This course is designed for students who will be installing and managing a Linux system. This course covers the basics from installation to operation, managing file systems and devices to creating user accounts. The course demonstrates how to manage a Linux system using KDE as well as using text based utilities.

Who Should Attend?

System Administrators, Technical Managers, and other software professionals who need install, configure and maintain Linux.

Prerequisites

This course is designed for students with some experience in a UNIX environment. You can meet these requirements by taking UNIX Utilities and Commands

Course Outline

Disks and File Systems

• Supported Controllers and Disks
• Disk Names in LINUX
• Partitions
• Floppy Disk
• Swap Space
• LINUX File Systems
  • FAT
  • MINUX
  • Ext, Ext2, Ext3
• Creating a File System
• Checking a File System
• Mounting File Systems

System Installation

• Getting Ready to Install
• Partitioning and Using the Hard Disk
• Selecting Components to Install
• Configuring LINUX

System Shutdown and Startup

• Shutting Down and Rebooting the System
• Bootstrapping a LINUX System
  • Grub/LILO
  • Steps in the Bootstrap Process
  • Run Levels
• Initialization Files
  • The /etc/inittab File
  • Executio of /sbin/rc*.d Files
  • INITRD_MODULES
• Switching Between LINUX and Windows Operating Systems

Kernel Configuration

• RPM
• Kernel Configuration File
• Kernel Modules
• Compiling and Installing a New Kernel
• Static and Dynamic Kernel Configuration

Configuring Peripherals

• Device Names
• Hotplugging Services
• Configuring Printers
• Managing the Print System
• Configuring CD-ROMS

Using KDE

Installing Additional Applications and Package Management

User Environment

• Managing Users and Groups

Linux Network Configuration

• Configuring the network with System Administration Tools
• Configuring the network manually
• Samba

Backup and Restore

• tar and gzip