
&nbsp;<BR>
or&nbsp;under&nbsp;an&nbsp;/install,&nbsp;or&nbsp;/dosutils&nbsp;directory&nbsp;in&nbsp;some&nbsp;cases.&nbsp;
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You&nbsp;will&nbsp;need&nbsp;to&nbsp;open&nbsp;a&nbsp;command&nbsp;prompt&nbsp;(sometimes&nbsp;called&nbsp;a&nbsp;DOS&nbsp;box)&nbsp;on&nbsp;your&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>
machine,&nbsp;or&nbsp;exit&nbsp;windows&nbsp;to&nbsp;get&nbsp;to&nbsp;the
&nbsp;<BR>
command&nbsp;prompt.&nbsp;
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Then&nbsp;type:&nbsp;RAWRITE&nbsp;&lt;enter&gt;&nbsp;You&nbsp;will&nbsp;be&nbsp;asked&nbsp;for&nbsp;the&nbsp;source&nbsp;file&nbsp;name:bare.i&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>
&lt;enter&gt;&nbsp;
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You&nbsp;will&nbsp;next&nbsp;be&nbsp;asked&nbsp;for&nbsp;your&nbsp;target&nbsp;drive:&nbsp;A:&nbsp;&lt;enter&gt;&nbsp;
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If&nbsp;the&nbsp;program&nbsp;errors&nbsp;out,&nbsp;and&nbsp;complains&nbsp;about&nbsp;&quot;Attempting&nbsp;to&nbsp;DMA&nbsp;across&nbsp;64k&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>
boundary,&quot;&nbsp;FTP&nbsp;to&nbsp;sunsite.unc.edu,&nbsp;then&nbsp;cd&nbsp;to:&nbsp;
&nbsp;<BR>

&nbsp;<BR>
/pub/Linux/distributions/redhat/redhat-5.1/i386/dosutils/&nbsp;
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And&nbsp;retrieve&nbsp;the&nbsp;version&nbsp;of&nbsp;RAWRITE&nbsp;there.&nbsp;It&nbsp;will&nbsp;be&nbsp;smaller&nbsp;than&nbsp;the&nbsp;one&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>
you&nbsp;were&nbsp;using&nbsp;(~14k,)&nbsp;and&nbsp;the&nbsp;problem&nbsp;should&nbsp;go
&nbsp;<BR>
away.&nbsp;As&nbsp;I&nbsp;recall&nbsp;this&nbsp;is&nbsp;only&nbsp;an&nbsp;issue&nbsp;on&nbsp;NT&nbsp;and&nbsp;possibly&nbsp;Windows&nbsp;98&nbsp;boxes.&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>

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