Slackware Linux Basics - Huihoo

Table of Contents
1. About this book .............................................................................................................................. 5
1.1. Availability ......................................................................................................................... 5
1.2. Conventions ........................................................................................................................ 5
2. An introduction to Slackware Linux ................................................................................................... 7
2.1. What is Linux? .................................................................................................................... 7
2.2. What is GNU/Linux? ............................................................................................................ 7
2.3. What is Slackware Linux? ..................................................................................................... 7
2.4. The UNIX philosophy ........................................................................................................... 8
2.5. Free and open source software ................................................................................................ 8
2.6. Slackware Linux 12.0 features ................................................................................................ 8
2.7. Getting Slackware Linux ....................................................................................................... 9
3. Sources of help ............................................................................................................................. 11
3.1. On your system .................................................................................................................. 11
3.2. On the Internet ................................................................................................................... 12
4. General concepts ........................................................................................................................... 15
4.1. Multitasking ....................................................................................................................... 15
4.2. Filesystem hierarchy ............................................................................................................ 16
4.3. Devices ............................................................................................................................. 17
5. Installing Slackware Linux .............................................................................................................. 19
5.1. Booting the installation CD-ROM .......................................................................................... 19
5.2. Partitioning a hard disk ........................................................................................................ 20
5.3. Installing Slackware Linux ................................................................................................... 21
6. Custom installation ........................................................................................................................ 43
6.1. Partitioning a hard disk ........................................................................................................ 43
6.2. Initializing and mounting filesystems ..................................................................................... 43
6.3. Installing packages .............................................................................................................. 45
6.4. Post-install configuration ...................................................................................................... 45
6.5. Automated installation script ................................................................................................. 48
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