<HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE >The Linux Installation HOWTO</TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.76b+ "><LINK REL="NEXT" TITLE="Introduction" HREF="introduction.html"></HEAD ><BODY CLASS="ARTICLE" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#840084" ALINK="#0000FF" ><DIV CLASS="ARTICLE" ><DIV CLASS="TITLEPAGE" ><H1 CLASS="TITLE" ><A NAME="AEN2">The Linux Installation HOWTO</H1 ><H3 CLASS="AUTHOR" ><A NAME="AEN4" >Eric Steven Raymond</A ></H3 ><DIV CLASS="AFFILIATION" ><SPAN CLASS="ORGNAME" ><A HREF="http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/" TARGET="_top" > Thyrsus Enterprises</A ><BR></SPAN ><DIV CLASS="ADDRESS" ><P CLASS="ADDRESS" > esr@thyrsus.com<br> </P ></DIV ></DIV ><P CLASS="COPYRIGHT" >Copyright © 2000 by Eric S. Raymond</P ><DIV CLASS="REVHISTORY" ><TABLE WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR ><TH ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN="3" ><B >Revision History</B ></TH ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision 5.7</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >2002-07-06</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: esr</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >New translations.</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision 5.6</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >2002-01-04</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: esr</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Minor corrections.</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision 5.6</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >2001-09-06</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: esr</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Added a Translation section.</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision 5.5</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >2001-07-11</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: esr</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >PnP cards are no longer a problem.</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision 5.4</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >2001-06-14</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: esr</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Added link to Post-installation HOWTO.</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision 5.3</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >2001-03-9</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: esr</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Fixes for various links.</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision 5.2</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >2001-02-22</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: esr</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >LDP Styleguide markup fixes.</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision 5.1</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >2001-01-29</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: esr</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Minor corrections for the post-2.1 world.</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision 5.0</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >2000-07-21</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: esr</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >First DocBook version.</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ><DIV ><DIV CLASS="ABSTRACT" ><A NAME="AEN62"><P ></P ><P >This document describes how to obtain and install Linux software. It is the first document which a new Linux user should read to get started.</P ><P ></P ></DIV ></DIV ><HR></DIV ><DIV CLASS="TOC" ><DL ><DT ><B >Table of Contents</B ></DT ><DT >1. <A HREF="introduction.html" >Introduction</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >1.1. <A HREF="introduction.html#PURPOSE" >Purpose of this document</A ></DT ><DT >1.2. <A HREF="introduction.html#TRANSLATIONS" >Translations</A ></DT ><DT >1.3. <A HREF="introduction.html#SOURCES" >Other sources of information</A ></DT ><DT >1.4. <A HREF="introduction.html#NEWVERSIONS" >New versions of this document</A ></DT ><DT >1.5. <A HREF="introduction.html#FEEDBACK" >Feedback and Corrections</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >2. <A HREF="changes.html" >Recent Changes</A ></DT ><DT >3. <A HREF="buy.html" >The Easiest Option: Buy, Don't Build</A ></DT ><DT >4. <A HREF="before.html" >Before You Begin</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >4.1. <A HREF="before.html#REQUIREMENTS" >Hardware requirements</A ></DT ><DT >4.2. <A HREF="before.html#DISKSPACE" >Space requirements and coexistence</A ></DT ><DT >4.3. <A HREF="before.html#TIME" >Time requirements</A ></DT ><DT >4.4. <A HREF="before.html#DISTRIBUTIONS" >Choosing a Linux distribution</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >5. <A HREF="overview.html" >Installation Overview</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >5.1. <A HREF="overview.html#EASYWAY" >First Installation Steps: The Easy Way</A ></DT ><DT >5.2. <A HREF="overview.html#HARDWAY" >First Installation Steps: The Hard Way</A ></DT ><DT >5.3. <A HREF="overview.html#CONTINUING" >Continuing the Installation</A ></DT ><DT >5.4. <A HREF="overview.html#BASICPARTS" >Basic Parts of an Installation Kit</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >6. <A HREF="details.html" >Installation In Detail</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >6.1. <A HREF="details.html#PREPARING" >Getting prepared for installation</A ></DT ><DT >6.2. <A HREF="details.html#BOOTROOT" >Creating the boot and root floppies</A ></DT ><DT >6.3. <A HREF="details.html#REPARTITIONING" >Repartitioning your DOS/Windows drives</A ></DT ><DT >6.4. <A HREF="details.html#AEN365" >Creating partitions for Linux</A ></DT ><DT >6.5. <A HREF="details.html#BOOTING" >Booting the installation disk</A ></DT ><DT >6.6. <A HREF="details.html#INSTALLING" >Installing software packages</A ></DT ><DT >6.7. <A HREF="details.html#AFTERWARDS" >After package installations</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >7. <A HREF="firstboot.html" >Booting Your New System</A ></DT ><DT >8. <A HREF="afterboot.html" >After Your First Boot</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >8.1. <A HREF="afterboot.html#ADMIN" >Beginning System Administratration</A ></DT ><DT >8.2. <A HREF="afterboot.html#AEN606" >Custom LILO Configuration<A NAME="CUSTOM-LILO" ></A ></A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >9. <A HREF="administrivia.html" >Administrivia</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >9.1. <A HREF="administrivia.html#TERMS" >Terms of Use</A ></DT ><DT >9.2. <A HREF="administrivia.html#ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS" >Acknowledgements</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ></DL ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE SUMMARY="Footer navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="introduction.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" >Introduction</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >