documentation Linux Mandrake

Linux-Mandrake

User Guide

MandrakeSoft

 

 

 

 

November 2000

http://www.linux-mandrake.com/


Table of Contents
Preface
1. Legal Notice
2. Authors and translators
3. Tools used in the making of this manual
4. Note From the Editor
5. Conventions used in this book
1. Some words before you begin the installation
1.1. Welcome!
2. WARNING - README
3. Before setup
3.1. Configuring your BIOS
3.2. Creating a "bootdisk"
3.3. Supported hardware
4. Using Lnx4Win
5. Disks and partitions
5.1. Structure of a hard disk
5.2. Conventions for naming the disks and partitions
6. Installation with DrakX
6.1. Introduction to the Linux-Mandrake installer
6.2. Installation class
6.3. Determine the main usage of your machine
6.4. Disk detection and configuration
6.5. Configuring your mouse
6.6. Configuring the Keyboard
6.7. Miscellaneous options
6.8. Selecting the mount points
6.9. Choose packages to install
6.10. Multiple CDROM installation
6.11. Configure your network
6.12. Configure timezone
6.13. Configure your printer
6.14. Root password
6.15. Adding a user
6.16. Boot disk
6.17. Installing a bootloader
6.18. Configuring X, the graphical server
6.19. Define an optional default user
6.20. It's finished!
6.21. How to uninstall GNU/Linux
7. Introduction to the User Guide
8. Linux for Beginners
8.1. Introduction
8.2. How to Begin and End Your Session
8.3. Using Your Graphical Environment
9. Using KDE 2
9.1. Discovering your universe
9.2. Customizing your universe
9.3. Internet work
10. Configuring Internet connections with DrakNet
10.1. ISDN connections
10.2. ADSL and DSL connections
10.3. Cable connections
10.4. PPP connections
10.5. Connecting to the Internet
11. Mandrake specific graphic user tools
11.1. Xdrakres: Change the resolution of your display
11.2. XFDrake: Modify your hardware settings for the display
11.3. DrakBoot: change your boot-up settings
11.4. DrakFont: manage the fonts available on your system
11.5. draksec: Setting your security level
11.6. MouseDrake: Change your mouse
11.7. KeyboardDrake: change your keyboard layout
11.8. Userdrake: Manage users on your system
11.9. DrakXServices: configure startup services
11.10. menudrake: customize your menus
11.11. DiskDrake: manage your partitions
11.12. DrakGW: configure your machine as a gateway
11.13. PrinterDrake: configure a printer
12. Package Management
12.1. General packages management
12.2. Updating installed packages
13. HardDrake: Configure your hardware
13.1. Introduction
13.2. HardDrake
13.3. HardDrake Wizard
13.4. Problems/Troubleshooting
13.5. Other informations
14. Kups: Installing a new printer
14.1. Install and launch Kups
14.2. Configure a new printer
15. Where to get documentation
15.1. The documentation included in Linux-Mandrake
15.2. Internet
A. The GNU General Public License
A.1. Preamble
A.2. Terms and conditions for copying,  distribution  and  modification
Glossary
Index
List of Tables
11-1. A fast review of Mandrake graphical tools
List of Figures
3-1. The dosutils directory
3-2. The RawWrite program
3-3. An example of using RawWrite
3-4. The Windows Device Manager
3-5. Directory structure for ISA Bus
3-6. Keyboard resources
5-1. First example of partition naming under GNU/Linux
5-2. Second example of partition naming under GNU/Linux
6-1. Choice of the language
6-2. Choose the installation class
6-3. Choice of the main computer usage
6-4. SCSI card installation
6-5. Choose the type of your mouse
6-6. Choice of the keyboard
6-7. Miscellaneous options
6-8. What to do with your existing windows partition
6-9. What to do with your existing Linux partitions
6-10. Mount points attribution
6-11. Choose which partitions to format
6-12. Partitioning method
6-13. Choose the size to install
6-14. Choose the groups of packages to install
6-15. Choose the total packages size to install
6-16. Choose the individual packages to install
6-17. Please insert other CDROM
6-18. Select the way to connect to the Internet
6-19. Choose the correct timezone
6-20. Choose wether you wish to configure a printer or not
6-21. Provide information about the printer
6-22. Confirm the connection of the printer
6-23. Confirm the model of the printer
6-24. root password setup
6-25. Create a regular user
6-26. Creation of a boot disk
6-27. Choice of the location of the bootloader
6-28. Bootloader configuration
6-29. Choose your resolution and color depth
6-30. X configuration test
6-31. Graphical interface at boot?
6-32. Choose the default user
8-1. The Login Window
8-2. The Pull-down Session Type List
8-3. The KDE Desktop
8-4. The GNOME Desktop
8-5. The KDE Desktop
8-6. The GNOME Desktop
8-7. Access to DrakConf
8-8. KDE and GNOME Retractable Tool Bar
8-9. KDE and GNOME File Managers
8-10. Buttons for Virtual Desktops
8-11. Maximize the Window for KDE and GNOME
8-12. Minimize the Window for KDE and GNOME
8-13. The Task Bar Under KDE and GNOME
8-14. Closing a Window for KDE and GNOME
8-15. Software Menu for KDE and GNOME
9-1. The help center under KDE
9-2. Your Home directory under KDE
9-3. KDE file manager, Konqueror
9-4. Naming a new directory
9-5. The trash icon, empty or full
9-6. The command line under KDE
9-7. The command line under KDE
9-8. General customization under KDE
9-9. The main window of the KDE Control Center
9-10. The default style for KDE
9-11. The marble style for KDE
9-12. Create menu under KDE
9-13. Creating an application icon under KDE
9-14. Program for an application icon under KDE
9-15. Creating an URL icon under KDE
9-16. Properties of an URL icon under KDE
9-17. Background configuration
9-18. Fast configuration of virtual desktops buttons
9-19. Configuration of virtual desktops
10-1. Choose the way to connect
10-2. Choose the ISDN connection type
10-3. Select your ISDN card
10-4. Choose the ADSL modem
10-5. Do you have a Cable hostname?
10-6. DrakNet Dialup options
10-7. DrakNet main menu
11-1. The DrakConf icon
11-2. The DrakConf main window
11-3. Choosing a new video resolution
11-4. Test the new video mode?
11-5. The XFDrake information window
11-6. The drakfloppy window
11-7. Creating a boot disk
11-8. Choosing the boot device
11-9. The boot loader entries
11-10. The DrakFont main window
11-11. Choosing the security level of your system
11-12. Choosing a different mouse
11-13. Choosing a different keyboard layout
11-14. The users list in Userdrake
11-15. Adding a new user in the system
11-16. Affect users to a group
11-17. The Userdrake parameters window
11-18. The Userdrake user view parameters
11-19. Groups are different for two users
11-20. Choosing the services available at startup
11-21. The menudrake main window
11-22. Adding a new menu entry with menudrake
11-23. The DiskDrake main window
11-24. The /home partition before resizing
11-25. Choosing a new size
11-26. Defining the new partition
11-27. The new partition table
11-28. Confirm the writing of partition table
12-1. The main window of RpmDrake
12-2. Available packages in a package group
12-3. Selecting packages
12-4. Setting source media
12-5. Adding a source media
12-6. Adding a CDROM as source media
12-7. Adding a local directory as source media
12-8. Adding an FTP server as source media
12-9. Adding an HTTP server as source media
12-10. Unsatisfied dependencies notification
12-11. Packages installation in progress
12-12. MandrakeUpdate starting
12-13. MandrakeUpdate preferences
13-1. HardDrake main window
13-2. HardDrake - selected device
13-3. HardDrake - unknown device
13-4. HardDrake - probing options window
13-5. HardDrake - Sound-Wizard
14-1. The Kups main window
14-2. The printer connection type
14-3. The printer model and port
14-4. Accept the printer driver
14-5. Choose a name for your printer
14-6. Confirm all parameters
14-7. Provide the root password
14-8. A new printer is now configured
14-9. Tune options for new printer
1. ASCII-Table
2. ISO-8859-1 Table
3. ISO-8859-15 Table

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