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In
"Boot loader showdown: Getting to know LILO and GRUB" (developerWorks, August 2005), review the pros and cons of these two popular boot loaders.
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The tutorial "Getting to know GRUB" (developerWorks, January 2001) shows how to install and use GRUB.
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Carla prefers GRUB to LILO. You can find the GRUB Manual online; here also are some LILO resources (via the project description at freshmeat.net).
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Other ways to run multiple operating systems include VMWare and User-Mode Linux. See Carla's tutorial "Introduction to User-Mode Linux" (developerWorks, January 2003).
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You'll find everything you need on Samba at samba.org. Take a look at SMB/CIFS Clients.
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See the excellent tutorial "Using Samba as a primary domain controller" (developerWorks, April 2002).
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Check out "Understanding the Network Neighborhood: How Linux Works With Microsoft
Networking Protocols" (Linux Magazine, May 2001).
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Good rescue disks include Tom Oehser's Root Boot Disk (or tomsrtbt) and H. Peter Anvin's SuperRescue CD.
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See also information and help with Microsoft DOS.
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Windows Resource Kits are indispensable for Windows admins.
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If there were no difference between open source software and free software, the two types of software wouldn't have two different names. Read the Free Software Foundation (or FSF) Free Software Definition or History of Unix, Linux, and Open Source / Free Software by David A. Wheeler (he has lots more worth reading on his site as well) for just a sampling of some of the more important differences.
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For basic system administration info, try the developerWorks LPI certification tutorials. These will help you navigate and understand basic admin concepts and naming conventions for everything from drives and file systems to much, much more.
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