First, thanks for the starting feedback on the current posted objectives.
Please, keep it coming!
Here's a stab at preliminary objectives for hardware tasks. Please
review, comment, or rip apart as previously requested :)
-Kara
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Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2001 12:45:34 -0500 (CDT)
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Subject: Preliminary Kernel Objectives
In order to assist in speedy objective development, I've tried to start
developing some preliminary objectives for our tasks, based on the most
recent organizational structure. (I've only received one response to the
last thread on organizing!)
The objectives are definitely not complete in current form, nor are they
the concrete foundation we're forced to work with. The tasks are our
foundation (also attached). The goal is to create objectives which cover
these tasks and fill in the technical gaps and details.
Our Level 1 objectives
(http://www.lpi.org/http://www.lpi.org/p-obj-101.html and p-obj-102.html)
should provide a good outline for what form and style objectives should be
written in. I've modified slightly (including bullets for specified files
and tools covered) but the rest should be developed in the same fashion as
the current Level 1 objectives. There's no need to obsess over this step
at this stage, as I plan to have this completed in a stage of formal
review.
I would like either comments, changes, and additions as well as assistance
completing (technically) the objectives I've posted; your comments and
submissions for replacement or additional objectives; and your comments
for supplementary objectives (if any).
Please begin by reviewing the current objectives for Level 1 at the URLs
listed above. Next review the task file for this group. Finally, review
the preliminary objectives file and comment. Please note that the
preliminary objectives file associates the current task numbers with the
affiliated objective. Please continue to refer to these task IDs when
commenting, reorganizing, etc. objectives.
I will continue submitting preliminary objective files for various
categories today and tomorrow. I would like good discussion and progress
toward finalizing objectives in progress by Wednesday. By Friday, those of
you interested in the contract positions to finalize objectives should be
able to begin review. By next week, I would like to publish our objectives
for public review and begin collecting preliminary items.
The next 10 days are going to be crazy, and I greatly appreciate your time
and dedication to development. We are moving extremely quickly, and
everyone is very excited about our current developments!
Please contact me if you are available 6/8 - 6/12 for contract objective
review and development. I apologize that this will encompass a weekend,
but it is necessary for succeeding with our current development schedule.
Slots are filling for the Item Writing session planned for the week of
June 18. If you had hoped to participate in this event, please contact me
to discuss availability, expenses, etc. It is likely that a two team
approach (6/18 - 6/20, 6/20 - 6/22) will be used, allowing for flexible
travel arrangements.
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Kara Pritchard Phone: 618-398-7360
Author, RHCE Exam Cram
Director of Exam Development http://www.lpi.org/
Site Manager http://www.LinuxUsersGroups.org/
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4.1.1 Configure a new software-RAID using the mkraid-tools
4.1.2 Configure RAID for mirroring and striping hard disks.
4.2.1 L1 Add a new hard drive to the server
4.2.2 Compile kernel to use UDMA66 hard drives
4.2.3 Use the Logical Volume Manager (LVM) to make better use of existing
drives and partitions
4.3.2 lo You need to add a dumb terminal. Create a new terminal device
4.3.3 Configure a serial connection to a UPS for power protection.
4.4.5 lo Add an additional card with multiple serial ports
4.6.3 Set up kernel to use an IDE CD-BURNER
4.8.1 Set up Linux to use PCMCIA devices.
4.8.2 lo,L1 Set up PCMCIA network card to configure automatically when inserted.
4.9.1 Set up XFree to use LCD displays.
4.11.1 L1 Check on the currently used interrupts doing 'cat /proc/interrupts'
4.11.2 Use 'tune2fs' to optimize hard drive performance
4.11.3 Use 'hdparm' to set hard drive parameters
[4.1.1, 4.1.2
Obj : Configure RAID
Configure and implement software RAID. Includes using mkraid tools.
Configure RAID 0, 1, 5.
Includes tools and files such as:
* mkraid
*
[4.2.1, 4.3.2, 4.3.3, 4.4.5
Obj : Adding New Hardware
Configure internal and external hardware devices for a system,
including new hard disks, dumb terminal devices, serial UPS devices,
multi-port serial cards and LCD panels.
Includes tools and files such as:
* XFree86
*
[4.2.2, 4.2.3, 4.6.3, 4.11.1, 4.11.2, 4.11.3
Obj : Software and kernel configuration for hardware
Configure kernel options to support various hardware, including
UDMA66 drives and IDE CD-Burners. Use LVM to manage hard disk drives
and partitions and software tools to interact with hard disk settings.
Includes tools and files such as:
* hdparm
* tune2fs
* /proc/interrupts
[4.8.1, 4.8.2
Obj : Configuring PCMCIA devices
Configure Linux installation and configuration to include PCMCIA
support. Configure PCMCIA devices, such as network cards, to
autodetect.
Includes tools and files such as:
*
