Urban Voice Linux

Intro to Linux

Urban Voice -- Instructor: Lenny Bailes

Day 6 Agenda

1. Review Quiz #1

2. Review Linux installation issues
Jang Chapter 2 (p.25-28) partitioning a hard disk
Hardware compatibility issues (See Red Hat HCL http://hardware.redhat.com/hcl)
(There are discrepancies with the RH9 Certified list, such as ATI Mobility Rage video.)
Note the questionable hardware list on Jang p. 32-33.
Check the Linux Documentation Project HOW-TO.

How can you track down information for specific hardware:
laptops, network cards, printers, scanners, sound cards, USB, Winmodems?

Assignment for next week: make a hardware list for your computer at home,
comparable to Table 2.4 on Jang, p. 36

3. Reinstall RH Linux 9 on classroom computers. See installation notes in our Linux
Day 1 Agenda and in the introductory Class Notes handout, p. 3-4. (Follow Jang,
Chapter 3, pages 51-98.

Key issues: partitions, network setup (firewall), video, register with RHN.

[Break]

5. Practical Application Exercises

Make Linux floppy bootdisk. (See http://www.reallylinux.com/docs/bootdsk.html)
a) ls /lib/modules to determine kernel version
b) enter command type: mkbootdisk --device /dev/fd0 x.x.x-x
(replace the x.x.x-x with the kernel info you got from step a) options
Set up network printer (See also, Printing with Foomatic (http://www.linuxprinting.org/foomatic.html) in the section under using CUPS.
Use Mount and Umount commands to mount and unmount floppies, CD, and FAT partition (through directory) (See also http://www.tuxfiles.org/linuxhelp/mounting.html)
Edit the /etc/FSTAB file to change permissions in the mounted VFAT partition.

We will copy the Boson Exams we downloaded, last week, to a shared partition and
install them under Windows XP.
Restart services (such as network service or Apache from command-line)
See http://linux.boeldt.net/linux_tips.asp
Update RH Linux system files with Up2Date.
Packages it might be useful to update: Xinetd (stop denial of service attacks) Printman (new printer drivers), redhat-config-network/tui (new network interface).

6. Linux class projects
Each student will be responsible for delivering a short class project on some aspect of
Linux, supplemental to what we cover in class. These projects may be presented in teams
of two or more people. Here are some ideas:

Working with multimedia under Linux -- installing and using audio/video and DVD players.
Windows/Linux interoperability -- installing and using a Windows emulator such as WINE
or CodeWeavers CrossOver Office.
Survey of Useful Linux Application Software (investigate, try, and demonstrate some Linux
productivity applications.
Setting up and administering the Apache Web Server
Simple demonstration on how to set up and use MySQL database queries
Setting up and using a Linux mail server, such as Sendmail.

Homework:

Create a hardware inventory checklist for your home computer.
Do some preliminary research for your Linux class project.
Read/review Jang, Chapters 17 on using the KDE interface.
Try these Linux command line exercises, level 1, (if you need the review), or level 2

We'll have another quiz, next week. (You may also want to check out the Unix Tutorial at
http://www.isu.edu/departments/comcom/unix/workshop/unixindex.html)

Practice installing RH Linux 9 at home (if possible). Take notes and report difficulties. (Feel free to email me, if you encounter difficulties.)

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