Introduction; Document Conventions - Red Hat ENTERPRISE LINUX AS 2.1 Installation Manual

Section 0.1:Document Conventions

Introduction

Welcome to the Official Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS Installation Guide. This guide contains useful
information to assist you during the installation of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS. From fundamental
concepts such as installation preparation to the step-by-step installation procedure, this book will be
a valuable resource as you install Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS.
This manual will walk you through a typical installation using the Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS
CD-ROMs. Once you have completed the installation as outlined in this manual, you will have a
fully functioning Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS system.

Document Conventions

When you read this manual, you will see that certain words are represented in different fonts, type-
faces, sizes, and weights. This highlighting is systematic; different words are represented in the same
style to indicate their inclusion in a specific category. The types of words that are represented this way
include the following:
command
Linux commands (and other operating system commands, when used) are represented this way.
This style should indicate to you that you can type the word or phrase on the command line
and press [Enter]
displayed in a different style on their own (such as filenames). In these cases, they are considered
to be part of the command, so the entire phrase will be displayed as a command. For example:
Use the cat testfile command to view the contents of a file, named testfile, in the
current working directory.
filename
Filenames, directory names, paths, and RPM package names are represented this way. This
style should indicate that a particular file or directory exists by that name on your Red Hat
Linux system. Examples:
The .bashrc file in your home directory contains bash shell definitions and aliases for your
own use.
The /etc/fstab file contains information about different system devices and filesystems.
Install the webalizer RPM if you want to use a Web server log file analysis program.
application
This style should indicate to you that the program named is an end-user application (as opposed
to system software). For example:
to invoke a command. Sometimes a command contains words that would be
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