I recommend those good readings when you can't figure out a problem. I've read them. You should too if you're curious or conscientious.
Please, do not forget to consider the
LDP mirrors,
listed at:
http://www.linuxdoc.org/mirrors.html
Mostly every HOWTO are translated in
many languages. Just go to a mirror bottom page and follow
the translations/ link.
If you want to use Linux on a laptop, read the last
Laptop-HOWTO,
by Werner Heuser, located at:
http://www.snafu.de/~wehe/index_li.html.
If you haven't install any distribution yet, read carefully the
Installation-HOWTO, by Eric S. Raymond, located at:
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Installation-HOWTO.html. And
make more coffee :-)
If you need information about your cdrom, drive read the
CDROM-HOWTO, by Jeff Tranter, located at:
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/CDROM-HOWTO.html.
If you haven't install a nfs server yet, read the
NFS-HOWTO, by Nicolai Langfeldt, located at:
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/NFS-HOWTO.html.
If you need to compile a new kernel on the source box, read
the
Kernel-HOWTO, by Brian Ward, located at:
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Kernel-HOWTO.html.
If you are new with plip, read the
PLIP MINI-HOWTO, by Andrea Controzzi, located at:
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/PLIP.html.
If you plan to build your Null-Modem cable on your own, a good reading
is the file
PLIP.txt,
by Donald Becker,
located at:
/usr/src/linux/Documentation/networking/PLIP.txt
on your source linux computer, Luke.