Introduction

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Text used for examples, which is meant to be replaced with data provided by the user, is displayed

in this style. In the following example,  is displayed in this style:

The directory for the kernel source is

/usr/src/kernels//

, where

 is the version and type of kernel installed on this system.

Additionally, we use several different strategies to draw your attention to certain pieces of information.

In order of how critical the information is to your system, these items are marked as a note, tip,

important, caution, or warning. For example:

Note

Remember that Linux is case sensitive. In other words, a rose is not a ROSE is not a rOsE.

Tip

The directory /usr/share/doc/ contains additional documentation for packages installed on your

system.

Important

If you modify the DHCP configuration file, the changes do not take effect until you restart the DHCP

daemon.

Caution

Do not perform routine tasks as root   use a regular user account unless you need to use the root

account for system administration tasks.

Warning

Be careful to remove only the necessary partitions. Removing other partitions could result in data

loss or a corrupted system environment.