Contents

• Introduction
  • How to read this manual
  • This documentation is broken!
  • Conventions and Terminology
  
  
• Background Information
  • What is an operating system?
  • Is this software legal?
  • What is free software? What is open-source software?
  • What is Linux? What is GNU/Linux?
  • What is Debian?
  • What is the Working Centre Linux Project?
  • What is the design philosophy of the project?
  
  
• Pre-installation tasks
  • Does the user really want Linux?
  • Get user configuration decisions
  • Get hardware information
  • Install a network card
  
  
• Using the Installer
  • Booting with a floppy
  • Startup
  • Customization
  • Automated install
  • Checking the installation process
  • Reboot the system
  
  
• Post-installation tasks
  • Log in
  • Configure X-Windows
  • Enable and configure GDM
  • Create user accounts
  • Reboot and test
  • Change the root password
  • Set up printers
  • Set up a sound card
  • Set up a modem
  • Deal with the network card and configuration
  • Finishing up
  
  
• The Installation Backend: FAI
  • FAI overview
  • Startup
  • Installation
  
  
• The local Debian mirror
  • Maintaining the mirror
  • Using the mirror
  • base_woody.tgz
  
  
• Other tasks
  • Local Package Customizations
  • WCLP In-house additions
  • NFS Configuration
  • Creating the UNIXLIKE package configuration file
  • Compiling the kernel
  • Package Management
  
  
• Installing the project from scratch
  • Hardware you need
  • Install the configuration files
  • Set up NFS
  • Set up a mirror
  • Set up FAI
  • Finish up
  
  
• Our Project's SourceForge Account
  • URLs
  • Creating your user account
  • Using CVS
  • Bug Tracking
  • Releasing our software
  
  
• Software notes
  • Additional software to try
  
  
• Wishlist and Future Work
  • Support Improvements
  • Technical Wishlist
  
  
• Common hardware configurations
  • Systems
  • Monitors
  • Network Cards
  • Internet Service Providers
  • Resource usage tables
  
  
• Troubleshooting
  • Problems when starting the install
  • Problems during configuration