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I'll be hitting all the objectives you asked for more items on in about 2
hours for you. I got something I need to take care of first.
Come on folks, we all need to pitch in. Anyone else out there with some time
to spare for a good cause?
On Tuesday 24 July 2001 11:43 am, you wrote:
> We need around 20 more items for the troubleshooting area to meet our
> goal. This area has a number of objectives that items can be written for.
> If you can contribute items for these objectives, please submit them
> directly to me ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
>
> Thank-You!
>
> <h3>Objective ID 2.13.2: Creating Recovery Disks</h3>
> <p>Includes task IDs 3.34.1 3.34.2</p>
> <p>Candidate should be able to: create both a standard bootdisk for system
> entrance, and a recovery disk for system repair.</p>
> <ul>Key files, terms, and utilities include:
> <li> /usr/sbin/rdev</li>
> <li> /bin/cat</li>
> <li> /bin/mount (includes -o loop switch)</li>
> <li> Any standard editor</li>
> <li> /sbin/lilo</li>
> <li> /bin/dd</li>
> <li> /sbin/mke2fs</li>
> <li> /etc/fstab and /etc/inittab</li>
> <li> /usr/sbin/chroot</li>
> <li> Familiarity with the location and contents of the LDP
> Bootdisk-HOWTO
> (http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/Bootdisk-HOWTO)</li>
> </ul>
>
> <h3>Objective ID 2.13.3: Identifying Boot Stages</h3>
> <p>Includes task IDs 3.34.2</p>
> <p> Candidate should be able to: determine, from bootup text, the 4 stages
> of boot sequence and distinguish between each.</p>
> <ul>Key files, terms, and utilities include:
> <li> boot loader start and hand off to kernel</li>
> <li> kernel loading</li>
> <li> hardware initializiation and setup</li>
> <li> daemon initialization and setup </li>
> </ul>
>
> <h3>Objective ID 2.13.4: Troubleshooting LILO</h3>
> <p>Includes task IDs 3.34.3</p>
> <p> Candidate should be able to: determine specific stage failures and
> corrective techniques.</p>
> <ul>Key files, terms, and utilities include:
> <li> Know meaning of L, LI, LIL, LILO, and scrolling
> 010101 errrors</li>
> <li> Know the different LILO install locations, MBR,
> /dev/fd0, or primary/extended partition.</li>
> <li> /boot/boot.b</li>
> <li> Know significance of /boot/boot.### files </li>
> </ul>
>
> <h3>Objective ID 2.13.5: General Troubleshooting</h3>
> <p>Includes task IDs 3.34.4 3.34.5 3.34.6</p>
> <p>A candidate should be able to recognize and identify boot loader and
> kernel specific stages and utilize kernel boot messages to diagnose kernel
> errors. This
> objective includes being able to identify and correct common hardware
> issues, and be able to determine if the problem is hardware or
> software.</p>
> <ul>Key files, terms, and utilities include:
> <li> screen output during bootup</li>
> <li> /bin/dmesg</li>
> <li> kernel syslog entries in system logs (if entry is
> able to be gained)</li>
> <li> various system and daemon log files in /var/log/</li>
> <li> /sbin/lspci</li>
> <li> /bin/dmesg</li>
> <li> /usr/bin/lsdev</li>
> <li> /sbin/lsmod</li>
> <li> /sbin/modprobe</li>
> <li> /sbin/insmod</li>
> <li> /sbin/modprobe</li>
> <li> /bin/uname</li>
> <li> location of system kernel and attending modules /,
> /boot, and /lib/modules</li>
> <li> /proc filesystem </li>
> <li>strace</li>
> <li>strings</li>
> <li>ltrace</li>
> <li>lsof</li>
> </ul>
>
> <h3>Objective ID 2.13.6: Troubleshooting System Resources</h3>
> <p>Includes task IDs 3.34.7 3.34.8</p>
> <p>A candidate should be able to identify, diagnose and repair local
> system environment.</p>
> <ul>Key files, terms, and utilities include:
> <li> /etc/profile && /etc/profile.d/</li>
> <li> Core system variables </li>
> <li> /etc/bashrc (or other appropriate global shell
> configuration files)</li>
> <li> /etc/init.d/</li>
> <li> /etc/rc.*</li>
> <li> /bin/ln</li>
> <li> /bin/rm</li>
> <li> Any editor of choice</li>
> <li> /etc/ld.so.conf </li>
> <li> /sbin/ldconfig</li>
> <li> /sbin/sysctl && /etc/sysctl.conf </li>
> </ul>
>
> <h3>Objective ID 2.13.7: Troubleshooting Network Issues</h3>
> <p>Includes task IDs 3.34.9 3.34.10</p>
> <p>A candidates should be able to identify and correct common network
> setup issues to include knowledge of locations for basic configuration
> files and commands.</p>
> <ul>Key files, terms, and utilities include:
> <li> /sbin/ifconfig</li>
> <li> /sbin/route</li>
> <li> /bin/netstat</li>
> <li> /etc/network || /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/</li>
> <li> system log files such as /var/log/syslog &&
> /var/log/messages</li>
> <li> /bin/ping</li>
> <li> /etc/resolv.conf</li>
> <li> /etc/hosts</li>
> <li> /etc/hosts.allow && /etc/hosts.deny</li>
> <li> /etc/hostname || /etc/HOSTNAME</li>
> <li> /sbin/hostname</li>
> <li> /usr/sbin/traceroute</li>
> <li> /usr/bin/nslookup</li>
> <li> /usr/bin/dig</li>
> <li> /bin/dmesg </li>
> <li>host</li>
> </ul>
>
> <h3>Objective ID 2.13.8: Troubleshooting Environment Configurations</h3>
> <p>Includes task IDs 3.34.11</p>
> <p>A candidate should be able to identify common local system and user
> environment configuration issues and common repair techniques.</p>
> <ul>Key files, terms, and utilities include:
> <li> /etc/inittab</li>
> <li> /sbin/init</li>
> <li> /etc/passwd</li>
> <li> /etc/shadow</li>
> <li> /etc/group</li>
> <li> /etc/profile</li>
> <li> /etc/rc.local || /etc/rc.boot</li>
> <li> /usr/sbin/cron</li>
> <li> /usr/bin/crontab</li>
> <li> /var/spool/cron/crontabs/</li>
> <li> /etc/`shell_name`.conf</li>
> <li> /etc/login.defs</li>
> <li> /etc/syslog.conf </li>
> </ul>
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Creator - KiXO Linux
www.kixolinux.com
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