General Linux Setup

1. .forward files are not processed if they are in a group writable directory. If you must have a group-writable directory, you have to set the DontBlameSendmail variable in sendmail.cf. Refer to here for details.

Slackware Linux Installation

If CD drive is not bootable (e.g., not ATAPI), build installation floppies
from Slackware CD #1:

	First diskette is "installation/boot" disk
	Second diskette is "root" disk

		cd {CD drive letter}:
		view
		[find appropriate boot image: IDEBOOT.IMG for IDE-only
			systems; SCSIBOOT.IMG for SCSI [and IDE] systems]
		rawrite {image} a:		[must have formatted floppy]
		[cd SCSI-BOOT or IDE-BOOT ?? don't remember exact name]
		rawrite COLOR.BAT a:

Forgotten root password? Boot in single-user with bash shell:

	lilo> linux init=/sbin/bash

I/O card driver problems - possible answers:

1. IRQ conflict - use `lsdev` to confirm that card are loaded where
you expect.  Fix /etc/conf.modules accordingly if they are not PnP devices.

2. PnP errors - use the isapnptools to fix the isapnp.conf & isapnp.gone
files.


what are those "alias net-pf-* off" lines in /etc/modules.conf, or what
do the weird "net-pf-*" error messages refer to?
	- pf == "protocol family"!
	the modules.conf aliasing turns off that protocol family (and the
	numbering follows standards e.g. AppleTalk=3)

Interesting HOWTO links:

LILO
Large Disk > 1024 cylinders
DNS
My DNS notes

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