August 2021
Intermediate to advanced
542 pages
11h 16m
English
Content preview from Linux Cookbook, 2nd Edition
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Chapter 1. Installing Linux
One of the hurdles for new Linux users is installing Linux. Linux is the easiest computer operating system to install: pop in your installation disk, answer a few questions, and then do something else until it finishes. In this chapter you will learn how to install Linux by itself, how to run a live Linux, how to multiboot multiple Linux distributions on one computer, and how to dual-boot with Microsoft Windows.
Experimenting with Linux
You need the freedom to make mistakes, so if it is possible, use a second computer for getting acquainted with Linux. If this is not possible, make sure you always have fresh backups of your data. You can always restore a broken Linux installation, but your data is irreplaceable. If you are setting up dual-boot with Windows, be sure you have your Windows installation and recovery media.
Most Linux distributions provide dual-purpose installation images: you can run them live from a USB stick and install them to your hard drive from the same image. A live Linux makes no changes to your computer—just boot it up, check it out, then reboot to your host system. Some live Linuxes, such as Ubuntu, support storing your data on the USB stick, so you have a completely portable Linux that you can run from any computer.
Multiboot is installing more than one operating system on a computer, and then picking the one you want to use from your boot menu. You can multiboot any Linux system, any of the free Unixes (FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD), ...
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