Re: Read install info prior to linux

["Matthias U. Eifert" <Matthiaseifert@gmx.de>]

>>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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