# The Linux Installation HOWTO

## by Matt Welsh, `mdw@sunsite.unc.edu`

v3.2, 27 October 1994

This document describes how to obtain and install the Linux software, focusing on the popular Slackware distribution (version 2.0). It is the first document which a new Linux user should read to get started.

## 1. Introduction

#### 1.1 Other sources of information

#### 1.2 New versions of this document

#### 1.3 Feedback

## 2. Hardware Requirements

## 3. Getting Linux

#### 3.1 Linux Distributions

#### 3.2 Slackware Space Requirements

#### 3.3 Getting Slackware via Mail Order

#### 3.4 Getting Slackware from the Internet

## 4. Installing the Software

#### 4.1 Repartitioning

#### 4.2 Creating partitions for Linux

#### 4.3 Preparing the swap space

#### 4.4 Installing the software

#### 4.5 After installation

#### 4.6 Booting your new system

## 5. Configuring LILO

## 6. Miscellaneous