Linux+ Part 5: Hardware and Troubleshooting

Outline

1. Contents
2. Description
3. Audience
4. Prerequisites
5. Objectives
6. Topics Include
7. Duration
8. Minimum Requirements
9. Media

Description

This course teaches learners about hardware and troubleshooting. The Hardware section teaches about adding hardware, managing printers, swap space, laptop hardware, and hardware problems. The Troubleshooting section teaches about identifying and categorizing problems, boot issues, filesystem and software problems, and network problems.

Audience

The audience includes Linux Professionals and System Administrators with 6 months of experience with the Linux operating system. They provide basic installation, operation, and troubleshooting services and basic system administration tasks.

Prerequisites

(Currently no course prerequisite information)

Objective

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• identify features of methods used to verify hardware detection.
• identify locations for obtaining hardware drivers.
• identify the commands used to load and remove hardware kernel modules.
• identify considerations for categorizing problems.
• identify considerations for categorizing user problems.
• identify considerations for identifying problems by using log files.

Topics Include

Unit 1: Hardware

• Identify features of methods used to verify hardware detection.
• Identify locations for obtaining hardware drivers.
• Identify the commands used to load and remove hardware kernel modules.
• Identify considerations for configuring hardware.
• Identify features of hardware device files.
• Identify features of printing in Linux.
• Identify features of a filter.
• Match /etc/printcap file features with their desciptions.
• Identify features of printer configuration tools.
• Match lpr options used to print a file with their functions.
• Identify functions of the commands used to manage print queues.
• Identify considerations for determining swap space.
• Identify considerations for adding a swap partition.
• Identify features of hot-swappable hardware.
• Identify features of laptop hardware.
• Identify considerations for troubleshooting Enhanced Integrated Device Electronics (EIDE) devices.
• Identify considerations for troubleshooting Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) devices.
• Identify considerations for troubleshooting peripheral devices.
• Identify considerations for troubleshooting core system hardware.

Unit 2: Troubleshooting

• Identify considerations for categorizing problems.
• Identify considerations for categorizing user problems.
• Identify considerations for identifying problems by using log files.
• Identify features of system status tools.
• Identify features of troubleshooting resources.
• Match Linux Loader (LILO) boot error codes with their meanings.
• Identify features of rescue disks.
• Identify features of booting into single-user mode.
• Identify methods for managing file system problems.
• Match configuration file problems with their configuration files.
• Identify functions of troubleshooting commands.
• Identify features of package installation problems.
• Identify reasons for stopping and restarting processes.
• Identify features of backup and restore problems.
• Identify functions of network diagnostic utilities.
• Identify guidelines for using network diagnostic utilities.
• Identify network server problems and their possible causes.

Duration

8 Hours

Minimum Requirements

The CD-ROM version of this course requires: At least a 486DX 33Mhz CPU. Microsoft Windows 3.1 or higher and a Microsoft-compatible mouse. At least 8MB RAM. At least VGA graphics capability with a minimum 512K video RAM (1MB video RAM recommended). At least a double-speed CD-ROM drive. An MPC-compliant sound card with attached speakers or headphones is recommended. The network version of this course requires: At least a 486DX 33Mhz CPU. Microsoft Windows 3.1 or higher and a Microsoft-compatible mouse. At least 8MB RAM and 14MB available hard disk space or file server space. At least VGA graphics capability with a minimum 512K video RAM (1MB video RAM recommended).

Media

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