P. Bournias
Management Information Systems and Networking Technology
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LINUX RESOURCE #1 My LINUX SYSTEM SETUP & CONFIGURATION Documentation started January 2003 Last updated March 2006 I have created the following document for reference purposes and to help in the creation and installation of a linux server. I hope that the information here serves as a useful reference for those of you interested in trying a linux distribution. While the system I am using for Linux is an old Pentium I 200mmx, I think that it shows how well linux manages to perform in standard mode and in X gui mode using Gnome or KDE. The only version that was not able to run on this configuration was Redhat version 9 thus showing that Redhat has decided to join the strategy of Microsoft Windows. The information provided here assumes that you are not terrified of using the linux console rather than an x-window gui interface to make changes to your system. Books used to analyze, experiment, and accumulate this knowledge were: (Not in any special order) Linux Secrets from IDG Red Hat Linux 6 Unleashed from Sams TCP/IP Illustrated by Stevens Teach yourself CGI in 24 hours Teach yourself Red Hat Linux 9 in 24 hours DNS and BIND by Albitz and Liu USER GROUPS: Deja.com a.k.a. now google groups Definitely have a look at the program called Agent for user group sessions. An extremely helpful person, Steven Cowles, many thanks. And a great deal of reading at various forums on the net. I have written the following information as a simple guide to help others learn and appreciate the linux operating system. If you learn a visual system like Windows, then you should be able to apply the same principles of usage to any visual (gui) system. While the gui appears to make things easier, many of us still prefer to have full control over the system using the console or cli mode. SYSTEM HARDWARE CONFIGURATION /dev The following is a list of the specifications of the system that I have used. You should consider creating such a list as a reference if needed.
SYSTEM BIOS CONFIGURATION: COM1 port 2E8 / 3 COM2 port 3E8 / 4 Parallel port 7 compatible DUAL IDE CONTROLLERS ON PCI SETUP # TYPE auto set for > 2.4 linux 3 LEGACY 4 LEGACY 5 LEGACY 7 LEGACY 9 PCI 10 LEGACY 11 PCI 12 PCI 14 LEGACY 15 LEGACY pci irq: level pci-auto If you have an old system like the one above, you may need to make changes to your hardware configuration regarding IRQ's and here are some that I find generally work. For the latest distros, setting pci setup to auto in bios should make things easier during the installation. 
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