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Contents 1 Table of Contents 2 Documentation Project 2.1 Kickstart Drive 2.2 Current Drafts

[edit] Table of Contents

1. The GoboLinux way
   1. Differences between GoboLinux and a traditional Linux system
   2. The GoboLinux filesystem hierarchy
2. Installing GoboLinux
   1. Using the installer
   2. Manual installation
   3. Installing additional packages
3. Configuring GoboLinux
   1. Boot-time options
      1. Configuring the boot theme
      2. Clock mode
      3. Keymap layout
      4. Console font
      5. Mouse setup
      6. Kernel modules loaded on boot
      7. Network configuration
   2. Hardware configuration
      1. Storage devices
      2. Sound cards
      3. Video cards
      4. Input devices
      5. Modems
      6. Digital cameras
      7. Scanners
      8. PCMCIA cards
      9. CD and DVD burners
      10. Printers
   3. Customizing the initialization
   4. Environment variables
4. Packages
   1. Packages overview
   2. Installing packages
   3. Removing packages
   4. Anatomy of a package
   5. Creating packages
      1. Digitally signing packages
5. Compiling from source
   1. The Compile tool
      1. Using ccache
   2. Writing recipes
      1. Tracking CVS with Compile
      2. Recipe format specification
6. System management
   1. Keeping the system up-to-date
      1. System maintenance scripts
      2. The Manager tool
      3. The Freshen tool
7. Boot scripts
   1. The boot scripts anatomy
      1. Core of the BootScripts package
      2. Boot themes
   2. Boot script tasks
   3. Creating a boot theme
      1. Implementing a boot theme
      2. Testing a boot theme
8. GoboLinux scripts
   1. Utility scripts
   2. General notes about the scripts
   3. Guidelines for script authors
   4. The bleeding edge: keeping track of CVS
9. Linux kernel topics
   1. Installing a kernel
   2. Kernel patches
      1. GoboHide
10. GoboLinux dark corners
    1. install vs. real_install
    2. Files that cannot be symlinks
    3. Replacements for standard commands
11. Appendices:
    1. Index of scripts
    2. Recipe format specification
    3. Configuration files

[edit] Documentation Project

[edit] Kickstart Drive

One week push

• CompileManual -- From usage to recipe creation
• CompileTutorial -- Basic usage
• ScriptsReference -- Usage Reference (see Gobolinux specific Commands for an index)

[edit] Current Drafts

• PackageSigning How To sign GoboLinux packages
• CreateInitRD How to create an initrd for a SCSI root