CONTENTS: kbd lilo minicom modutils pnp sysvinit
kbd: kbd 0.95
kbd:
kbd: Load and save keyboard mappings. Needed if you are not using the US
kbd: keyboard map. This package also contains utilities to change your
kbd: console fonts - if you install it you'll get a menu later on that lets
kbd: you select from many different fonts. If you like one, you can make it
kbd: your default font. A new default font can be chosen at any time by
kbd: typing 'fontconfig'. This package includes fonts from the
kbd: kbd_fonts.tar.gz package uploaded to SunSITE.
kbd:
kbd:
lilo: LILO 20
lilo:
lilo: Generic Boot Loader for Linux ('LInux LOader') by Werner Almesberger.
lilo: LILO boots Linux from your hard drive. It can also boot other
lilo: operating systems such as MS-DOS and OS/2, and can even boot DOS from
lilo: the second hard drive. LILO comes with utilities and documentation
lilo: that make it easier to install, such as 'liloconfig' and 'QuickStart'.
lilo: NOTE: Installing boot loaders is inherently dangerous. Be sure to have
lilo: some means to boot your system from a different media if you install
lilo: LILO on your hard disk.
lilo:
minicom: Minicom 1.82-3
minicom:
minicom: Minicom - a full featured menu-driven communications package similar
minicom: to the DOS program 'Telix'. Also includes sz/rz - utilities used to
minicom: upload and download files using the Zmodem protocol.
minicom:
minicom:
minicom:
minicom:
minicom:
minicom:
modutils: modutils-2.1.121
modutils:
modutils: Utilities to use kernel modules. These tools are used for loading
modutils: and unloading chunks of kernel code on the fly, to add support for a
modutils: CD-ROM drive or ethernet card, for instance.
modutils:
modutils: Many Linux drivers are provided as kernel modules, and some packages
modutils: (like the PCMCIA package) require the module utilities to work, so you
modutils: probably want to install these.
modutils:
modutils:
pnp: isapnptools-1.18
pnp:
pnp: These programs allow ISA Plug-And-Play devices to be
pnp: configured on a Linux machine. See the documentation in
pnp: /usr/doc/isapnptools-1.18.
pnp:
pnp:
pnp:
pnp:
pnp:
pnp:
sysvinit: sysvinit-2.76-3
sysvinit:
sysvinit: System V style init programs by Miquel van Smoorenburg that control
sysvinit: the booting and shutdown of your system. These support a number of
sysvinit: system runlevels, each with a specific set of utilities spawned. For
sysvinit: example, the normal system runlevel is 3, which starts agetty on
sysvinit: virtual consoles tty1 - tty6. Runlevel 4 starts xdm. Runlevel 0 shuts
sysvinit: the system down. See the documentation in /usr/doc/sysvinit and the
sysvinit: scripts in /etc/rc.d for more information.
sysvinit:
sysvinit: