Customizing and Upgrading Linux

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Contents

Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Introduction

Ch. 1 Preparing for Installation: Chronicling Your Equipment 1
Ch. 2 Hard Disk Partition Planning and Preparation 7
Ch. 3 Installing Linux from a CD-ROM 35
Ch. 4 Installing Linux by Using NFS 103
Ch. 5 Configuring the Video 125
Ch. 6 Configuring Printers 173
Ch. 7 Adding, Replacing, and Upgrading RPM Packages 195
Ch. 8 Upgrading the Kernel by Using RPM Packages 213
Ch. 9 Configuring the Kernel 229
Ch. 10 Installing a New Kernel by Building a New Source Tree 249

Index