Installing Red Hat Linux 7 [Paperback]

Bill Von Hagen (Author)

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Publication Date: October 27, 2000

Installing Red Hat Linux 7 covers only the topics necessary to get the OS up and running. By utilizing the information in this text, you will be able to prevent surprises during the installation of this powerful operating system. This product is for Linux enthustiasts or experienced Unix users who would like to purchase the distribution and the documentation required to configure the OS and who already have a general understanding of Linux. Topics covered include new features of Red Hat 7, RPMs, choosing packages, installing KDE or GNOME, Internet configuration, system configuration, and X Windows.

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Installing Red Hat Linux 7 covers only the topics necessary to get the OS up and running. By utilizing the information in this text, you will be able to prevent surprises during the installation of this powerful operating system. This product is for Linux enthustiasts or experienced Unix users who would like to purchase the distribution and the documentation required to configure the OS and who already have a general understanding of Linux. Topics covered include new features of Red Hat 7, RPMs, choosing packages, installing KDE or GNOME, Internet configuration, system configuration, and X Windows.

About the Author

William von Hagen is the president of Move2Linux.com, a firm specializing in migrating legacy mainframe COBOL applications and associated data to Linux systems. Prior to founding Move2Linux.com, he was a writer and computer systems administrator for more than 15 years. He is also a well-known computer collector (see www.city-net.com/~wvh/collection.html for more information).

Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Sams (October 27, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0672318261
• ISBN-13: 978-0672318269
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,006,459 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Well Written Book, November 9, 2000

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This review is from: Installing Red Hat Linux 7 (Paperback)

Ok, first off, this book is gone. It has been replaced by Installing Red Hat Linux 7 (same ISBN BTW)! Now, that aside, here is a brief list of the TOC:

Introduction to Red Hat Linux - Discusses the various flavors of Linux and why you should use Red Hat :-).

Preparing Your System For Red Hat 7.0 - This is a really great chapter! It talks about all three flavors of RH 7.0 (i.e. Workstation, Server, Custom), how to collect hardware information about your system, and how to set up dual-boot/multi-boot.

Beginning Your Red Hat Installation - How to set up your boot sequence, installing from the CD (not as simple as you would think), creating boot floppies, installing over a network, using virtual consoles.

Red Hat Installation: Basic System Configuration - configuring your system (partitioning, formatting, network support, mouse, time zone). Also goes into configuring your initial accounts, passwords, authentication (Root password, et. al.). Completely de-mystifies these processes.

Red Hat Installation: Basic Software Installation - Covers selecting a group package for your chosen class (workstation, server, custom). Selection of individual packages: application development, X windows, database development, office and word processing, other shells (i.e. BSD), and other servers like KDE and GNOME. The author explains how you can locate the various packages, verify their dependencies, installing from command line or X windows, machine specific configurations, and creating boot disks.

Starting And Stopping Red Hat Linux - configuring the loader, booting, run levels, resolving startup problems (module and hardware), starting services, compiling your own modules, terminating services, shutting down.

Configuring And Customizing the X Window System - XF86, graphics cards/chips, Xconfigurator, starting, GNOME, KDE, windows managers.

Configuring Linux - system administration (linuxconf), network adaptors, nameserver, gateway/routing, hostname search path, printers (a really useful chapter).

Using Local and Network Storage - adding storage devices, partitions/disks, partitioning, file systems, swap space, removable media, using networked file systems, NFS, Samba.

Installing Other Software - RPM packages, RH Package Manager, viewing contents, installing and updating packages, removing, finding new, using packages from other Linux distributions (yay! somebody finally addressed this although it is brief).

All chapters are carefully laid out and explained walking you by-the-hand through difficult areas. An excellent index rounds out the package. 198 pages. A definite must for your Linux bookshelf.