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Index: F

FAQ, Linux: A.1. Online Documents

1.10.1. Online Documents

Fast Ethernet cards: 1.9.7. Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, and Gigabit Ethernet Cards

FAT filesystems/partitions: 12.1. Sharing Files

fax devices: 8.4.4. Checking Print Utilities

FBDev server: 10.2. Hardware Requirements

f2c translator: 13.7. Other Languages

fd# files: 3.1.2. Drives and Partitions Under Linux

8.1.1.2. Backing up to floppy

fdisk utility: D.3.1. Getting the Mac Ready for Linux

2.2.4. Repartitioning Your Drives
3.1.3. Creating Linux Partitions
3.3.4.2. Problems booting Linux from the hard drive
5.2.2.2. Using LILO as a secondary boot loader

fetchmail package: 16.2.2. Getting the Mail to Your Computer with Fetchmail

fg command: 4.11. Putting a Command in the Background

-fg option: 11.1.1. xinit

filename expansion: 4.7.1. Word Completion

4.8. Filename Expansion

files

appending to: 4.9. Saving Your Output

archiving (see archiving files)

backup: 8.1. Making Backups

8.6. What to Do in an Emergency

compressing (see compression)

corrupted: 8.6.2. Accessing Damaged Files

device: 6.3. Device Files

.dvi: 9.3.1.2. Formatting and printing

"File not found" error: 3.3.1. Problems with Booting the Installation Media

3.3.3. Problems Installing the Software

hidden: 4.4.2. Listing Files

HTML: 16.1.4. Writing HTML Documents

listing: 4.4.2. Listing Files

locking (Elm): 16.2.4.1. Preparing for installation

locking (lpc): 8.4.12. Controlling Printer Services with lpc

overwriting: 4.9. Saving Your Output

8.1. Making Backups

ownership (see permissions)

patching: 14.2.9. Patching Files

permissions for (see permissions)

.rc files: 5.3.3. rc files

restoring from backup: 8.6.3. Restoring Files from Backup

revision control

CVS utility: 14.2.8. Revision Control Tools--CVS
RCS: 14. Tools for Programmers
RCS utility: 14.2.7. Revision Control Tools--RCS

saving within vi: 9.1.6. Saving Files and Quitting vi

sharing between Windows and Linux: 12.1. Sharing Files

accessing Linux files: 12.1.3. Using Samba to Serve SMB Shares
accessing Windows files: 12.1.2. Using Samba to Mount Directories from Windows Systems on Your Network
file translation utilities: 12.1.5. File Translation Utilities

start-up: 4.15. Startup Files

swap partitions: 2.2.3. Linux Partition Requirements

symbolic links between: 4.4.4. Symbolic Links

Windows, case sensitivity: 12.1.3.2. Configuring Samba

filesystems/partitions (see partitions/filesystems)

filters, printing: 8.4.5.3. The rest of the printcap variables

8.4.7. Print Filters
9.5.1. What Happens to a File After It's Put on the Queue
magic: 8.4.9. Magic Filters: APSfilter and Alternatives

find command: 8.1.2. Incremental Backups

finish command (gdb): 14.1.1. Tracing a Program

FIPS: 2.2.4. Repartitioning Your Drives

firmware on Alpha systems: C.3.1. Limitations of ARC Firmware

C.5.3. Firmware/BIOS Peripheral Device Support

fix-table option (LILO): G.1. Global Options

floppy disks: 6.1.2. Mounting Filesystems

7.4.2. Building the Kernel
backing up to: 8.1.1.2. Backing up to floppy
filesystems on: 6.1.4. Creating Filesystems

floppy= parameter (linux): 3.1.1. Booting Linux

FMU (flash-RAM management utility): C.3. Identifying Your Alpha System

-fn option: 11.1.1. xinit

focus (X windows): 11.2.1. Configuring fvwm

font resource: 11.1.2. The X Resource Database

fonts: 1.5.2. Text Processing and Word Processing

font-lock mode (Emacs): 11.4.7. Emacs
fvwm and: 11.2.1. Configuring fvwm
xterm and: 11.4.5. Choosing Fonts

force-backup= option (LILO): G.1. Global Options

foreground color (Emacs): 11.4.7. Emacs

foreground resource: 11.1.2. The X Resource Database

forking: 4.18. Processes

<form> HTML tag: 16.1.5.1. The HTML form document

format

filesystem (see mkfs command)
fvwm pop-up menus: 11.2.2. More Customizations
improper: 3.3.3. Problems Installing the Software
indenting code: 14.2.10. Indenting Code
manual pages: 9.3.2.2. Formatting and installing the manual page
printcap file: 8.4.5.1. Printcap file format rules
tape drives: 8.1.1.1. Backing up to tape
TeX and: 9.3.1.2. Formatting and printing
Texinfo: 9.3.3.2. Formatting Texinfo
text in HTML: 16.1.4.6. More HTML features

formatting languages: 1.5.2. Text Processing and Word Processing

forms, HTML: 16.1.5. Building Interactive Forms

FORTRAN language: 13.7. Other Languages

Forward button (Netscape): 16.1.1. Using Netscape Navigator

-fpic switch (gcc): 13.1.7.1. Creating shared libraries

FPU instructions: 1.4.3. Kernel

framebuffer device: 10.2. Hardware Requirements

frames (Emacs): 11.4.7. Emacs

free command: 5.6. The /proc filesystem

6.2. Managing Swap Space

Free Software Foundation (see FSF)

FreeBSD: A.4. General Software FTP Sites

1.8.4. Other Implementations of Unix

Freshmeat: 1.5.10. Other Applications

fsck program: 6.1.5. Checking and Repairing Filesystems

8.6.1. Repairing Filesystems

FSF (Free Software Foundation): 1.2. A Brief History of Linux

1.6. About Linux's Copyright
FTP site: A.4. General Software FTP Sites
HURD: 1.8.4. Other Implementations of Unix

fstab file: 3.2.3. Editing /etc/fstab

6.1.2. Mounting Filesystems
6.1.2. Mounting Filesystems
15.4.1. Configuring NFS

ftape driver: 7.5. Loadable Device Drivers

FTP (File Transfer Protocol): 3.3.3. Problems Installing the Software

AlphaLinux reference sites: C.4.1.3. AlphaLinux FTP sites

documentation via: A.1. Online Documents

1.10.1. Online Documents

Linux via: 2.1.2. Getting Linux from the Internet

obtaining Dosemu via: 12.2.2. Getting Dosemu and xdos

RZSZ via: H.1. Getting RZSZ

smail via: 16.2.1.1. Getting and installing smail

software sites: A.4. General Software FTP Sites

via World Wide Web: 16.1. The World Wide Web

XFree86 via: 10.3. Installing XFree86

Fundamental mode (Emacs): 9.2.1. Firing It Up

Future Domain SCSI interfaces: 3.1.1. Booting Linux

fvwm2 window manager: 1.5.5. The X Window System

11.1.1. xinit

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