Updated: Mar 2003.
A compilation of all the possible boot time arguments that can
be passed to the Linux kernel at boot time. Includes all kernel
and device parameters.
Updated: Nov 2001.
Aims at making the fine-tuning of your newly installed Linux box
quicker and easier. You will find a set of configurations for the
most common applications and services.
Updated: Jan 2004.
Demonstrates how to use command-line tools to configure your
Debian system for printing. It explains how to send documents from Linux
to Windows printers and how to share Linux printers with Windows PCs.
Updated: Jul 2004.
Describes why you should use jigdo (a tool for obtaining Debian ISOs),
a little bit about how it works and how you use it to get and update
Debian ISOs.
Updated: Oct 2004.
Describes how to build, install, and configure LVM for Linux.
MultiOS-HOWTO,
Managing Multiple Operating Systems HOWTO
Updated: Feb 2000.
Covers the procedures for using removable hard disks to install and
manage multiple alternative operating systems while leaving a single
fixed disk to permanently house and protect the primary operating
system.
Updated: Aug 2003.
How to enable file system quota on a Linux host, assigning
quota for users and groups, as well as the usage of miscellaneous
quota commands.
Updated: Nov 2004.
Describes the usage of SquashFS - a highly-compressed
file system for Linux, which is intended for use in tiny/embedded
Linux systems, as well as for read-only archiving and general
in-file system compression.
Updated: Aug 1997.
Discusses some issues associated with the benchmarking of Linux
systems and presents a basic benchmarking toolkit.
CSPM-HOWTO,
Complete System Performance Monitor HOWTO
Updated: Jun 2003.
Provides an overview of the Complete System Performance Monitor,
including a description of the product and installation
and configuration information.
Updated: Oct 2003.
A brief description of a standard way to set up and work with a
computer network for a small group of people that is inexpensive to
build, easy to administer, and relatively safe.
Updated: Aug 1997.
How to use a Linux-compatible tape drive installed on an MS-DOS
machine to back up the filesystem of a Linux machine.
Clone-HOWTO,
HOWTO Clone Disk Images on Linux Booted from a Network
Updated: Sep 2002.
Describes a setup that allows a machine to boot Linux from
BOOTP/TFTP, using the Grub boot loader, and save and restore disk and
partition images to and from a TFTP server.
Updated: Apr 2004.
A step-by-step tutorial on how to back up a Linux
computer so as to be able to make a bare metal recovery, and how
to make that bare metal recovery. Includes some related scripts.
"Bare metal recovery" is the process
of rebuilding a computer after a catastrophic failure.
Updated: Nov 2000.
Describes a straight forward way of recovering whole
directory structures, instead of file by file, that have been removed
by a misplaced rm -rf
Updated: Apr 2004.
A step-by-step tutorial on how to back up a Linux
computer so as to be able to make a bare metal recovery, and how
to make that bare metal recovery. Includes some related scripts.
"Bare metal recovery" is the process
of rebuilding a computer after a catastrophic failure.
Updated: Mar 2004.
Eplains how to create encrypted file systems using the
Cryptoloop functionality. Cryptoloop is part of the CryptoAPI in
the 2.6 Linux kernel series.
Updated: Nov 2004.
A method is described for encrypting a hard disk,
either in whole or in part, with the encryption key stored
on an external medium for increased security.
Updated: Oct 2000.
Outlines the things you will probably have to do when you want to
setup a network of computers under your own domain. Covers
configuration of network parameters, network services, and security
settings.
Updated: Feb 2000.
Designed to describe the basics of firewall systems and give you some
detail on setting up both a filtering and proxy firewall on a Linux
based system.
Updated: Jul 2000.
How to obtain, install and configure the enhanced IP firewalling
chains software for Linux, and some ideas on how you might use them.
Updated: May 2004.
Describes the design and configuration of a Kerberos
infrastructure for handling authentication with GNU/Linux. It
details steps for a best practices method of setting up servers,
Kerberos software,conversion of legacy systems, and answers
frequently asked questions.
Updated: Feb 2002.
Describes how to configure Snort version 1.8.3 to be
used in conjunction with the statistical tools ACID (Analysis Console
for Intrusion Databases) and SnortSnarf.
Term-Firewall, Using Term to Pierce an Internet Firewall
Archived - Last Update: Jul 1996.
Directions for using ``term'' to do network stuff through
a TCP firewall that you're not supposed to be able to.
Updated: Feb 2003.
Explains how user and group information is stored and how users
are authenticated on a Linux system (PAM), and how to secure you
system's user authentication.
