The Linux HOWTO Index
by Tim Bynum, linux-howto@metalab.unc.edu
v2.10.98, 28 March 1999
This document contains an index to the Linux HOWTOs and mini-HOWTOs,
as well as other information about the HOWTO project.
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Table of Contents
1. What Are Linux HOWTOs?
2. Where Can I Get Linux HOWTOs?
2.1 HOWTO Translations
3. Index
3.1 HOWTOs
3.2 mini-HOWTOs
3.3 Special HOWTOs
3.4 Unmaintained HOWTOs and mini-HOWTOs
4. Writing and Submitting a HOWTO
5. Copyright
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1. What Are Linux HOWTOs?
Linux HOWTOs are documents which describe in detail a certain aspect
of configuring or using Linux. For example, there is the Installation
HOWTO, which gives instructions on installing Linux, and the Mail
HOWTO, which describes how to set up and configure mail under Linux.
Other examples include the NET-3 HOWTO and the Printing HOWTO.
HOWTOs are comprehensive docs - much like an FAQ but generally not in
question-and-answer format. However, many HOWTOs contain an FAQ
section at the end.
There are several HOWTO formats available: plain text, PostScript,
DVI, and HTML.
In addition to the HOWTOs, there are a multitude of mini-HOWTOs on
short, specific subjects. They are only available in plain text and
HTML format.
2. Where Can I Get Linux HOWTOs?
HOWTOs can be retrieved via anonymous FTP from the following sites:
· ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO
· ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/docs/HOWTO
as well as many mirror sites.
You can also browse HOWTOs in HTML format
. Many mirror sites
mirror the HTML files.
metalab.unc.edu is heavily used, so please use a mirror site if
possible.
HOWTOs are also posted towards the beginning of the month to the
Usenet newsgroup comp.os.linux.answers. There is a tool called
NewstoHOWTO that
will assemble the postings.
2.1. HOWTO Translations
HOWTO translations are available on metalab.unc.edu
and mirrors
around the world. So far there are:
· Chinese (zh)
· Croatian (hr)
· French (fr)
· German (de)
· Hellenic (el)
· Indonesian (id)
· Italian (it)
· Japanese (ja)
· Korean (ko)
· Polish (pl)
· Slovenian (sl)
· Spanish (es)
· Swedish (sv)
· Turkish (tr)
If you know of any other translation projects, please let me know and
I will add them to this list. If you are interested in getting your
translations archived on metalab.unc.edu, please read the directory
structure specification at
http://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/translations/Directory-
Structure and get in touch with me.
3. Index
3.1. HOWTOs
The following Linux HOWTOs are currently available:
· 3Dfx HOWTO, by Bernd Kreimeier . How to use 3Dfx
graphics accelerator chip support. Updated 6 February 1998.
· AX25 HOWTO, by Terry Dawson .
How to configure AX25 networking for Linux. Updated 17 October
1997.
· Access HOWTO, by Michael De La Rue . How to
use adaptive technology with Linux. Updated 28 March 1997.
· Alpha HOWTO, by David Mosberger . Overview
of Alpha systems and processors. Updated 6 June 1997.
· Assembly HOWTO, by François-René Rideau .
Information on programming in x86 assembly. Updated 16 November
1997.
· Bash Prompt HOWTO, by Giles Orr . Creating and
controlling terminal and xterm prompts. Updated 07 January 1999.
· Benchmarking HOWTO, by André D. Balsa . How
to do basic benchmarking. Updated 15 August 1997.
· Beowulf HOWTO, by Jacek Radajewski Douglas
Eadline plogic.com>. Introduces the Beowulf Supercomputer
architecture and provides background information on parallel
programming.. Updated 22 November 1998.
· BootPrompt HOWTO, by Paul Gortmaker .
List of boot time arguments and overview of booting software.
Updated 1 February 1998.
· Bootdisk HOWTO, by Tom Fawcett . How to create
a boot/root maintenance disk for Linux. Updated 1 February 1998.
· Busmouse HOWTO, by Chris Bagwell .
Information on bus mouse compatibility with Linux. Updated 15 June
1998.
· CD Writing HOWTO, by Winfried Trümper . How to
write CDs. Updated 16 December 1997.
· CDROM HOWTO, by Jeff Tranter . Information
on CDROM drive compatibility for Linux. Updated 23 January 1998.
· Chinese HOWTO, by Chih-Wei Huang . How to
configure Linux for use with the Chinese characterset. Updated 2
June 1998.
· Commercial HOWTO, by Martin Michlmayr . Listing of
commercial software products for Linux. Updated 21 September 1998.
· Config HOWTO, by Guido Gonzato . How to
fine-tune and customize your Linux system. Updated 19 January
1999.
· Consultants HOWTO, by Martin Michlmayr . Listing
of Linux consultants. Updated 8 November 1998.
· Cyrillic HOWTO, by Alexander L. Belikoff . How to
configure Linux for use with the Cyrillic characterset. Updated 23
January 1998.
· DNS HOWTO, by Nicolai Langfeldt . How to set up
DNS. Updated 12 November 1998.
· DOS/Win to Linux HOWTO, by Guido Gonzato .
How to move from DOS/Windows to Linux. Updated 15 April 1998.
· DOSEMU HOWTO, by Uwe Bonnes . HOWTO about the Linux MS-DOS Emulator, DOSEMU.
Updated 15 March 1997 for dosemu-0.64.4 (in progress).
· Danish HOWTO, by Niels Kristian Bech Jensen . How
to configure Linux for use with the Danish characterset. Updated 1
December 1998.
· Distribution HOWTO, by Eric S. Raymond . A
list of Linux distributions. Updated 10 September 1998.
· ELF HOWTO, by Daniel Barlow . How to
install and migrate to the ELF binary file format. Updated 14 July
1996.
· Emacspeak HOWTO, by Jim Van Zandt . How to
use 'emacspeak' with Linux. Updated 21 Dececember 1997.
· Esparanto HOWTO, by Wolfram Diestel . How to use Esperanto in general and ISO-8859-3 in
special with Linux. Updated June 1998.
· Ethernet HOWTO, by Paul Gortmaker .
Information on Ethernet hardware compatibility for Linux. Updated
6 July 1998.
· Finnish HOWTO, by Pekka Taipale . How to configure
Linux for use with the Finnish characterset. Updated 14 February
1996.
· Firewall HOWTO, by Mark Grennan . How to set up
a firewall using Linux. Updated 8 November 1996.
· French HOWTO, by Guylhem Aznar . How
to configure Linux for use with the French characterset.
· Ftape HOWTO, by Kevin Johnson . Information on
ftape drive compatibility with Linux. Updated August 1998.
· GCC HOWTO, by Daniel Barlow . How to set
up the GNU C compiler and development libraries. Updated 28
February 1996.
· German HOWTO, by Winfried Trümper . Information
on using Linux with German-specific features. Updated 19 March
1997.
· Glibc2 HOWTO, by Eric Green . How to install and
migrate to the glibc2 library. Updated 8 February 1998.
· HAM HOWTO, by Terry Dawson .
HOWTO configure amateur radio software for Linux. Updated 1 April
1997.
· HOWTO Index, by Tim Bynum . Index of
HOWTO documents about Linux. Updated 28 March 1999.
· Hardware Compatibility HOWTO, by Patrick Reijnen
. A list of hardware known to
work with Linux. Updated 30 July 1998.
· Hebrew HOWTO, by Yair G. Rajwan . How to
configure Linux for use with the Hebrew characterset. Updated 12
September 1995.
· INFO-SHEET, by Michael K. Johnson . Generic
introduction to the Linux operating system. Updated 1 September
1998.
· IPCHAINS HOWTO, by Paul Russell .
Install and configure the enhanced IP firewalling chains software.
Updated 27 October 1998.
· IPX HOWTO, by Terry Dawson . How
to install and configure IPX networking. Updated 06 May 1998.
· IR HOWTO, by Werner Heuser . An
introduction to the software provided by the Linux/IR project.
Updated 9 February 1999.
· ISP Hookup HOWTO, by Egil Kvaleberg . Basic
introduction to hooking up to an ISP. Updated 5 March 1998.
· Installation HOWTO, by Eric S. Raymond .
How to obtain and install Linux. Updated 20 November 1998.
· Intranet Server HOWTO, by Pramod Karnad .
How to setup a Linux Intranet server. Updated 7 August 1997.
· Italian HOWTO, by Marco ``Gaio'' Gaiarin . How
to configure Linux for use with the Italian characterset. Updated
3 November 1998.
· Java-CGI HOWTO, by David H. Silber . How to set up
Java-capable CGI bin. Updated 1 December 1998.
· Kernel HOWTO, by Brian Ward .
Upgrading and compiling the Linux kernel. Updated 26 May 1997.
· Keyboard and Console HOWTO, by Andries Brouwer .
Information about the Linux keyboard, console and non-ASCII
characters. Updated 25 February 1998.
· KickStart HOWTO, by Martin Hamilton . Briefly
describes how to use the RedHat Linux KickStart system to rapidly
install large numbers of identical Linux boxes. Updated 11 January
1999.
· LinuxDoc+Emacs+Ispell HOWTO, by Philippe Martin .
Assist writers and translators of Linux HOWTOs or any other paper
for the Linux Documentation Project. Updated 27 February 1998.
· META-FAQ, by Michael K. Johnson . A listing
of Linux sources of information. Updated 25 October 1997.
· MGR HOWTO, by Vincent Broman . Information on the
MGR graphics interface for Linux. Updated 30 May 1996.
· MILO HOWTO, by David A. Rusling .
How to use the Alpha Linux Miniloader (MILO). Updated 6 December
1996.
· Mail HOWTO, by Guylhem Aznar .
Information on electronic mail servers and clients. Updated 4
January 1999.
· Modem HOWTO, by David S. Lawyer . Help with
selecting, connecting, configuring, trouble-shooting, and
understanding modems for a PC. Updated January 1999.
· Multi-Disk HOWTO, by Stein Gjoen . How to setup
multiple hard disk drives. Updated 3 February 1998.
· Multicast HOWTO, by Juan-Mariano de Goyeneche .
This HOWTO tries to cover most aspects related to multicast over
TCP/IP networks. Updated 20 March 1998.
· NET-3 HOWTO, by Terry Dawson .
Howto configure TCP/IP networking under Linux. Updated August
1998.
· NFS HOWTO, by Nicolai Langfeldt . How to set up
NFS clients and servers. Updated 3 November 1997.
· NIS HOWTO, by Thorsten Kukuk .
Information on using NIS/YP on Linux systems. Updated 12 June
1998.
· Networking Overview HOWTO, by Daniel López Ridruejo
. 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.
· Optical Disk HOWTO, by Skip Rye . How to use
optical disk drives with Linux. Updated 11 December 1998.
· Oracle HOWTO, by Paul Haigh . How to
setup Oracle as a database server. Updated 4 August 1998.
· PCI HOWTO, by Michael Will .
Information on PCI-architecture compatibility with Linux. Updated
30 March 1997.
· PCMCIA HOWTO, by Dave Hinds . How to
install and use PCMCIA Card Services. Updated 08 February 1999.
· PPP HOWTO, by Robert Hart . Information on
using PPP networking with Linux. Updated 31 March 1997.
· PalmOS HOWTO, by David H. Silber . How to use
your Palm OS device with a Linux system. Updated 20 September
1998.
· Parallel Processing HOWTO, by Hank Dietz .
Discussion of parallel processing approaches for Linux. Updated 5
January 1998.
· Plug and Play HOWTO, by David Lawyer . How to get
your Linux system to support Plug-and-Play. Updated November 1998.
· Polish HOWTO, by Sergiusz Pawlowicz .
Information on using Linux with Polish-specific features. Updated
1 June 1998.
· Portuguese-HOWTO, by Carlos Augusto Moreira dos Santos
. Este documento pretende ser um
guia de referência de configuraçao do Linux e seus programas....
Updated 1 January 1999.
· PostgreSQL HOWTO, by Al Dev (Alavoor Vasudevan)
. How to setup PostgreSQL as a database server.
Updated 8 January 1999.
· Printing HOWTO, by Grant Taylor . HOWTO
on printing software for Linux. Updated 02 February 1999.
· Printing Usage HOWTO, by Mark Komarinski . How
to use the printing system for a variety of file types and options.
Updated 6 February 1998.
· Quake HOWTO, by Bob Zimbinski Thomas Mike Hallock
medina.net>. This document explains how to install, run and
troubleshoot Quake, QuakeWorld and Quake II on an Intel Linux
system. Updated 30 August 1998.
· RPM HOWTO, by Donnie Barnes . How to use the Red
Hat Package Manager (.rpm). Updated 8 April 1997.
· Reading List HOWTO, by Eric S. Raymond .
Interesting books pertaining to Linux subjects. Updated 22
November 1998.
· Root RAID HOWTO, by Michael A. Robinton . How to
create a root-mounted RAID filesystem. Updated 25 March 1998.
· SCSI Programming HOWTO, by Heiko Eissfeldt
. Information on programming the generic
Linux SCSI interface. Updated 7 May 1996.
· SMB HOWTO, by David Wood . How to use the
Session Message Block (SMB) protocol with Linux. Updated 10 August
1996.
· SRM HOWTO, by David Mosberger . How to boot
Linux/Alpha using the SRM firmware. Updated 17 August 1996.
· Security HOWTO, by Kevin Fenzi . General overview
of security issues. Updated 1 May 1998.
· Serial HOWTO, by David Lawyer . How on use serial
devices (modems, terminals) with Linux. Updated July 1998.
· Serial Programming HOWTO, by Peter H. Baumann
. How to use serial ports in programs.
Updated 22 January 1998.
· Shadow Password HOWTO, by Michael H. Jackson .
How to obtain, install, and configure shadow passwords. Updated 3
April 1996.
· Slovenian HOWTO, by Primoz Peterlin . Information on using Linux with Slovenian-specific
features. Updated 30 October 1996.
· Software Release Practice HOWTO, by Eric S. Raymond
. Describes good release practices for
Linux open-source projects. Updated 21 November 1998.
· Sound HOWTO, by Jeff Tranter . Sound
hardware and software for the Linux operating system. Updated 23
January 1998.
· Sound Playing HOWTO, by Yoo C. Chung .
How to play various sound formats under Linux. Updated 11 August
1998.
· Spanish HOWTO, by Gonzalo Garcia Agullo . Information on using Linux with Spanish-specific
features. Updated 20 August 1996.
· teTeX HOWTO, by Robert Kiesling . How to
install the teTeX package (TeX and LaTeX) under Linux. Updated 9
November 1998.
· Text-Terminal HOWTO, by David S. Lawyer . This
document explains what text terminals are, how they work, how to
install and configure them. Updated January 1999.
· Thai HOWTO, by Poonlap Veeratanabutr . How
to configure Linux for use with the Thai characterset. Updated 4
August 1998.
· Tips HOWTO, by Paul Anderson . HOWTO on
miscellaneous tips and tricks for Linux. Updated June 1998.
· UMSDOS HOWTO, by Jacques Gelinas . How to
install and use the UMSDOS filesystem. Updated 13 November 1995.
· UPS HOWTO, by Harvey J. Stein . Information
on using a UPS power supply with Linux. Updated 18 November 1997.
· UUCP HOWTO, by Guylhem Aznar .
Information on UUCP software for Linux. Updated 6 February 1998.
· Unix and Internet Fundamentals HOWTO, by Eric S. Raymond
. Describes the working basics of PC-class
computers, Unix-like operating systems, and the Internet in non-
technical language. Updated 3 December 1998.
· User Group HOWTO, by Kendall Grant Clark . Tips
on founding, maintaining, and growing a Linux User Group. Updated
24 April 1998.
· VAR HOWTO, by Martin Michlmayr . Listing of Linux
value added resellers. Updated 25 October 1998.
· VME HOWTO, by John Huggins and Michael Wyrick .
How to run Linux on your VMEbus Pentium and other PCI local bus
based VMEbus processor designs. Updated 30 July 1998.
· VMS to Linux HOWTO, by Guido Gonzato . How
to move from VMS to Linux. Updated 20 April 1998.
· Virtual Services HOWTO, by Brian Ackerman . How
to set up virtual hosting services. Updated 15 August 1998.
· WWW HOWTO, by Wayne Leister . How to set up WWW
clients and servers. Updated 19 November 1997.
· WWW mSQL HOWTO, by Oliver Corff . How to
set up a web server database with mSQL. Updated 17 September 1997.
· XFree86 HOWTO, by Eric S. Raymond . How to
obtain, install, and configure XFree86 3.2 (X11R6). Updated 2
January 1999.
· XFree86 Video Timings HOWTO, by Eric S. Raymond
. How to compose a mode line for XFree86.
Updated 18 January 1999.
· X Window User HOWTO, by Ray Brigleb . Information
on configuring the X Window environment for the Linux user.
Updated 22 January 1999.
3.2. mini-HOWTOs
The following mini-HOWTOs are available:
· 3 Button Mouse mini-HOWTO, by Geoff Short
. How to configure your mouse to use 3
buttons. Updated 31 May 1998.
· ADSM Backup mini-HOWTO, by Thomas Koenig . How to install and use the ADSM backup program.
Updated 15 January 1997.
· Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Loop (ADSL) mini-HOWTO, by David
Fannin . Addresses the ordering, installation
and configuration. Updated 7 June 1998.
· AI-Alife mini-HOWTO, by John A. Eikenberry .
Information about AI software for Linux. Updated 13 January 1998.
· Advocacy mini-HOWTO, by Paul L. Rogers .
Suggestions on how to advocate the use of Linux. Updated 7 May
1998.
· Alsa Sound mini-HOWTO, by Valentijn Sessink. Describes the
installation of the Alsa sound drivers for Linux. Updated 8
February 1999.
· Apache SSL PHP/FI frontpage mini-HOWTO, by Marcus Faure
. Build a multipurpose webserver. Updated July
1998.
· Automount mini-HOWTO, by Don . This file
describes the autofs automounter, how to configure it, and points
out some problems to avoid. Updated 7 September 1998.
· Backup with MSDOS mini-HOWTO, by Christopher Neufeld
. How to backup Linux machines with
MSDOS. Updated 5 August 1997.
· Battery Powered mini-HOWTO, by Hanno Mueller . How
to reduce a Linux system's power consumption. Updated 21 December
1997.
· Boca mini-HOWTO, by David H Dennis . How to
install a Boca 16-port serial card (Boca 2016). Updated 1 August
1997.
· BogoMips mini-HOWTO, by Wim C.A. van Dorst
. Information about BogoMips. Updated 8
February 1999.
· Bridge mini-HOWTO, by Chris Cole . How to
setup an ethernet bridge. Updated 7 September 1998.
· Bridge+Firewall mini-HOWTO, by Peter Breuer . How
to setup and ethernet bridge and firewall. Updated 19 December
1997.
· Bzip2 mini-HOWTO, by David Fetter . How to use
the new bzip2 compression program. Updated 29 June 1998.
· Cable Modem mini-HOWTO, by Vladimir Vuksan . How
to use a cable modem with a cable ISP. Updated 11 February 1999.
· Cipe+Masquerading mini-HOWTO, by Anthony Ciaravalo .
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.
· Clock mini-HOWTO, by Ron Bean . How to set and
keep your clock on time. Updated December 1996.
· Coffee mini-HOWTO, by Georgatos Photis .
Thoughts about making coffee with Linux (humorous). Updated 15
January 1998.
· Colour ls mini-HOWTO, by Thorbjoern Ravn Andersen .
How to set up the colours with 'ls'. Updated 7 August 1997.
· Cyrus IMAP mini-HOWTO, by Kevin Mitchell . How to
install the Cyrus IMAP server. Updated 21 January 1998.
· DHCP mini-HOWTO, by Vladimir Vuksan . How to setup
a DHCP Server and Client. Updated 11 February 1999.
· DPT Hardware RAID mini-HOWTO, by Ram Samudrala . How
to configure hardware RAID. Updated 15 December 1997.
· Diald mini-HOWTO, by Harish Pillay . How to use
'diald' to dial an ISP. Updated 3 June 1996.
· Diskless mini-HOWTO, by Robert Nemkin . How to
set up a diskless Linux box. Updated 12 September 1996.
· Ext2fs Undeletion mini-HOWTO, by Aaron Crane .
How to retrieve deleted files from an ext2 filesystem. Updated 4
August 1997.
· Fax Server mini-HOWTO, by Erez Strauss . How
to setup a fax server. Update 8 November 1997.
· Firewall Piercing mini-HOWTO, by François-René Rideau
. Using ppp over telnet transparently through an
Internet firewall. Updated 27 November 1998.
· GIS-GRASS mini-HOWTO, by David A. Hastings .
How to install Geographic Information System (GIS) software.
Updated 13 November 1997.
· GTEK BBS-550 mini-HOWTO, by Wajihuddin Ahmed
. How to setup the GTEK BBS-550 multiport
board with Linux. Updated 20 August 1997.
· Hard Disk Upgrade mini-HOWTO, by Yves Bellefeuille
. How to copy a Linux system from one hard disk to
another. Updated 31 January 1998.
· IO Port Programming mini-HOWTO, by Riku Saikkonen
. How to use I/O ports in C programs.
Updated 28 December 1997.
· IP Alias mini-HOWTO, by Harish Pillay . How to
use IP aliasing. Updated 13 January 1997.
· IP Masquerade mini-HOWTO, by Ambrose Au . How
to use IP masquerading. Updated 07 February 1999.
· IP Subnetworking mini-HOWTO, by Robert Hart
. Why and how to subnetwork an IP network.
Updated 31 March 1997.
· ISP Connectivity mini-HOWTO, by Michael Strates
. How to get mail and news over a dialup
connection. Updated 6 November 1997.
· Install From ZIP mini-HOWTO, by Kevin Snively
. How to install Linux from a parallel port
ZIP drive. Updated 29 April 1998.
· Kerneld mini-HOWTO, by Henrik Storner .
How to use 'kerneld' (dynamic module loading). Updated 19 July
1997.
· LBX mini-HOWTO, by Paul D. Smith . How to
use Low-Bandwidth X (LBX). Updated 11 December 1997.
· LILO mini-HOWTO, by Alessandro Rubini . Examples
of typical LILO installations. Updated 16 August 1998.
· Large Disk mini-HOWTO, by Andries Brouwer . How to use
disks with > 1024 cylinders. Updated 22 January 1999.
· Leased Line mini-HOWTO, by Rob van der Putten
. How to setup leased line modems. Updated
July 1998.
· Linux+DOS+Win95+OS2 mini-HOWTO, by Mike Harlan .
How to use Linux and DOS and OS/2 and Win95 together. Updated 11
November 1997.
· Linux+FreeBSD mini-HOWTO, by Niels Kristian Bech Jensen
How to use Linux and FreeBSD together. Updated 15
January 1999.
· Linux+NT-Loader mini-HOWTO, by Bernd Reichert
. How to use Linux and the Windows NT boot
loader together. Updated 2 September 1997.
· Linux+Win95 mini-HOWTO, by Jonathan Katz . How to
use Linux and Windows95 together. Updated 26 October 1996.
· Loadlin+Win95 mini-HOWTO, by Chris Fischer .
How to use Linux and Windows95 together, using loadlin. Updated 13
March 1999.
· Mac Terminal mini-HOWTO, by Robert Kiesling
. How to use an Apple Macintosh as a serial
terminal. Updated 9 November 1997.
· Mail Queue mini-HOWTO, by Leif Erlingsson . How to
queue remote mail and deliver local mail. Updated 3 September
1997.
· Mail2News mini-HOWTO, by Robert Hart . How to
set up a mail to news gateway. Updated 4 November 1996.
· Man Page mini-HOWTO, by Jens Schweikhardt .
How to write man pages. Updated July 1998.
· Modules mini-HOWTO, by Riley H. Williams . How to
setup and configure kernel modules. Updated 14 November 1997.
· Multiboot using LILO mini-HOWTO, by Renzo Zanelli
. Howto multiboot between Windows 95,
Windows NT, and Linux. Updated 26 March 1998.
· NCD X Terminal mini-HOWTO, by Ian Hodge .
Describes how to connect an NCD X terminal to a UNIX host. Updated
3 April 1998.
· NFS-Root mini-HOWTO, by Andreas Kostyrka . How
to set up diskless Linux machines. Updated 8 August 1997.
· NFS-Root-Client mini-HOWTO, by Ofer Maor . How
to set up diskless Linux machines using NFS. Updated 02 February
1999.
· Netrom-Node mini-HOWTO, by Karl Larsen . 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 .
How to set up a proxy server for Netscape. Updated 15 August 1997.
· Netstation mini-HOWTO, by Kris Buytaert
. 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 . How
to set up a leaf news site. Updated 4 January 1998.
· Offline Mailing mini-HOWTO, by Gunther Voet .
How to set up email addresses without a dedicated Internet
connection. Updated 4 June 1998.
· PLIP mini-HOWTO, by Andrea Controzzi .
How to set up PLIP (Parallel Line Interface Protocol). Updated 12
March 1998.
· Partition mini-HOWTO, by Kristian Koehntopp .
How to choose disk partitions. Updated 3 November 1997.
· Partition Rescue mini-HOWTO, by Rolf Klausen
. How to rescue deleted Linux partitions.
Updated 22 October 1997.
· Path mini-HOWTO, by Esa Turtiainen . How to use the
PATH environment variable. Updated 15 November 1997.
· Pre-installation Checklist mini-HOWTO, by S. Parthasarathy
. Pre-installation checklist and
questionnaire. Updated 29 August 1998.
· Process Accounting mini-HOWTO, by Albert M.C. Tam .
How to set up process accounting. Updated 8 August 1997.
· Proxy ARP Subnet mini-HOWTO, by Bob Edwards
. How to use proxy ARP with subnetting.
Updated August 1997.
· Public Web Browser mini-HOWTO, by Donald B. Marti Jr.
. How to set up a guest account to use a WWW
browser. Updated 5 January 1998.
· Qmail+MH mini-HOWTO, by Christopher Richardson
. How to install qmail and MH. Updated 5
March 1998.
· Quota mini-HOWTO, by Albert M.C. Tam . How to set
up disk quotas. Updated 8 August 1997.
· RCS mini-HOWTO, by Robert Kiesling . How to
use RCS (Revision Control System). Updated 14 August 1997.
· RPM+Slackware mini-HOWTO, by Dave Whitinger .
How to install the Red Hat Package Manager (RPM) under Slackware.
Updated 13 April 1998.
· RedHat CD mini-HOWTO, by Morten Kjeldgaard Peter
von der Ahé . 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
. How to set up a
server-based boot selector. Updated February 1999.
· Remote X Apps mini-HOWTO, by Vincent Zweije .
How to run remote X applications. Updated 14 July 1998.
· SLIP-PPP Emulator mini-HOWTO, by Irish . How to
use SLIP-PPP emulators with Linux. Updated 7 August 1997.
· Sendmail Address Rewrite mini-HOWTO, by Thomas Roessler
. 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 .
How to use sendmail and UUCP together. Updated August 1998.
· Secure POP via SSH mini-HOWTO, by Manish Singh .
How to set up secure POP connections using ssh. Updated 30
September 1998.
· Small Memory mini-HOWTO, by Todd Burgess .
How to run Linux on a system with a small amount of memory. Update
29 October 1997.
· Software Building mini-HOWTO, by Mendel Leo Cooper
. How to build software packages.
Updated 6 July 1998.
· Software RAID mini-HOWTO, by Linas Vepstas . How to
configure software RAID. Updated 21 November 1998.
· Soundblaster AWE mini-HOWTO, by Marcus Brinkmann
. How to install the
Soundblaster AWE 32/64. Updated 11 January 1998.
· StarOffice mini-HOWTO, by Matthew Borowski .
Information on installing the StarOffice suite. Updated 2 June
1998.
· Term Firewall mini-HOWTO, by Barak Pearlmutter .
How to use 'term' over a firewall. Updated 15 July 1997.
· TkRat mini-HOWTO, by Dave Whitinger . How to
install and use the TkRat mail program. Updated 2 February 1998.
· Token Ring mini-HOWTO, by Mike Eckhoff . How to use token ring cards. Updated 7 January 1998.
· Ultra-DMA mini-HOWTO, by Brion Vibber . How to
use Ultra-DMA drives and controllers. Updated 6 July 1998.
· Update mini-HOWTO, by Stein Gjoen . How to stay
updated about Linux development. Updated 3 February 1998.
· Upgrade mini-HOWTO, by Greg Louis . How to
upgrade your Linux distribution. Updated 6 June 1996.
· VAIO mini-HOWTO, by Hideki Saito . This
document explains installation of Linux on Sony VAIO computers.
Updated 16 September 1998.
· Vesafb mini-HOWTO, by Alex Buell .
How to use the vesafb device. Updated 2 August 1998.
· VPN mini-HOWTO, by Árpád Magosányi . How
to set up a VPN (Virtual Private Network). Updated 7 August 1997.
· Visual Bell mini-HOWTO, by Alessandro Rubini .
How to disable audible bells, and enable visual bells. Updated 11
November 1997.
· Windows Modem Sharing mini-HOWTO, by Friedemann Baitinger
. How to setup Windows to use a shared modem on
a Linux machine. Updated 2 November 1997.
· WordPerfect mini-HOWTO, by Wade Hampton .
How to set up WordPerfect for Linux. Updated 13 August 1997.
· X Big Cursor mini-HOWTO, by Joerg Schneider .
How to use enlarged cursors with XWindows. Updated 11 August 1997.
· XFree86-XInside mini-HOWTO, by Marco Melgazzi .
How to convert XFree86 to XInside modelines. Updated September
1997.
· xterm Title mini-HOWTO, by Ric Lister .
How to put strings into the titlebar of an xterm. Updated 7
January 1998.
· ZIP Install mini-HOWTO, by John Wiggins .
How to install Linux onto a ZIP drive. Updated 10 January 1999.
· ZIP Drive mini-HOWTO, by Kyle Dansie . Provides a
quick reference quide on setting up and using the Iomega ZIP drive
with Linux. Updated 10 January 1999.
3.3. Special HOWTOs
The High Availability HOWTO, by Harald Milz is
available at http://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/ALPHA/linux-ha/High-
Availability-HOWTO.html. It is not included with the HOWTO collection
because it relies on figures and cannot be distributed in all
supported formats.
The Graphics mini-HOWTO, by Michael J. Hammel is available at http://www.graphics-muse.org/linux/lgh.html.
It is not included with the HOWTO collection because it needs to use a
lot of images, which don't translate to other output formats.
3.4. Unmaintained HOWTOs and mini-HOWTOs
There are a number of unmaintained documents at
ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/unmaintained. These are
kept around since old documentation is sometimes better than none.
However, you should be aware that you are reading old documentation.
4. Writing and Submitting a HOWTO
If you are interested in writing a HOWTO or mini-HOWTO, please get in
touch with me FIRST!!! at linux-howto@metalab.unc.edu.
Here are a few guidelines that you should follow when writing a HOWTO
or mini-HOWTO:
· Try to use meaningful structure and organization, and write
clearly. Remember that many of the people reading HOWTOs do not
speak English as their first language.
· If you are writing a HOWTO, you must use the SGML-Tools package,
available from http://www.sgmltools.org/, to format the HOWTO. This
package allows us to produce LaTeX (for DVI and PostScript), plain
text, and HTML from a single source document, and was designed
specifically for the HOWTOs. This also gives all of the HOWTOs a
uniform look. It is very important that you format and review the
output of the formatting in PostScript, plain text and HTML.
· If you are writing a mini-HOWTO, you can either use SGML (as
described above) or HTML. If you use SGML for your mini-HOWTO, it
will be pubished along with the HOWTOs in LDP books.
· Make sure that all of the information is correct. I can't stress
this enough. When in doubt, speculate, but make it clear that
you're only guessing.
· Make sure that you are covering the most recent version of the
available software. Also, be sure to include full instructions on
where software can be downloaded from (FTP site name, full
pathname), and the current version number and release date of the
software.
· Include an FAQ section at the end, if appropriate. Many HOWTO
documents need an ``FAQ'' or ``Common Problems'' section to cover
information which can't be covered in the regular text.
· Use other HOWTOs or mini-HOWTOs as a model! The SGML source to the
HOWTOs is available on Linux FTP sites. In addition, have a look
at the LDP Style Guide for some guidelines.
· Make sure that your name, email address, date, and a version number
is near the beginning of the document. You could also include WWW
addresses and a snail mail address if you want. The standard
header is:
Title
Author's name and email address
Version number and date
for example:
The Linux HOWTO Index
by Tim Bynum
v2.10.29, 31 July 1997
· Lastly, be prepared to receive questions and comments about your
writing. There are several hundreds of accesses to the HOWTO
collection every day from around the world!
After you have written the HOWTO, mail it to me. If you used SGML-
Tools, simply mail me the SGML source; I take care of formatting the
documents. I'll also take care of archiving the HOWTOs on
metalab.unc.edu and posting them to the various newsgroups.
It is important that you go through me when submitting a HOWTO, as I
maintain the archives and need to keep track of what HOWTOs are being
written and who is doing what.
Then, all you have to do is send me periodic updates whenever
appropriate.
5. Copyright
Copyright (c) 1995 - 1998 by Tim Bynum.
Unless otherwise stated, Linux HOWTO documents are copyrighted by
their respective authors. Linux HOWTO documents may be reproduced and
distributed in whole or in part, in any medium physical or electronic,
as long as this copyright notice is retained on all copies. Commercial
redistribution is allowed and encouraged; however, the author would
like to be notified of any such distributions.
All translations, derivative works, or aggregate works incorporating
any Linux HOWTO documents must be covered under this copyright notice.
That is, you may not produce a derivative work from a HOWTO and impose
additional restrictions on its distribution. Exceptions to these rules
may be granted under certain conditions; please contact the Linux
HOWTO coordinator at the address given below.
In short, we wish to promote dissemination of this information through
as many channels as possible. However, we do wish to retain copyright
on the HOWTO documents, and would like to be notified of any plans to
redistribute the HOWTOs.
If you have questions, please contact Tim Bynum, the Linux HOWTO
coordinator, at linux-howto@metalab.unc.edu via email.