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Appendix B
The Linux HOWTO Index

by Tim Bynum

In this appendix
What Are Linux HOWTOs?
Where Do I Get Linux HOWTOs?
HOWTO Index
Writing and Submitting a HOWTO
Copyright

This document contains an index to the Linux HOWTOs and mini-HOWTOs, as well as other information about the HOWTO project.

What Are Linux HOWTOs?

Linux HOWTOs are documents that 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 a FAQ, but generally not in question-and-answer format. However, many HOWTOs contain a 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 available only in plain text and HTML format.

Where Do I Get Linux HOWTOs?

HOWTOs can be retrieved via anonymous FTP from the following sites

•  ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO
•  ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/docs/HOWTO

as well as many mirror sites, such as

<ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/MIRRORS.html>

You can also browse HOWTOs in HTML format

<http://sunsite.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/>

on the World Wide Web. Many mirror sites <http://sunsite.unc.edu/LDP/hmirrors.html> also mirror the HTML files. sunsite.unc.edu is heavily used, so please use a mirror site if possible.

HOWTOs are also posted toward the beginning of the month to the Usenet newsgroup:


comp.os.linux.answers.

There is a tool called NewstoHOWTO that will assemble the postings.

HOWTO Translations

HOWTO translations are available on sunsite.unc.edu and mirrors around the world. So far there are:

Chinese (zh)
French (fr)
German (de)
Hellenic (el)
Italian (it)
Indonesian (id)
Japanese (ja)
Korean (ko)
Polish (pl)
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 sunsite.unc.edu, please read the directory structure specification at

http://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/translations/Directory-Structure

and get in touch with me.

HOWTO Index

The following Linux HOWTOs are currently available:

3Dfx HOWTO, by Bernd Kreimeier <bk@gamers.org>. How to use 3Dfx graphics accelerator chip support. Updated 6 February 1998.
AX25 HOWTO, by Terry Dawson <terry@perf.no.itg.telecom.com.au>. How to configure AX25 networking for Linux. Updated 17 October 1997.
Access HOWTO, by Michael De La Rue <access-howto@ed.ac.uk>. How to use adaptive technology with Linux. Updated 28 March 1997.
Alpha HOWTO, by David Mosberger <davidm@azstarnet.com>. Overview of Alpha systems and processors. Updated 6 June 1997.
Assembly HOWTO, by François-Renè Rideau <rideau@ens.fr>. Information on programming in x86 assembly. Updated 16 November 1997.
Benchmarking HOWTO, by Andrè D. Balsa <andrewbalsa@usa.net>. How to do basic benchmarking. Updated 15 August 1997.
BootPrompt HOWTO, by Paul Gortmaker <gpg109@rsphy1.anu.edu.au>. List of boot time arguments and overview of booting software. Updated 1 February 1998.
Bootdisk HOWTO, by Graham Chapman <grahamc@zeta.org.au>. How to create a boot/root maintenance disk for Linux. Updated 1 February 1998.
Busmouse HOWTO, by Chris Bagwell <cbagwell@sprynet.com>. Information on bus mouse compatibility with Linux. Updated 4 May 1998.
CD Writing HOWTO, by Winfried Trümper <winni@xpilot.org>. How to write CDs. Updated 16 December 1997.
CDROM HOWTO, by Jeff Tranter <jeff_tranter@pobox.com>. Information on CDROM drive compatibility for Linux. Updated 23 January 1998.
Chinese HOWTO, by Chih-Wei Huang <cwhuang@phys.ntu.edu.tw>. How to configure Linux for use with the Chinese character set. Updated 20 April 1998.
Commercial HOWTO, by Martin Michlmayr <tbm@cyrius.com>. Listing of commercial software products for Linux. Updated 8 May 1998.
Config HOWTO, by Guido Gonzato <guido@ibogfs.cineca.it>. How to fine-tune and customize your Linux system. Updated 10 April 1998.
Consultants HOWTO, by Martin Michlmayr <tbm@cyrius.com>. Listing of Linux consultants. Updated 8 May 1998.
Cyrillic HOWTO, by Alexander L. Belikoff <abel@bfr.co.il>. How to configure Linux for use with the Cyrillic characterset. Updated 23 January 1998.
DNS HOWTO, by Nicolai Langfeldt <janl@math.uio.no>. How to set up DNS. Updated 3 April 1998.
DOS/Win to Linux HOWTO, by Guido Gonzato <guido@ibogfs.cineca.it>. How to move from DOS/Windows to Linux. Updated 15 April 1998.
DOSEMU HOWTO, by Uwe Bonnes <bon@elektron.ikp.physik.th-darmstadt.de>. 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 <nkbj@image.dk>. How to configure Linux for use with the Danish characterset. Updated 17 April 1998.
Distribution HOWTO, by Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com>. A list of Linux distributions. Updated 8 February 1998.
ELF HOWTO, by Daniel Barlow <daniel.barlow@linux.org>. How to install and migrate to the ELF binary file format. Updated 14 July 1996.
Emacspeak HOWTO, by Jim Van Zandt <jrv@vanzandt.mv.com>. How to use “emacspeak” with Linux. Updated 21 December 1997.
Ethernet HOWTO, by Paul Gortmaker <gpg109@rsphy1.anu.edu.au>. Information on Ethernet hardware compatibility for Linux. Updated 1 February 1998.
Finnish HOWTO, by Pekka Taipale <pjt@iki.fi>. How to configure Linux for use with the Finnish characterset. Updated 14 February 1996.
Firewall HOWTO, by Mark Grennan, <markg@netplus.net>. How to set up a firewall using Linux. Updated 8 November 1996.
French HOWTO, by Guylhem Aznar <guylhem@danmark.linux.eu.org>. How to configure Linux for use with the French characterset.
Ftape HOWTO, by Kevin Johnson <kjj@pobox.com>. Information on ftape drive compatibility with Linux. Updated 15 March 1997.
GCC HOWTO, by Daniel Barlow <daniel.barlow@linux.org>. How to set up the GNU C compiler and development libraries. Updated 28 February 1996.
German HOWTO, by Winfried Trümper <winni@xpilot.org>. Information on using Linux with German-specific features. Updated 19 March 1997.
Glibc2 HOWTO, by Eric Green <ejg3@cornell.edu>. How to install and migrate to the glibc2 library. Updated 8 February 1998.
HAM HOWTO, by Terry Dawson <terry@perf.no.itg.telecom.com.au>. How to configure amateur radio software for Linux. Updated 1 April 1997.
HOWTO Index, by Tim Bynum <linux-howto@sunsite.unc.edu>. Index of HOWTO documents about Linux. Updated 10 May 1998.
Hardware Compatibility HOWTO, by Patrick Reijnen <antispam.patrickr@antispam.bart.nl>. A list of hardware known to work with Linux. Updated 29 March 1998.
Hebrew HOWTO, by Yair G. Rajwan <yair@hobbes.jct.ac.il>. How to configure Linux for use with the Hebrew characterset. Updated 12 September 1995.
INFO-SHEET, by Michael K. Johnson <johnsonm@redhat.com>. Generic introduction to the Linux operating system. Updated 24 October 1997.
IPX HOWTO, by Terry Dawson <terry@perf.no.itg.telecom.com.au>. How to install and configure IPX networking. Updated 29 March 1997.
ISP Hookup HOWTO, by Egil Kvaleberg <egil@kvaleberg.no>. Basic introduction to hooking up to an ISP. Updated 5 March 1998.
Installation HOWTO, by Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com>. How to obtain and install Linux. Updated 20 April 1998.
Intranet Server HOWTO, by Pramod Karnad <karnad@indiamail.com>. How to set up a Linux Intranet server. Updated 7 August 1997.
Italian HOWTO, by Marco “Gaio” Gaiarin <gaio@dei.unipd.it>. How to configure Linux for use with the Italian characterset. Updated 6 August 1997.
Java-CGI HOWTO, by David H. Silber <dhs@orbits.com>. How to set up Java-capable CGI bin. Updated 18 November 1996.
Kernel HOWTO, by Brian Ward <ward@blah.math.tu-graz.ac.at>. Upgrading and compiling the Linux kernel. Updated 26 May 1997.
Keyboard and Console HOWTO, by Andries Brouwer <aeb@cwi.nl>. Information about the Linux keyboard, console, and non-ASCII characters. Updated 25 February 1998.
LinuxDoc+Emacs+Ispell HOWTO, by Philippe MARTIN <feloy@wanadoo.fr>. Assists 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 <johnsonm@redhat.com>. A listing of Linux sources of information. Updated 25 October 1997.
MGR HOWTO, by Vincent Broman <broman@nosc.mil>. Information on the MGR graphics interface for Linux. Updated 30 May 1996.
MILO HOWTO, by David A. Rusling <david.rusling@reo.mts.dec.com>. How to use the Alpha Linux Miniloader (MILO). Updated 6 December 1996.
Mail HOWTO, by Guylhem Aznar <guylhem@danmark.linux.eu.org>. Information on electronic mail servers and clients. Updated January 1998.
Multi-Disk HOWTO, by Stein Gjoen <sgjoen@nyx.net>. How to set up multiple hard disk drives. Updated 3 February 1998.
NET-3 HOWTO, by Terry Dawson <terry@perf.no.itg.telecom.com.au>. How to configure TCP/IP networking under Linux. Updated 1 April 1998.
NFS HOWTO, by Nicolai Langfeldt <janl@math.uio.no>. How to set up NFS clients and servers. Updated 3 November 1997.
NIS HOWTO, by Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@vt.uni-paderborn.de>. Information on using NIS/YP on Linux systems. Updated 23 April 1998.
Optical Disk HOWTO, by Skip Rye <Skip_Rye@faneuil.com>. How to use optical disk drives with Linux. Updated 22 December 1997.
Oracle HOWTO, by Paul Haigh <paul@nailed.demon.co.uk>. How to set up Oracle as a database server. Updated 10 March 1998.
PCI HOWTO, by Michael Will <Michael.Will@student.uni-tuebingen.de>. Information on PCI-architecture compatibility with Linux. Updated 30 March 1997.
PCMCIA HOWTO, by Dave Hinds <dhinds@allegro.stanford.edu>. How to install and use PCMCIA Card Services. Updated 19 February 1998.
PPP HOWTO, by Robert Hart <hartr@interweft.com.au>. Information on using PPP networking with Linux. Updated 31 March 1997.
Parallel Processing HOWTO, by Hank Dietz <pplinux@ecn.purdue.edu>. Discussion of parallel processing approaches for Linux. Updated 5 January 1998.
Pilot HOWTO, by David H. Silber <pilot@orbits.com>. How to use a USR Pilot PDA with Linux. Updated 17 August 1997.
Polish HOWTO, by Sergiusz Pawlowicz <ser@arch.pwr.wroc.pl>. Information on using Linux with Polish-specific features. Updated 5 January 1997.
PostgreSQL HOWTO, by Al Dev (Alavoor Vasudevan) <aldev@hotmail.com>. How to set up PostgreSQL as a database server. Updated 12 April 1998.
Printing HOWTO, by Grant Taylor <gtaylor+pht@picante.com>. HOWTO on printing software for Linux. Updated 23 September 1997.
Printing Usage HOWTO, by Mark Komarinski <markk@auratek.com>. How to use the printing system for a variety of file types and options. Updated 6 February 1998.
RPM HOWTO, by Donnie Barnes <djb@redhat.com>. How to use the Red Hat Package Manager (.rpm). Updated 8 April 1997.
Reading List HOWTO, by Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com>. Interesting books pertaining to Linux subjects. Updated 11 February 1998.
Root RAID HOWTO, by Michael A. Robinton <michael@bzs.org>. How to create a root-mounted RAID filesystem. Updated 25 March 1998.
SCSI Programming HOWTO, by Heiko Eissfeldt <heiko@colossus.escape.de>. Information on programming the generic Linux SCSI interface. Updated 7 May 1996.
SMB HOWTO, by David Wood <dwood@plugged.net.au>. How to use the Session Message Block (SMB) protocol with Linux. Updated 10 August 1996.
SRM HOWTO, by David Mosberger <davidm@azstarnet.com>. How to boot Linux/Alpha using the SRM firmware. Updated 17 August 1996.
Security HOWTO, by Kevin Fenzi <kevin@scrye.com>. General overview of security issues. Updated 1 May 1998.
Serial Programming HOWTO, by Peter H. Baumann <Peter.Baumann@dlr.de>. How to use serial ports in programs. Updated 22 January 1998.
Shadow Password HOWTO, by Michael H. Jackson <mhjack@tscnet.com>. How to obtain, install, and configure shadow passwords. Updated 3 April 1996.
Slovenian HOWTO, by Primoz Peterlin <primoz.peterlin@biofiz.mf.uni-lj.si>. Information on using Linux with Slovenian-specific features. Updated 30 October 1996.
Sound HOWTO, by Jeff Tranter <jeff_tranter@pobox.com>. Sound hardware and software for the Linux operating system. Updated 23 January 1998.
Sound Playing HOWTO, by Yoo C. Chung <wacko@laplace.snu.ac.kr>. How to play various sound formats under Linux. Updated 23 January 1998.
Spanish HOWTO, by Gonzalo Garcia Agullo <Gonzalo.Garcia-Agullo@jrc.es>. Information on using Linux with Spanish-specific features. Updated 20 August 1996.
teTeX HOWTO, by Robert Kiesling <kiesling@terracom.net>. How to install the teTeX package (TeX and LaTeX) under Linux. Updated 21 August 1997.
Text-Terminal HOWTO, by David S. Lawyer <bf347@lafn.org>. This document explains what text terminals are, how they work, how to install and configure them. Updated May 1998.
Thai HOWTO, by Poonlap Veeratanabutr <poon-v@fedu.uec.ac.jp>. How to configure Linux for use with the Thai characterset. Updated 16 July 1997.
Tips HOWTO, by Paul Anderson <paul@geeky1.ebtech.net>. HOWTO on miscellaneous tips and tricks for Linux. Updated 26 December 1997.
UMSDOS HOWTO, by Jacques Gelinas <jacques@solucorp.qc.ca>. How to install and use the UMSDOS filesystem. Updated 13 November 1995.
UPS HOWTO, by Harvey J. Stein <abel@netvision.net.il>. Information on using a UPS power supply with Linux. Updated 18 November 1997.
UUCP HOWTO, by Guylhem Aznar <guylhem@danmark.linux.eu.org>. Information on UUCP software for Linux. Updated 6 February 1998.
User Group HOWTO, by Kendall Grant Clark <kclark@ntlug.org>. Tips on founding, maintaining, and growing a Linux User Group. Updated 24 April 1998.
VAR HOWTO, by Martin Michlmayr <tbm@cyrius.com>. Listing of Linux value added resellers. Updated 9 May 1998.
VMS to Linux HOWTO, by Guido Gonzato <guido@ibogfs.cineca.it>. How to move from VMS to Linux. Updated 20 April 1998.
Virtual Services HOWTO, by Brian Ackerman <brian@nycrc.net>. How to set up virtual hosting services. Updated 4 November 1997.
WWW HOWTO, by Wayne Leister <n3mtr@qis.net>. How to set up WWW clients and servers. Updated 19 November 1997.
WWW mSQL HOWTO, by Oliver Corff <corff@zedat.fu-berlin.de>. How to set up a web server database with mSQL. Updated 17 September 1997.
XFree86 HOWTO, by Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com>. How to obtain, install, and configure XFree86 3.2 (X11R6). Updated 24 February 1998.
XFree86 Video Timings HOWTO, by Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com>. How to compose a mode line for XFree86. Updated 20 February 1998.

Mini-HOWTO index

The following mini-HOWTOs are available:

3 Button Mouse mini-HOWTO, by Geoff Short <geoff@kipper.york.ac.uk>. How to configure your mouse to use three buttons. Updated 4 November 1997.
ADSM Backup mini-HOWTO, by Thomas Koenig <Thomas.Koenig@ciw.uni-karlsruhe.de>. How to install and use the ADSM backup program. Updated 15 January 1997.
Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Loop (ADSL) mini-HOWTO, by David Fannin <dfannin@dnai.com>. Addresses the ordering, installation, and configuration. Updated 9 May 1998.
AI-Alife mini-HOWTO, by John A. Eikenberry <jae@ai.uga.edu>. Information about AI software for Linux. Updated 13 January 1998.
Advocacy mini-HOWTO, by Paul L. Rogers <Paul.L.Rogers@li.org>. Suggestions on how to advocate the use of Linux. Updated 7 May 1998.
Backup with MSDOS mini-HOWTO, by Christopher Neufeld <neufeld@physics.utoronto.ca>. How to back up Linux machines with MSDOS. Updated 5 August 1997.
Battery Powered mini-HOWTO, by Hanno Mueller <hanno@lava.de>. How to reduce a Linux system’s power consumption. Updated 21 December 1997.
Boca mini-HOWTO, by David H Dennis <david@freelink.net>. How to install a Boca 16-port serial card (Boca 2016). Updated 1 August 1997.
BogoMips mini-HOWTO, by Wim C.A. van Dorst <baron@clifton.hobby.nl>. Information about BogoMips. Updated 13 December 1997.
Bridge mini-HOWTO, by Chris Cole <cole@lynkmedia.com>. How to set up an ethernet bridge. Updated 13 November 1997.
Bridge+Firewall mini-HOWTO, by Peter Breuer <ptb@it.uc3m.es>. How to set up an ethernet bridge and firewall. Updated 19 December 1997.
Bzip2 mini-HOWTO, by David Fetter <dfetter@best.com>. How to use the new bzip2 compression program. Updated 10 March 1998.
Cable Modem mini-HOWTO, by Vladimir Vuksan <vuksan@veus.hr>. How to use a cable modem with a cable ISP. Updated 29 Apr 1998.
Clock mini-HOWTO, by Ron Bean <rbean@execpc.com>. How to set and keep your clock on time. Updated December 1996.
Coffee mini-HOWTO, by Georgatos Photis <gef@ceid.upatras.gr>. Thoughts about making coffee with Linux (humorous). Updated 15 January 1998.
Colour ls mini-HOWTO, by Thorbjoern Ravn Andersen <ravn@dit.ou.dk>. How to set up the colours with “ls.” Updated 7 August 1997.
Cyrus IMAP mini-HOWTO, by Kevin Mitchell <kevin@iserv.net>. How to install the Cyrus IMAP server. Updated 21 January 1998.
DHCP mini-HOWTO, by Vladimir Vuksan <vuksan@veus.hr>. How to set up a DHCP Server and Client. Updated 7 May 1998.
DPT Hardware RAID mini-HOWTO, by Ram Samudrala <me@ram.org>. How to configure hardware RAID. Updated 15 December 1997.
Diald mini-HOWTO, by Harish Pillay <h.pillay@ieee.org>. How to use “diald” to dial an ISP. Updated 3 June 1996.
Diskless mini-HOWTO, by Robert Nemkin <buci@math.klte.hu>. How to set up a diskless Linux box. Updated 31 May 1996.
Ext2fs Undeletion mini-HOWTO, by Aaron Crane <aaronc@pobox.com>. How to retrieve deleted files from an ext2 filesystem. Updated 4 August 1997.
Fax Server mini-HOWTO, by Erez Strauss <erez@newplaces.com>. How to set up a fax server. Update 8 November 1997.
Firewall Piercing mini-HOWTO, by François-Renè Rideau <rideau@ens.fr>. Using ppp over telnet transparently through an Internet firewall. Updated 25 April 1998.
GIS-GRASS mini-HOWTO, by David A. Hastings <dah@ngdc.noaa.gov>. How to install Geographic Information System (GIS) software. Updated 13 November 1997.
GTEK BBS-550 mini-HOWTO, by Wajihuddin Ahmed <wahmed@sdnpk.undp.org>. How to set up the GTEK BBS-550 multiport board with Linux. Updated 20 August 1997.
Hard Disk Upgrade mini-HOWTO, by Yves Bellefeuille <yan@ottawa.com>. How to copy a Linux system from one hard disk to another. Updated 31 January 1998.
IO Port Programming mini-HOWTO, by Riku Saikkonen <Riku.Saikkonen@hut.fi>. How to use I/O ports in C programs. Updated 28 December 1997.
IP Alias mini-HOWTO, by Harish Pillay <h.pillay@ieee.org>. How to use IP aliasing. Updated 13 January 1997.
IP Masquerade mini-HOWTO, by Ambrose Au <ambrose@writeme.com>. How to use IP masquerading. Updated 10 November 1997.
IP Subnetworking mini-HOWTO, by Robert Hart <hartr@interweft.com.au>. Why and how to subnetwork an IP network. Updated 31 March 1997.
IP Connectivity mini-HOWTO, by Michael Strates <mstrates@croftj.net>. How to get mail and news over a dial-up connection. Updated 6 November 1997.
Install From ZIP mini-HOWTO, by Kevin Snively <k.snively@seaslug.org>. How to install Linux from a parallel port ZIP drive. Updated 29 April 1998.
Kerneld mini-HOWTO, by Henrik Storner <storner@osiris.ping.dk>. How to use “kerneld” (dynamic module loading). Updated 19 July 1997.
LBX mini-HOWTO, by Paul D. Smith <psmith@baynetworks.com>. How to use Low-Bandwidth X (LBX). Updated 11 December 1997.
LILO mini-HOWTO, by Alessandro Rubini <rubini@linux.it>. Examples of typical LILO installations. Updated 9 January 1998.
Large Disk mini-HOWTO, by Andries Brouwer <aeb@cwi.nl>. How to use disks with > 1024 cylinders. Updated 26 July 1996.
Leased Line mini-HOWTO, by Rob van der Putten <rob@sput.dsl.nl>. How to set up leased line modems. Updated 3 March 1998.
Linux+DOS+Win95+OS2 mini-HOWTO, by Mike Harlan <r3mdh@raex.com>. How to use Linux, DOS, OS/2, and Win95 together. Updated 11 November 1997.
Linux+FreeBSD mini-HOWTO, by Niels Kristian Bech Jensen <nkbj@image.dk> How to use Linux and FreeBSD together. Updated 18 April 1998.
Linux+NT-Loader mini-HOWTO, by Bernd Reichert <reichert@dial.eunet.ch>. How to use Linux and the Windows NT boot loader together. Updated 2 September 1997.
Linux+Win95 mini-HOWTO, by Jonathan Katz <jkatz@in.net>. How to use Linux and Windows 95 together. Updated 26 October 1996.
Loadlin+Win95 mini-HOWTO, by Chris Fischer <protek@brigadoon.com>. How to use Linux and Windows 95 together, using loadlin. Updated 6 March 1998.
Mac Terminal mini-HOWTO, by Robert Kiesling <kiesling@terracom.net>. How to use an Apple Macintosh as a serial terminal. Updated 9 November 1997.
Mail Queue mini-HOWTO, by Leif Erlingsson <Leif.Erlingsson@leif@lege.com>. How to queue remote mail and deliver local mail. Updated 3 September 1997.
Mail2News mini-HOWTO, by Robert Hart <iweft@ipax.com.au>. How to set up a mail to news gateway. Updated 4 November 1996.
Man Page mini-HOWTO, by Jens Schweikhardt <schweikh@noc.dfn.de>. How to write man pages. Updated 11 March 1998.
Modules mini-HOWTO, by Riley H. Williams <rhw@bigfoot.com>. How to set up and configure kernel modules. Updated 14 November 1997.
NFS-Root mini-HOWTO, by Andreas Kostyrka <andreas@ag.or.at>. How to set up diskless Linux machines. Updated 8 August 1997.
NFS-Root-Client mini-HOWTO, by Ofer Maor <ofer@hadar.co.il>. How to set up diskless Linux machines using NFS. Updated 1 July 1997.
Netscape+Proxy mini-HOWTO, by Sarma Seetamraju <sarma@usa.net>. How to set up a proxy server for Netscape. Updated 15 August 1997.
News Leafsite mini-HOWTO, by Florian Kuehnert <sutok@gmx.de>. How to set up a leaf news site. Updated 4 January 1998.
Offline Mailing mini-HOWTO, by Gunther Voet <freaker@tuc.ml.org>. How to set up email addresses without a dedicated Internet connection. Updated 7 February 1998.
Partition mini-HOWTO, by Kristian Koehntopp <kris@koehntopp.de>. How to choose disk partitions. Updated 3 November 1997.
Partition Rescue mini-HOWTO, by Rolf Klausen <rolfk@romsdal.vgs.no>. How to rescue deleted Linux partitions. Updated 22 October 1997.
Path mini-HOWTO, by Esa Turtiainen <etu@dna.fi>. How to use the PATH environment variable. Updated 15 November 1997.
Pre-installation Checklist mini-HOWTO, by S. Parthasarathy <algolog@hd1.vsnl.net.in>. Pre-installation checklist and questionnaire. Updated 27 January 1998.
Process Accounting mini-HOWTO, by Albert M.C. Tam <bertie@scn.org>. How to set up process accounting. Updated 8 August 1997.
Proxy ARP Subnet mini-HOWTO, by Bob Edwards <bob@faceng.anu.edu.au>. How to use proxy ARP with subnetting. Updated August 1997.
Public Web Browser mini-HOWTO, by Donald B. Marti Jr. <dmarti@best.com>. How to set up a guest account to use a WWW browser. Updated 5 January 1998.
Qmail+MH mini-HOWTO, by Christopher Richardson <rdn@tara.n.eunet.de>. How to install qmail and MH. Updated 5 March 1998.
Quota mini-HOWTO, by Albert M.C. Tam <bertie@scn.org>. How to set up disk quotas. Updated 8 August 1997.
RCS mini-HOWTO, by Robert Kiesling <kiesling@terracom.net>. How to use RCS (Revision Control System). Updated 14 August 1997.
RPM+Slackware mini-HOWTO, by Dave Whitinger, <dave@whitinger.net>. How to install the Red Hat Package Manager (RPM) under Slackware. Updated 13 April 1998.
Remote Boot mini-HOWTO, by Marc Vuilleumier Stückelberg <Marc.VuilleumierStuckelberg@cui.unige.ch>. How to set up a server-based boot selector. Updated August 1997.
Remote X Apps mini-HOWTO, by Vincent Zweije <zweije@xs4all.nl>. How to run remote X applications. Updated 12 February 1998.
SLIP-PPP Emulator mini-HOWTO, by Irish <irish@eskimo.com>. How to use SLIP-PPP emulators with Linux. Updated 7 August 1997.
Sendmail+UUCP mini-HOWTO, by Jamal Hadi Salim <jamal@glcom.com>. How to use sendmail and UUCP together. Updated 6 May 1998.
Small Memory mini-HOWTO, by Todd Burgess <tburgess@uoguelph.ca>. 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 <thegrendel@theriver.com>. How to build software packages. Updated 4 November 1997.
Software RAID mini-HOWTO, by Linas Vepstas <linas@fc.net>. How to configure software RAID. Updated 28 December 1997.
Soundblaster AWE mini-HOWTO, by Marcus Brinkmann <Marcus.Brinkmann@ruhr-uni-bochum.de>. How to install the Soundblaster AWE 32/64. Updated 11 January 1998.
StarOffice mini-HOWTO, by Matthew Borowski <mkb@poboxes.com>. Information on installing the StarOffice suite. Updated 14 January 1998.
Term Firewall mini-HOWTO, by Barak Pearlmutter <bap@cs.unm.edu>. How to use “term” over a firewall. Updated 15 July 1997.
TkRat mini-HOWTO, by Dave Whitinger <dave@whitinger.net>. How to install and use the TkRat mail program. Updated 2 February 1998.
Token Ring mini-HOWTO, by Mike Eckhoff <mike.e@emissary.aus-etc.com>. How to use token ring cards. Updated 7 January 1998.
Ultra-DMA mini-HOWTO, by Brion Vibber <brion@pobox.com>. How to use Ultra-DMA drives and controllers. Updated 3 May 1998.
Update mini-HOWTO, by Stein Gjoen <sgjoen@nyx.net>. How to stay updated about Linux development. Updated 3 February 1998.
Upgrade mini-HOWTO, by Greg Louis <glouis@dynamicro.on.ca>. How to upgrade your Linux distribution. Updated 6 June 1996.
VPN mini-HOWTO, by Árpád Magosányi <mag@bunuel.tii.matav.hu>. How to set up a VPN (Virtual Private Network). Updated 7 August 1997.
Visual Bell mini-HOWTO, by Alessandro Rubini <rubini@linux.it>. How to disable audible bells, and enable visual bells. Updated 11 November 1997.
Windows Modem Sharing mini-HOWTO, by Friedemann Baitinger <baiti@toplink.net>. How to set up Windows to use a shared modem on a Linux machine. Updated 2 November 1997.
WordPerfect mini-HOWTO, by Wade Hampton <whampton@staffnet.com>. How to set up WordPerfect for Linux. Updated 13 August 1997.
X Big Cursor mini-HOWTO, by Joerg Schneider <schneid@ira.uka.de>. How to use enlarged cursors with XWindows. Updated 11 August 1997.
XFree86-XInside mini-HOWTO, by Marco Melgazzi <marco@techie.com>. How to convert XFree86 to XInside modelines. Updated September 1997.
xterm Title mini-HOWTO, by Ric Lister <ric@giccs.georgetown.edu>. How to put strings into the titlebar of an xterm. Updated 7 January 1998.
ZIP Install mini-HOWTO, by John Wiggins <jwiggins@comp.uark.edu>. How to install Linux onto a ZIP drive. Updated 26 January 1998.

Special HOWTO index

The High Availability HOWTO, by Harald Milz <hm@seneca.muc.de> is available at:

http://sunsite.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 <mjhammel@graphics-muse.org> 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.

Unmaintained HOWTOs and mini-HOWTOs

There are a number of unmaintained documents at

ftp://sunsite.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.

Module-HOWTO
News-HOWTO
Portuguese-HOWTO
SCSI-HOWTO
Serial-HOWTO
Term-HOWTO
UUCP-HOWTO

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@sunsite.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.pobox.com/~cg/sgmltools, 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 published along with the HOWTOs in LDP books.
•  Make sure that all 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 a FAQ section at the end, if appropriate. Many HOWTO documents need a “FAQ” or “Common Problems” section to cover information that 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, e-mail 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 e-mail 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 sunsite.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.

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, via e-mail at linux-howto@sunsite.unc.edu.


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