From 1ea73eea5ecc6a8ed901316049259aee737ee554 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joey Hess Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2005 19:51:38 +0000 Subject: move manual to top-level directory, split out of debian-installer package --- ca/appendix/files.xml | 298 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 298 insertions(+) create mode 100644 ca/appendix/files.xml (limited to 'ca/appendix/files.xml') diff --git a/ca/appendix/files.xml b/ca/appendix/files.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000..555a6395b --- /dev/null +++ b/ca/appendix/files.xml @@ -0,0 +1,298 @@ + + + + + Linux Devices + + +In Linux you have various special files in +/dev. These files are called device files. In +the Unix world accessing hardware is different. There you have a +special file which actually runs a driver which in turn accesses the +hardware. The device file is an interface to the actual system +component. Files under /dev also behave +differently than ordinary files. Below are the most important device +files listed. + + + + + + fd0 + First Floppy Drive + + fd1 + Second Floppy Drive + + + + + + hda + IDE Hard disk / CD-ROM on the first IDE port (Master) + + hdb + IDE Hard disk / CD-ROM on the first IDE port (Slave) + + hdc + IDE Hard disk / CD-ROM on the second IDE port (Master) + + hdd + IDE Hard disk / CD-ROM on the second IDE port (Slave) + + hda1 + First partition of the first IDE hard disk + + hdd15 + Fifteenth partition of the fourth IDE hard disk + + + + + + sda + SCSI Hard disk with lowest SCSI ID (e.g. 0) + + sdb + SCSI Hard disk with next higher SCSI ID (e.g. 1) + + sdc + SCSI Hard disk with next higher SCSI ID (e.g. 2) + + sda1 + First partition of the first SCSI hard disk + + sdd10 + Tenth partition of the fourth SCSI hard disk + + + + + + sr0 + SCSI CD-ROM with the lowest SCSI ID + + sr1 + SCSI CD-ROM with the next higher SCSI ID + + + + + + ttyS0 + Serial port 0, COM1 under MS-DOS + + ttyS1 + Serial port 1, COM2 under MS-DOS + + psaux + PS/2 mouse device + + gpmdata + Pseudo device, repeater data from GPM (mouse) daemon + + + + + + cdrom + Symbolic link to the CD-ROM drive + + mouse + Symbolic link to the mouse device file + + + + + + null + Everything pointed to this device will disappear + + zero + One can endlessly read zeros out of this device + + + + + + +Setting Up Your Mouse + + + +The mouse can be used in both the Linux console (with gpm) and the X window +environment. The two uses can be made compatible if the gpm repeater is used +to allow the signal to flow to the X server as shown: + + +mouse => /dev/psaux => gpm => /dev/gpmdata -> /dev/mouse => X + /dev/ttyS0 (repeater) (symlink) + /dev/ttyS1 + + +Set the repeater protocol to be raw (in /etc/gpm.conf) while +setting X to the original mouse protocol in /etc/X11/XF86Config +or /etc/X11/XF86Config-4. + + + +This approach to use gpm even in X has advantages when the mouse is +unplugged inadvertently. Simply restarting gpm with + + +# /etc/init.d/gpm restart + + +will re-connect the mouse in software without restarting X. + + + +If gpm is disabled or not installed with some reason, make sure to set X to +read directly from the mouse device such as /dev/psaux. For details, refer +to the 3-Button Mouse mini-Howto at +/usr/share/doc/HOWTO/en-txt/mini/3-Button-Mouse.gz, +man gpm, +/usr/share/doc/gpm/FAQ.gz, and +README.mouse. + + + +For PowerPC, in /etc/X11/XF86Config or +/etc/X11/XF86Config-4, set the mouse device to +"/dev/input/mice". + + + +Modern kernels give you the capability to emulate a three-button mouse +when your mouse only has one button. Just add the following lines to +/etc/sysctl.conf file. + + +# 3-button mouse emulation +# turn on emulation +/dev/mac_hid/mouse_button_emulation = 1 +# Send middle mouse button signal with the F11 key +/dev/mac_hid/mouse_button2_keycode = 87 +# Send right mouse button signal with the F12 key +/dev/mac_hid/mouse_button3_keycode = 88 +# For different keys, use showkey to tell you what the code is. + + + + + + + + Disk Space Needed for Tasks + + + + + +The base installation for i386 using the default 2.4 kernel, +including all standard packages, requires 573MB of disk space. + + + +The following table lists sizes reported by aptitude for the tasks listed +in tasksel. Note that some tasks have overlapping constituents, so the +total installed size for two tasks together may be less than the total +obtained by adding up the numbers. + + + +Note that you will need to add the sizes listed in the table to the size +of the base installation when determining the size of partitions. +Most of the size listed as Installed size will end up in +/usr; the size listed as Download size +is (temporarily) required in /var. + + + + + + + Task + Installed size (MB) + Download size (MB) + Space needed to install (MB) + + + + + + Desktop + 1392 + 460 + 1852 + + + + Web server + 36 + 12 + 48 + + + + Print server + 168 + 58 + 226 + + + + DNS server + 2 + 1 + 3 + + + + File server + 47 + 24 + 71 + + + + Mail server + 10 + 3 + 13 + + + + SQL database + 66 + 21 + 87 + + + + + + + +The Desktop task will install both the Gnome and KDE +desktop environments. + + + + + +If you install in a language other than English, tasksel +may automatically install a localization task, if one +is available for your language. Space requirements differ per language; +you should allow up to 200MB in total for download and installation. + + + -- cgit v1.2.3