Index-Draft

A

at , Periodic command execution: cron and at

B

BIOS, The root filesystem, Hard disks, Partitioning a hard disk
booting
vmlinuz, The root filesystem

C

CMOS, Hard disks
commands
badblocks, Formatting
cfdisk, Partitioning a hard disk
chsh, The /etc directory
depmod, depmod
df, The /etc directory
fdformat, Formatting
fdisk, The MBR, boot sectors and partition table, Partition types, Partitioning a hard disk
file, The /etc directory
fips, Partitioning a hard disk
free, The /proc filesystem
fsck, Formatting
ftpd, The /etc directory
getty, init, The /etc directory
gzexe, Tips for saving disk space
gzip, Tips for saving disk space
hdparm, The hdparm command
init, init
insmod, insmod
login, The /etc directory, The /var filesystem
losetup, The /dev directory
lpr, Two kinds of devices
ls, Two kinds of devices
lsdev, The lsdev command
lsmod, lsmod
lspci, The lspci command
lsraid, The lsraid command
lsusb, The lsusb command
MAKEDEV, The /dev directory, The MAKEDEV Script, The mknod command
man, The /var filesystem
mkfs, Formatting
mknod, The mknod command
modprobe, modprobe
mount, The /etc directory, The /dev directory
parted, Partitioning a hard disk
rmmod, rmmod
setfdparm, Floppies
setfdprm, The /etc directory, Formatting
su, The /etc directory
sudo, The /etc directory
swapon, The /etc directory
syslog, The /var filesystem, Formatting
zip, Tips for saving disk space
Common Internet File System (CIFS), Network file systems, Network Attached Storage - Draft, CIFS
cron, Periodic command execution: cron and at
crontab , Periodic command execution: cron and at

D

devices
block, Two kinds of devices
character, Two kinds of devices
disks, Using Disks and Other Storage Media
bad blocks, Formatting
bad sectors, Formatting
boot sectors, The MBR, boot sectors and partition table
changing partition size, Partitioning a hard disk
components, Hard disks
cylinders, Hard disks
extended partition, Extended and logical partitions, Device files and partitions
filesystem, What are filesystems?
data block, What are filesystems?
directory block, What are filesystems?
indirection block, What are filesystems?
inode, What are filesystems?
superblock, What are filesystems?
formatting, Formatting
high-level, Formatting
low-level, Formatting
geometry, Hard disks
IDE, Partitioning a hard disk
Logical Block Addressing (LBA), Partitioning a hard disk
MBR, The MBR, boot sectors and partition table
partition table, The MBR, boot sectors and partition table
partition type, Partition types
partitions, Partitions
saving space, Tips for saving disk space
sectors, Hard disks
tracks, Hard disks

E

email, Mail

F

fibre channel, Storage Area Networks - Draft
filesystem, The filesystem layout, The /usr filesystem.
/ (root), Background, The root filesystem
/bin, The filesystem layout, The root filesystem
/boot, The root filesystem
/dev, The filesystem layout, The root filesystem, The /dev directory, Two kinds of devices
/dev/dsp, The /dev directory
/dev/fb0, The /dev directory
/dev/fd0, The /dev directory, Floppies, Formatting
/dev/fd1, Floppies
/dev/hda, The /dev directory, Hard disks
/dev/hdb, The /dev directory, Hard disks
/dev/hdc, The /dev directory, Hard disks
/dev/hdc9, The /dev directory
/dev/hdd, The /dev directory, Hard disks
/dev/ht0, The /dev directory
/dev/js0, The /dev directory
/dev/loop0, The /dev directory
/dev/lp0, The /dev directory
/dev/md0, The /dev directory
/dev/mixer, The /dev directory
/dev/null, The /dev directory
/dev/parport0, The /dev directory
/dev/pcd0, The /dev directory
/dev/pda, The /dev directory
/dev/pdb, The /dev directory
/dev/pdc, The /dev directory
/dev/pdd, The /dev directory
/dev/psaux, The /dev directory
/dev/pt0, The /dev directory
/dev/pt1, The /dev directory
/dev/random, The /dev directory
/dev/sda, The /dev directory, Two kinds of devices, Hard disks
/dev/sdb, The /dev directory, Hard disks
/dev/sdd, The /dev directory
/dev/ttyS0, The /dev directory, The MAKEDEV Script, The mknod command
/dev/urandom, The /dev directory
/dev/zero, The /dev directory
/etc, The filesystem layout, The root filesystem, The /etc directory
/etc/bash.rc, The /etc directory
/etc/csh.cshrc, The /etc directory
/etc/fdprm, The /etc directory, Floppies
/etc/fstab, The /etc directory
/etc/group, The /etc directory
/etc/inittab, The /etc directory
/etc/issue, The /etc directory
/etc/login.defs, The /etc directory
/etc/magic, The /etc directory
/etc/motd, The /etc directory
/etc/mtab, The /etc directory
/etc/passwd, The /etc directory
/etc/printcap, The /etc directory
/etc/profile, The /etc directory
/etc/rc.d, The /etc directory
/etc/securetty, The /etc directory
/etc/shadow, The /etc directory
/etc/shells, The /etc directory
/etc/termcap, The /etc directory
/home, The filesystem layout, Background, The root filesystem
/lib, The filesystem layout, The root filesystem
/lib/modules, The root filesystem
/mnt, The root filesystem
/proc, The root filesystem, The /proc filesystem, Filesystems galore
/proc/1, The /proc filesystem
/proc/cpuinfo, The /proc filesystem
/proc/devices, The /proc filesystem
/proc/dma, The /proc filesystem
/proc/filesystems, The /proc filesystem
/proc/interrupts, The /proc filesystem
/proc/ioports, The /proc filesystem
/proc/kcore, The /proc filesystem, Filesystems galore
/proc/kmsg, The /proc filesystem
/proc/ksyms, The /proc filesystem
/proc/loadavg, The /proc filesystem
/proc/meminfo, The /proc filesystem
/proc/modules, The /proc filesystem
/proc/net, The /proc filesystem
/proc/self, The /proc filesystem
/proc/stat, The /proc filesystem
/proc/uptime, The /proc filesystem
/proc/version, The /proc filesystem
/root, The root filesystem
/sbin, The root filesystem
/tmp, The root filesystem, The /var filesystem
/usr, The filesystem layout, Background, The root filesystem
/usr/bin, The /usr filesystem.
/usr/include, The /usr filesystem.
/usr/lib, The /usr filesystem.
/usr/local, The /usr filesystem., The /var filesystem
/usr/sbin, The /usr filesystem.
/usr/share/doc, The /usr filesystem.
/usr/share/info, The /usr filesystem.
/usr/share/man, The /usr filesystem.
/usr/share/man/cat, The /var filesystem
/usr/share/man/man, The /var filesystem
/usr/X11R6, The /usr filesystem.
/var, The filesystem layout, Background, The root filesystem, The /var filesystem
/var/cache/man, The /var filesystem
/var/games, The /var filesystem
/var/lib, The /var filesystem
/var/local, The /var filesystem
/var/lock, The /var filesystem
/var/log, The /var filesystem
/var/log/messages, The /var filesystem
/var/log/wtmp, The /var filesystem
/var/mail, The /var filesystem
/var/run, The /var filesystem
/var/spool, The /var filesystem
/var/spool/mail, The /var filesystem
/var/spool/news, The /var filesystem
/var/tmp, The /var filesystem
/var/utmp, The /var filesystem
Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS) , The filesystem layout, Overview of the Directory Tree, Background
filesystem types
ext, Filesystems galore
ext2, Filesystems galore, Filesystem comparison
ext3, Filesystems galore, Filesystem comparison
fat16, Filesystem comparison
fat32, Filesystem comparison
hfs+, Filesystem comparison
hpfs, Filesystems galore, Filesystem comparison
iso9660, Filesystems galore
jfs, Filesystems galore, Filesystem comparison
minix, Filesystems galore
msdos, Filesystems galore
nfs, Filesystems galore
ntfs, Filesystems galore, Filesystem comparison
reiserfs, Filesystems galore, Filesystem comparison
smbfs, Filesystems galore
sysv, Filesystems galore
ufs2, Filesystem comparison
umsdos, Filesystems galore
vfat, Filesystems galore
vxfs, Filesystem comparison
xfs, Filesystems galore
xia, Filesystems galore
zfs, Filesystem comparison
filesystems
/etc
/etc/fstab, Adding more disk space for Linux
Free Software Foundation, Linux or GNU/Linux, that is the question.

G

getty, Logins from terminals, Network logins
GNOME, Graphical user interface
GRUB , The root filesystem
GUI, init, Graphical user interface
blackbox, Graphical user interface
fvwm, Graphical user interface
icewm, Graphical user interface
windowmaker , Graphical user interface
X Windows, Graphical user interface

H

hardware
CD-ROM, CD-ROMs
Central Processing Unit (CPU), Hard disks
disk controller, Hard disks
fibre channel, Storage Area Networks - Draft
floppy disk, Floppies
tape drive, Tapes

I

init, init, Logins from terminals
inittab, init
iSCSI, Storage Area Networks - Draft
ISO 9660, CD-ROMs
Rock Ridge extensions, CD-ROMs

K

KDE, Graphical user interface
kernel
devices, Hardware, Devices, and Tools
documentation
devices.txt, The mknod command
driver, Important parts of the kernel
memory management, Important parts of the kernel
modules, Kernel Modules
depmod, depmod
insmod, insmod
lsmod, lsmod
modprobe, modprobe
rmmod, rmmod
NFS, Network file systems
overview, Various parts of an operating system, Important parts of the kernel
process management, Important parts of the kernel
virtual filesystem (VFS), Important parts of the kernel

L

LILO, The root filesystem, Partitioning a hard disk
Linux
Distributions, Introduction
GNU , Linux or GNU/Linux, that is the question.
logging in, Network logins
login, Logins from terminals
logs
/var/log/messages, The /var filesystem, Formatting
/var/log/wtmp, The /var filesystem

M

mail transfer agent (MTA) , Mail
postfix, Mail
sendmail, Mail
mail user agent, Mail
evolution, Mail
pine, Mail

N

Network Attached Storage (NAS), Network Attached Storage - Draft
Network File System (NFS), Network file systems, Background, Network Attached Storage - Draft, NFS
networking, Networking
Network Admin Guide (NAG), Networking

O

Open Sound System (OSS), The /dev directory

P

partition types
AIX, Partition types
FAT16, Partition types
FAT32, Partition types
FreeBSD, Partition types
HPFS, Partition types
Linux, Partition types
Linux LVM, Partition types
Linux Swap, Partition types
Minix, Partition types
NetBSD, Partition types
NTFS, Partition types
printing, Printing
queue, Printing
spools, Printing

R

runlevels, init
0 - shutdown, init
1 - single user , init
1 - single-user, init
3 - multi-user, init
5 - multi-user with GUI , init
6 - reboot, init
inittab, init

S

Samba , Network file systems, Network Attached Storage - Draft, CIFS
shells
bash - Bourne Again SHell, The /etc directory
csh - C SHell, The /etc directory
sh - Bourne, The /etc directory
ssh, Network logins
Storage Area Network (SAN), Storage Area Networks - Draft, Network Attached Storage - Draft
LUN, Storage Area Networks - Draft
syslog , Syslog

T

telnet , Network logins

V

VMWare, CD-ROMs

W

WINE, CD-ROMs