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Contents
About This Guide
xi
Part I Advanced Deployment Scenarios
15
1 Remote Installation
17
1.1
Installation Scenarios for Remote Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . .
17
1.2
Setting Up the Server Holding the Installation Sources. . . . . . . . .
26
1.3
Preparing the Boot of the Target System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
35
1.4
Booting the Target System for Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
45
1.5
Monitoring the Installation Process. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
49
2 Advanced Disk Setup
53
2.1
LVM Conguration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
53
2.2
Soft RAID Conguration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
60
3 Updating the System and Package Management
65
3.1
Updating SUSE Linux. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
65
3.2
Software Changes from Version to Version. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
68
3.3
RPM—the Package Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
86
PartII Administration
99
4 Security in Linux
101
4.1
Masquerading and Firewalls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
101
4.2
SSH: Secure Network Operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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