Manual

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Welcome to the ROCK Linux Manual!

This page contains documentation and troubleshooting advice for administrators of ROCK Linux based distributions, for distribution builders, ROCK developers and distribution developers.

A short overview of ROCK Linux and its features is given in What is ROCK.

• What is ROCK?
  • Mission Statement
  • ROCK Philosophy
  • Development Tree Trunk
    • Bootdisk Target
    • Crystal ROCK
    • Generic ROCK
    • Live CD
    • Diet Libc ROCK
  • Releases
    • Release Candidates
    • Release Candidate Bugs
  • Stable Tree 2.0 (discontinued)
    • Build Boot Strap
    • Crystal Emu
    • Rescue System
  • Which Tree Do I Have
  • Getting ROCK Linux
    • Binaries
    • Source

If you have installed a ROCK based distribution like Crystal ROCK you will find these pages useful:

• Administrators
  • Installation
    • Installation using CD
    • Installation using PXE
    • Installation from the Internet
    • Installation using the rescue system
    • Installing ROCK Linux on a Soekris Router
    • Extras
      • Root on LVM
      • Root on RAID
      • Encrypted Root
  • Package Management
    • Installing Packages
    • Removing Packages
    • Updating Packages
    • Adding Third Party Software to the ROCK Linux Package Management
    • Online File Search With Sonar
  • System Configuration
    • Using Stone
    • Network Configuration
    • FreeNX Configuration
  • HowTo...
    • How To Get The Epson Perfection 3170 Photo Scanner To Work
    • How To Install And Setup the ATI Proprietary Display Driver
    • How To Install And Setup the NVIDIA Proprietary Display Driver
    • How To Install the same package twice

If you want to change, enhance or adapt ROCK for your personal or commercial use there are many, many things you can do:

• Distribution Builders
  • Building ROCK Linux
    • Doing Cluster Builds
    • Cross Compiling
    • Pseudo Native Compiler
  • Creating Bootable ISOs
  • Testing Distributions With QEMU
• ROCK Developers
  • Creating Packages
    • Package Forking
    • Package Splitting
    • Desktop Files
    • Postinstall Scripts
    • Package Files Reference
  • Updating Packages
  • The Various ROCK Build Wrappers
  • Writing stone Plugins
  • Submitting Patches
  • The ROCK Linux Hacking HowTo
    • ROCK Linux Directory Tree
    • Build- And Other Scripts
    • Configuration System
    • Packages
    • Targets
    • Architectures
• Distribution Developers
  • Changing The Package Selection
  • Create Your Own Distribution

If you run into trouble, these pages will be helpful:

• Troubleshooting
  • Compile Problems
    • Broken Compiler Optimizations
    • Gnome Compile Problems
    • Building On Ubuntu
  • Installation Problems
  • Add Your Questions Here
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