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diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index 36c9f89..b50fede 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ Chapter 10. Working with Filesystems
allows you to find out exactly what NFS exports a remote server has made
available.
+Chapter 14. Networking
+
+* Add netconfig. This is mandatory!
+
Chapter 16. Basic Networking Commands
* Additional tools to discuss: finger, host, dig, pine, mutt, nail
diff --git a/chapter_02.xml b/chapter_02.xml
index f723612..4574bb6 100644
--- a/chapter_02.xml
+++ b/chapter_02.xml
@@ -356,46 +356,158 @@ ensure that they are properly read by the kernel.
<section>
<title>The <application>setup</application> Program</title>
- <!-- Each part of setup gets its individual subsection. -->
+<para>
+Now that you've created your partitions it's time to run the
+<application>setup</application> program to install Slackware.
+<application>setup</application> will handle formatting partitions,
+installing packages, and running basic configuration scripts
+step-by-step. In order to do so, just type
+<application>setup</application> at your shell prompt.
+</para>
+
+<imageobject>
+ <imagedata fileref="png/setup-program.png" format="PNG"/>
+</imageobject>
<section>
<title>Help</title>
+ <para>
+ If you've never installed Slackware before, you can get a very basic
+ over-view of the Slackware installer by reading the Help menu.
+ Most of the information here is on navigating through the installer
+ which should be fairly intuitive, but if you've never used a
+ curses-based program before you may find this useful.
+ </para>
+
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata fileref="png/setup-help.png" format="PNG"/>
+ </imageobject>
+
</section>
<section>
<title>Keymap</title>
+ <para>
+ Before we go any further, Slackware gives you the opportunity to
+ select a different mapping for your keyboard. If you're using a
+ standard US keyboard you can safely skip this step, but if you're
+ using an international keyboard you will want to select the correct
+ mapping now. This ensures that the keys you press on your keyboard
+ will do exactly what you expect them to do.
+ </para>
+
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata fileref="png/setup-keymap.png" format="PNG"/>
+ </imageobject>
+
</section>
<section>
<title>Addswap</title>
+ <para>
+ If you created a swap partition, this step will allow you to enable
+ it before running any memory-intensive activities like installing
+ packages. swap space is essentially virtual memory. It's a hard drive
+ partition (or a file, though Slackware's installer does not support
+ swap files) where regions of active system memory get copied when
+ your computer is out of useable RAM. This lets the computer "swap"
+ programs in and out of active RAM, allowing you to use more memory
+ than your computer actually has. This step will also add your swap
+ partition to <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> so it will be available
+ to your OS.
+ </para>
+
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata fileref="png/setup-swap.png" format="PNG"/>
+ </imageobject>
</section>
<section>
<title>Target</title>
+ <para>
+ Our next step is selecting our root partition and any other
+ partitions we'd like Slackware to utilize. You'll be given a choice
+ of filesystems to use and whether or not to format the partition. If
+ you're installing to a new partition you must format it. If you have
+ a partition with data on it you'd like to save, don't. For example,
+ many users have a seperate <filename>/home</filename> partition used
+ for user data and elect not to format it on install. This lets them
+ install newer versions of Slackware without having to backup and
+ restore this data.
+ </para>
+
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata fileref="png/setup-target.png" format="PNG"/>
+ </imageobject>
+
</section>
<section>
<title>Source</title>
+ <para>
+ Here you'll tell the installer where to find the Slackware packages.
+ The most common method is to use the Slackware install DVD or CDs,
+ but there are various other options are available. If you have your
+ packages installed to a partition that you setup in the previous
+ step, you can install from that partition or a pre-mounted directory.
+ (You may need to mount that partition with
+ <application>mount</application>(8) first. See chapter 11 for more
+ details.) Additionally, Slackware offers a variety of networked
+ options such as NFS shares, FTP, HTTP, and Samba. If you select a
+ network installation, Slackware will prompt you for TCP/IP
+ information first. We're only going to discuss installation from the
+ DVD, but other methods are similar and straightforward.
+ </para>
+
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata fileref="png/setup-source.png" format="PNG"/>
+ </imageobject>
</section>
<section>
<title>Select</title>
+ <para>
+ One unique feature of Slackware is its manner of dividing packages
+ into disksets. At the beginning of time, network access to FTP
+ servers was available only through incredibly slow 300 baud modems,
+ so Slackware was split into disk sets that would fit onto floppy
+ disks so users could download and install only those packages they
+ were interested in. Today that practice continues and the installer
+ allows you to chose which sets to install. This allows you to
+ easily skip packages you may not want, such as X and KDE on headless
+ servers or Emacs on everything. Please note that the "A" series is
+ always required.
+ </para>
+
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata fileref="png/setup-select.png" format="PNG"/>
+ </imageobject>
</section>
<section>
<title>Install</title>
-
+ <imagedata fileref="png/setup-install.png" format="PNG"/>
</section>
<section>
<title>Configure</title>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata fileref="png/usb-boot-stick.png" format="PNG"/>
+ </imageobject>
+
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata fileref="png/setup-lilo.png" format="PNG"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata fileref="png/setup-xwmconfig.png" format="PNG"/>
+ </imageobject>
</section>
</section>
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