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# Index: F

FAQ, Linux: A.1. Online Documents
  1.10.1. Online Documents
Fast Ethernet cards: 1.9.7. Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, and Gigabit Ethernet Cards
FAT filesystems/partitions: 12.1. Sharing Files
fax devices: 8.4.4. Checking Print Utilities
FBDev server: 10.2. Hardware Requirements
f2c translator: 13.7. Other Languages
fd# files: 3.1.2. Drives and Partitions Under Linux
  8.1.1.2. Backing up to floppy
fdisk utility: D.3.1. Getting the Mac Ready for Linux
  2.2.4. Repartitioning Your Drives
  3.1.3. Creating Linux Partitions
  3.3.4.2. Problems booting Linux from the hard drive
  5.2.2.2. Using LILO as a secondary boot loader
fetchmail package: 16.2.2. Getting the Mail to Your Computer with Fetchmail
fg command: 4.11. Putting a Command in the Background
-fg option: 11.1.1. xinit
filename expansion: 4.7.1. Word Completion
  4.8. Filename Expansion
files
  appending to: 4.9. Saving Your Output
  archiving (see archiving files)
  backup: 8.1. Making Backups
    8.6. What to Do in an Emergency
  compressing (see compression)
  corrupted: 8.6.2. Accessing Damaged Files
  device: 6.3. Device Files
  .dvi: 9.3.1.2. Formatting and printing
  "File not found" error: 3.3.1. Problems with Booting the Installation Media
    3.3.3. Problems Installing the Software
  hidden: 4.4.2. Listing Files
  HTML: 16.1.4. Writing HTML Documents
  listing: 4.4.2. Listing Files
  locking (Elm): 16.2.4.1. Preparing for installation
  locking (lpc): 8.4.12. Controlling Printer Services with lpc
  overwriting: 4.9. Saving Your Output
    8.1. Making Backups
  ownership (see permissions)
  patching: 14.2.9. Patching Files
  permissions for (see permissions)
  .rc files: 5.3.3. rc files
  restoring from backup: 8.6.3. Restoring Files from Backup
  revision control
    CVS utility: 14.2.8. Revision Control Tools--CVS
    RCS: 14. Tools for Programmers
    RCS utility: 14.2.7. Revision Control Tools--RCS
  saving within vi: 9.1.6. Saving Files and Quitting vi
  sharing between Windows and Linux: 12.1. Sharing Files
    accessing Linux files: 12.1.3. Using Samba to Serve SMB Shares
    accessing Windows files: 12.1.2. Using Samba to Mount Directories from Windows Systems on Your Network
    file translation utilities: 12.1.5. File Translation Utilities
  start-up: 4.15. Startup Files
  swap partitions: 2.2.3. Linux Partition Requirements
  symbolic links between: 4.4.4. Symbolic Links
  Windows, case sensitivity: 12.1.3.2. Configuring Samba
filesystems/partitions (see partitions/filesystems)
filters, printing: 8.4.5.3. The rest of the printcap variables
  8.4.7. Print Filters
  9.5.1. What Happens to a File After It's Put on the Queue
  magic: 8.4.9. Magic Filters: APSfilter and Alternatives
find command: 8.1.2. Incremental Backups
finish command (gdb): 14.1.1. Tracing a Program
FIPS: 2.2.4. Repartitioning Your Drives
firmware on Alpha systems: C.3.1. Limitations of ARC Firmware
  C.5.3. Firmware/BIOS Peripheral Device Support
fix-table option (LILO): G.1. Global Options
floppy disks: 6.1.2. Mounting Filesystems
  7.4.2. Building the Kernel
  backing up to: 8.1.1.2. Backing up to floppy
  filesystems on: 6.1.4. Creating Filesystems
floppy= parameter (linux): 3.1.1. Booting Linux
FMU (flash-RAM management utility): C.3. Identifying Your Alpha System
-fn option: 11.1.1. xinit
focus (X windows): 11.2.1. Configuring fvwm
font resource: 11.1.2. The X Resource Database
fonts: 1.5.2. Text Processing and Word Processing
  font-lock mode (Emacs): 11.4.7. Emacs
  fvwm and: 11.2.1. Configuring fvwm
  xterm and: 11.4.5. Choosing Fonts
force-backup= option (LILO): G.1. Global Options
foreground color (Emacs): 11.4.7. Emacs
foreground resource: 11.1.2. The X Resource Database
forking: 4.18. Processes
<form> HTML tag: 16.1.5.1. The HTML form document
format
  filesystem (see mkfs command)
  fvwm pop-up menus: 11.2.2. More Customizations
  improper: 3.3.3. Problems Installing the Software
  indenting code: 14.2.10. Indenting Code
  manual pages: 9.3.2.2. Formatting and installing the manual page
  printcap file: 8.4.5.1. Printcap file format rules
  tape drives: 8.1.1.1. Backing up to tape
  TeX and: 9.3.1.2. Formatting and printing
  Texinfo: 9.3.3.2. Formatting Texinfo
  text in HTML: 16.1.4.6. More HTML features
formatting languages: 1.5.2. Text Processing and Word Processing
forms, HTML: 16.1.5. Building Interactive Forms
FORTRAN language: 13.7. Other Languages
Forward button (Netscape): 16.1.1. Using Netscape Navigator
-fpic switch (gcc): 13.1.7.1. Creating shared libraries
FPU instructions: 1.4.3. Kernel
framebuffer device: 10.2. Hardware Requirements
frames (Emacs): 11.4.7. Emacs
free command: 5.6. The /proc filesystem
  6.2. Managing Swap Space
Free Software Foundation (see FSF)
FreeBSD: A.4. General Software FTP Sites
  1.8.4. Other Implementations of Unix
Freshmeat: 1.5.10. Other Applications
fsck program: 6.1.5. Checking and Repairing Filesystems
  8.6.1. Repairing Filesystems
FSF (Free Software Foundation): 1.2. A Brief History of Linux
  1.6. About Linux's Copyright
  FTP site: A.4. General Software FTP Sites
  HURD: 1.8.4. Other Implementations of Unix
fstab file: 3.2.3. Editing /etc/fstab
  6.1.2. Mounting Filesystems
  6.1.2. Mounting Filesystems
  15.4.1. Configuring NFS
ftape driver: 7.5. Loadable Device Drivers
FTP (File Transfer Protocol): 3.3.3. Problems Installing the Software
  AlphaLinux reference sites: C.4.1.3. AlphaLinux FTP sites
  documentation via: A.1. Online Documents
    1.10.1. Online Documents
  Linux via: 2.1.2. Getting Linux from the Internet
  obtaining Dosemu via: 12.2.2. Getting Dosemu and xdos
  RZSZ via: H.1. Getting RZSZ
  smail via: 16.2.1.1. Getting and installing smail
  software sites: A.4. General Software FTP Sites
  via World Wide Web: 16.1. The World Wide Web
  XFree86 via: 10.3. Installing XFree86
Fundamental mode (Emacs): 9.2.1. Firing It Up
Future Domain SCSI interfaces: 3.1.1. Booting Linux
fvwm2 window manager: 1.5.5. The X Window System
  11.1.1. xinit

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