RAM (Random Access Memory), 322, 324
Rathbone, Andy, Upgrading & Fixing PCs For Dummies, 6th Edition, 68
RealAudio streams, 15, 148, 159
RealPlayer (RealAudio), 15, 148
real-time programming, 15
Receiving Mail dialog box, 138–139
Red Hat Linux
capabilities, 13
features, 14
flexibility, 13
hard drive preparation, 18
installing, 31–50
links web browser, 15
login, 54–55
lynx web browser, 15
mailing lists, 297
manuals, 296
Mozilla web browser, 15
OpenOffice, 14
personal workstations, 14–15
restarting, 63
starting, 53–54
up2date system, 241–243
upgrades, 33
Windows programs, 15
Red Hat Linux Security and Optimization, Mohammed J. Kabir, 308
Red Hat Network Alert Icon, 319
Red Hat Network registration, 49, 241–243
Red Hat Network (RHN) utility, 319
Red Hat Package Manager (RPM)
configuration files, 347
displaying installed packages, 347–348
installing packages, 346, 348–350
querying packages, 347
removing packages, 346–347, 350–351
starting, 347
upgrading packages, 346
verifying packages, 347
what it does, 345–347
redhat-config-sxfree86 utility, 57
reducing network services, 244–245
regedit utility, 176
registering with Red Hat Network, 49, 241–243
relative filenames, 332
remote file systems, 52
removing
directories, 336
files, 336
network services, 244–245
repartitioning hard drive, 18–19
replacement DVD (or CD-ROMs), 36
resizing partitions
FAT (File Access Table), 18, 22–25
FIPS (First nondestructive Interactive Partition Splitting), 18, 22–25
Norton Ghost 2003, 19
NTFS (NT File System), 18–19, 25–29
resizing windows, 122–123
restarting
Red Hat Linux, 63
X Window System, 60
RHN (Red Hat Network) utility, 319
rm command, 336
root name servers (DNS), 231
root password, 299–300
Root Password utility, 318
root user, 44–45
route add command, 275–276
route del command, 276
routing table, 275–276
rpm command, 351–352
RPM (Red Hat Package Manager)
configuration files, 347
displaying installed packages, 347–348
installing packages, 346, 348–350
querying packages, 347
removing packages, 346–347, 350–351
starting, 347
upgrading packages, 346
what it does, 345–347
run levels, 53–54
running
applications, 137
Setup Agent, 50