<HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE >GNU/Linux Post-Installation Checklist</TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.63 "><LINK REL="NEXT" TITLE="Introduction" HREF="intro.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" >GNU/Linux Post-Installation Checklist</A ></H1 ><H2 CLASS="SUBTITLE" >Defying Murphy's Laws</H2 ><H3 CLASS="AUTHOR" ><A NAME="AEN5" > </A ></H3 ><DIV CLASS="AFFILIATION" ><SPAN CLASS="ORGNAME" > <A HREF="http://members.tripod.com/~algolog/index.htm" TARGET="_top" >Algologic Research & Solutions</A > <BR></SPAN ><DIV CLASS="ADDRESS" ><P CLASS="ADDRESS" > algolog (at) hd1.vsnl.net.in<br> </P ></DIV ></DIV ><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 1.0</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >2001-06-12</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: </TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Initial release using docbook sgml.</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ><DIV ><DIV CLASS="ABSTRACT" ><A NAME="AEN19" ></A ><P ></P ><P > This document provides a checklist for steps you should take immediately after installing GNU/Linux. These steps will save you a lot of bother if you encounter any problems later on. This document also includes a shell script for automating the post installation process. </P ><P ></P ></DIV ></DIV ><HR></DIV ><DIV CLASS="TOC" ><DL ><DT ><B >Table of Contents</B ></DT ><DT >1. <A HREF="intro.html" >Introduction</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >1.1. <A HREF="intro.html#COPYRIGHT" >Copyright Information</A ></DT ><DT >1.2. <A HREF="intro.html#DISCLAIMER" >Disclaimer</A ></DT ><DT >1.3. <A HREF="intro.html#FEEDBACK" >Feedback</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >2. <A HREF="steps.html" >Post-Installation Steps</A ></DT ><DT >3. <A HREF="shellscript.html" >Shell script</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >3.1. <A HREF="shellscript.html#SCRIPT" >The script...</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ></DL ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><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="intro.html" >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 >