Read install info prior to linux

Read install info prior to linux

[krask]

i would like to read the manual and administrators guide in suse 8.2
prior to install on my windows 98 machine, using ms word.
 
it would seem to me that linux people know dos people need to do this,
but i have no idea how to start.  
sure would appreciate the solution.
thanks!
bk

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Re: Read install info prior to linux

[Ray Olszewski]

At 12:09 PM 5/4/2003 -0400, krask wrote:
>i would like to read the manual and administrators guide in suse 8.2
>prior to install on my windows 98 machine, using ms word.
>
>it would seem to me that linux people know dos people need to do this,
>but i have no idea how to start.
>sure would appreciate the solution.
>thanks!
>bk

Can you be more specific about your question? The only online reference I 
can (quickly) find to a "manual and administrators guide in suse 8.2" 
references an actual *paper* document.

Clearly, you are referring to some file. If you can provide a URL for it, I 
(or someone else here) can probably help out. If you cannot (if the file is 
only available on purchased CDs, for example), you will need help not from 
"linux people" but specifically from a SuSE 8.2 user.

While I have not seen the document in question, Linux docs *typically* are 
either simple text documents (easily read in Word), html (easily read in 
any browser), or PDF (easily read using Adobe Acrobat). What we need to 
know to help you is the format of the doc. It is, of course, possible that 
SuSE uses some other format for this manual, one that intentionally makes 
it hard to read it on DOS or WIndows systems ... though I cannot 
immediately think of a business benefit to their doing so.



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Re: Read install info prior to linux

[Matthias U. Eifert]

>>At 12:09 PM 5/4/2003 -0400, krask wrote:
>>i would like to read the manual and administrators guide in suse 8.2
>>prior to install on my windows 98 machine, using ms word.
>>
>>it would seem to me that linux people know dos people need to do this,
>>but i have no idea how to start.
>>sure would appreciate the solution.
>>thanks!
>>bk

>Can you be more specific about your question? The only online reference I
>can (quickly) find to a "manual and administrators guide in suse 8.2"
>references an actual *paper* document.
>
>Clearly, you are referring to some file. If you can provide a URL for it, I
>(or someone else here) can probably help out. If you cannot (if the file is
>only available on purchased CDs, for example), you will need help not from
>"linux people" but specifically from a SuSE 8.2 user.

>While I have not seen the document in question, Linux docs *typically* are
>either simple text documents (easily read in Word), html (easily read in
>any browser), or PDF (easily read using Adobe Acrobat). What we need to
>know to help you is the format of the doc. It is, of course, possible that
>SuSE uses some other format for this manual, one that intentionally makes
>it hard to read it on DOS or WIndows systems ... though I cannot
>immediately think of a business benefit to their doing so.


I can only speak about the SuSE version 8.1 which I have on my machine but 
there should be only minor differences to 8.2.
This document you're talking about is a *.PDF file.
It comes in a rpm package on your first SuSE installation CD
(suselinux-adminguide_en8.1.0.0.dx86-5.i586.rpm).
Since I have no idea how to handle *.rpm packages in an dos/windows 
environment, the only solution I see is to ask somebody who already 
runs a Linux system to copy it from your installation CD to another 
(as *.PDF of  course).

Oh, btw. beside the adminguide there is a readworthy userguide too and lots
of HOWTO's in plain text on this CD.

HTH   Matthias

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