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The Linux Installation HOWTO Eric Steven Raymond Thyrsus Enterprises     esr@thyrsus.com      This is version 5.0 Copyright © 2000 by Eric S. Raymond $Date: 2025/02/20 10:59:29 $ Revision History Revision 5.0 21 August 2025 Revised by: esr First DocBook version. 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. Table of Contents 1. Introduction 1.1. Purpose of this document 1.2. Other sources of information 1.3. New versions of this document 1.4. Feedback and Corrections 2. Recent Changes 3. The Easiest Option: Buy, Don't Build 4. Before You Begin 4.1. Hardware requirements 4.2. Space requirements and coexistence 5. Time requirements 5.1. Choosing a Linux distribution 6. Installation Overview 6.1. First Installation Steps: The Easy Way 6.2. First Installation Steps: The Hard Way 6.3. Continuing the Installation 6.4. Basic Parts of an Installation Kit 7. Installation In Detail 7.1. Getting prepared for installation 7.2. Creating the boot and root floppies 7.3. Repartitioning your DOS/Windows drives 7.4. Creating partitions for Linux 7.5. Booting the installation disk 7.6. Installing software packages 7.7. After package installations 8. Booting Your New System 9. After Your First Boot 9.1. Beginning System Administratration 9.2. Custom LILO Configuration 10. Administrivia 10.1. Terms of Use 10.2. Acknowledgements     Next     Introduction

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