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210 Welcome to Linux

Summary: As root, in a terminal window, cd /lib/modules; choose kernel number;

then type mkbootdisk - -device /dev/fd0 kernel.number.

To clean the display, type clear.

15.9 A Good “Man” Is Easy to Find

As you investigate your new system, you’re bound to have questions about commands and system

services. One of the easiest ways to ﬁnd out about how to use many commands or some applications

is through the man command.

The word man stands for “manual”, a series of online “pages” which can tell you the purpose of

many commands. In a highly condensed format, man pages provide a summary of a command’s

purpose, the options available and the syntax which is used to issue the command.

If you count yourself among the “newbies” to Linux, you might not ﬁnd man pages as useful as

someone who’s more accustomed to their terse delivery of information. But man pages can help

steer you toward the proper way to use commands on your system. Even at this point, you can gain

insight into your system by familiarizing yourself with the man pages. You’ll certainly want to know

how to use them eventually.

There are several ways to view the man pages: from GNOME’s Help Browser, from an application

called xman or from the shell prompt.

GNOME’s Help browser:

To start GNOME’s Help Browser, go to Panel

Help system. The GNOME Help Browser will start.

On the ﬁrst page, you’ll ﬁnd links to the man pages and to other helpful documentation.

Tip: Read about how to get more from GNOME in the GNOME User’s Guide in this

manual. For more information about man pages, take a look at the Finding Documen-

tation chapter in the Red Hat Linux Installation Guide.

From xman:

Depending on your window manager, there will be different ways to access the graphical presenta-

tion of the man pages through the menus. (Window managers literally manage how the windows in

your X session are presented.)

A quick way to start the manual browser, however, is to go to a shell prompt and type:

xman

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