Part I
Guide

1 Introduction
 1.1 What Is Debian?
 1.2 A Multiuser, Multitasking Operating System
 1.3 What Is Free Software?
 1.4 About This Book
2 Getting Started
 2.1 Supported Hardware
 2.2 Before You Start
 2.3 Partitioning Your Hard Drive
 2.4 Choosing Your Installation Media
 2.5 Booting the Installation System
3 Step-by-Step Installation
 3.1 Select Color or Monochrome Display
 3.2 Debian GNU/Linux Installation Main Menu
 3.3 Configure the Keyboard
 3.4 Last Chance to Back Up!
 3.5 Partition a Hard Disk
 3.6 Initialize and Activate a Swap Partition
 3.7 Initialize a Linux Partition
 3.8 Install Operating System Kernel and Modules
 3.9 Configure PCMCIA Support
 3.10 Configure Device Driver Modules
 3.11 Configure the Network
 3.12 Install the Base System
 3.13 Make a Boot Floppy
 3.14 The Moment of Truth
 3.15 Set the Root Password
 3.16 Create an Ordinary User
 3.17 Shadow Password Support
 3.18 Remove PCMCIA
 3.19 Select and Install Profiles
 3.20 Package Installation with dselect
 3.21 Glossary
4 Logging In
 4.1 First Steps
 4.2 Command History and Editing the
Command Line
 4.3 Working as Root
 4.4 Virtual Consoles
 4.5 Shutting Down
5 The Basics
 5.1 The Command Line and Man Pages
 5.2 Files and Directories
 5.3 Processes
 5.4 The Shell
 5.5 Managing Processes with bash
 5.6 A Few bash Features
 5.7 Managing Your Identity
6 Using the Shell
 6.1 Environment Variables
 6.2 Where Commands Reside: The PATH Variable
 6.3 Configuration Files
 6.4 Aliases
 6.5 Controlling Input and Output
 6.6 Filename Expansion
7 More on Files
 7.1 Permissions
 7.2 Files Present and Their Locations
 7.3 File Compression with gzip
 7.4 Finding Files
 7.5 Determining a File’s Contents
 7.6 Using a File Manager
8 Working with Text Files
 8.1 Viewing Text Files
 8.2 Text Editors
 8.3 Using ae
9 The X Window System
 9.1 Introduction to X
 9.2 Starting the X Environment
 9.3 Basic X Operations
 9.4 Customizing Your X Startup
10 Filesystems
 10.1 Concepts
 10.2 mount and /etc/fstab
 10.3 Backup Tools
11 Networking
 11.1 PPP
 11.2 Ethernet
12 Removing and Installing Software
 12.1 What a Package Maintenance Utility Does
 12.2 dpkg
 12.3 dselect
 12.4 Compiling Software
13 Advanced Topics
 13.1 Regular Expressions
 13.2 Advanced Files
 13.3 Security
 13.4 Software Development with Debian