Index_B

B

Background command (Preference menu), Changing Desktop Backgrounds

Background option, Setting your Preferences

backgrounds

desktop, Changing Desktop Backgrounds, Figure 6-19. Changing Your Desktop Background

Backgrounds and Emblems command (Edit menu), Changing Window or Desktop Patterns

bin directory, Overview of the Red Hat Linux File System

BIOS settings

changing, Changing Your BIOS Settings

Bluecurve themes, Changing Themes

boot directory, Overview of the Red Hat Linux File System

Boot Disk Creation screen, Figure 2-31. Boot Disk Creation

Boot Diskette Creation screen, Boot Diskette Creation, Figure 3-9. Boot Diskette Creation

boot diskettes

creating, Boot Diskette Creation, Figure 3-9. Boot Diskette Creation

boot disks

compared to driver disks, Do I Need a Driver Disk?

creating, Boot Disk Creation, Figure 2-31. Boot Disk Creation

creating from image files, Making Installation Diskettes, Using the rawrite Utility, Using the dd Command

Red Hat Linux installation, Alternative Boot Methods

Boot Loader

configuration, Configuring the Boot Loader

Boot Loader configuration, Boot Loader Configuration

advanced, Advanced Boot Loader Configuration

advanced configuration, Advanced Boot Loader Configuration

alternatives to boot loaders, Alternative Boot Loaders

alternatives to LILO/GRUB, Alternative Boot Loaders

GRUB, Boot Loader Configuration

installation, Creating a New Boot Loader Configuration, Advanced Boot Loader Configuration

LILO, Boot Loader Configuration

MBR (master boot record), Advanced Boot Loader Configuration

rescue mode, Rescue Mode, What Is Rescue Mode?, What to Do if You Are Unable to Boot Linux, Hardware/Software Problems, Booting Rescue Mode, After Entering Rescue Mode…, Commands You Can Run in Rescue Mode, Booting Single-User Mode, Booting into Single-User Mode in GRUB, Booting into Single-User Mode in LILO

upgrades, Boot Loader Configuration, Creating a New Boot Loader Configuration, Selecting Packages to Upgrade, Figure 3-6. Individual Package Selection, Unresolved Dependencies, Upgrading Packages, Figure 3-8. Installing Packages, Boot Diskette Creation, Figure 3-9. Boot Diskette Creation

boot loaders

GRUB, One Last Wrinkle: Using GRUB or LILO

LILO, One Last Wrinkle: Using GRUB or LILO

boot partition, Personal Desktop Installations, Workstation Installations, Server Installations, Custom Installations

BOOTP

addresses, Table 1-1. System Requirements Table

BOOTP addresses; DHCP addresses; IP addresses, Recording Your System's Hardware

bootups

dual-boot, Appendix C: Configuring a Dual-Boot System, Allocating Disk Space for Linux, Adding a New Hard Drive, Using an Existing Hard Drive or Partition, Creating a New Partition, Installing Red Hat Linux in a Dual-Boot Environment, Disk Partitioning, Configuring the Boot Loader, Post-Installation

in rescue mode, Booting Rescue Mode, After Entering Rescue Mode…

Red Hat Linux installation program, Booting the Installation Program, Additional Boot Options, Table 2-2: Boot Options, Kernel Options, Booting Without Diskettes

single-user mode, Booting Single-User Mode, Booting into Single-User Mode in GRUB, Booting into Single-User Mode in LILO

troubleshooting, You Are Unable to Boot Red Hat Linux, Are You Unable to Boot from the CD-ROM?, Are You Unable to Boot from the Local Boot Disk?, Are You Unable to Boot from PCMCIA Boot Disks?, Is Your System Displaying Signal 11 Errors?, Are You Unable to Boot from a Network Boot Disk?, Trouble Using PCMCIA Boot Disks?, Is Your Mouse Not Detected?, What to Do if You Are Unable to Boot Linux

browsers, Web Browsing

Galeon, Galeon

Hardware, Figure 25-3. Hardware Browser

Konqueror. , see konqueror

Mozilla, Mozilla, Figure 13-2. Mozilla Profile Manager, Mozilla, Mozilla Web Browser, Mozilla Composer, Figure 13-6. Mozilla Composer, Mozilla and Newsgroups

Nautilus. , see nautilus

bunzip2

compressing files, bzip2 and bunzip2

BusID option XFree86 server Device section), Device

Button widget, The Text Mode Installation Program User Interface

buttons

Change Drive Order, Advanced Boot Loader Configuration

Disk Druid, Disk Druid's Buttons

Enable Network Time Protocol, Time and Date Properties

New User, Adding a New User, Figure 10-3: Adding a New User

bzip2

compressing files, bzip2 and bunzip2

bz2 files, Table 9-1: File Types and Extensions