On 01/20/2012 12:48 PM, G. Matthew Rice wrote: > Hi Simone, > > Your opinion is very valuable. As is everyone's. For example, I > received an e-mail about two weeks ago from someone telling me that > LPI is useless to him now because we dropped LILO from LPIC-1. Here's > a quote from the e-mail (it was private; I did invite him to join this > list and share this opinion but he hasn't surfaced yet): > > /***** quote ******/ > Well, Matt, you've done me a disservice removing LILO from the exam. > > I don't (and do not plan) to ever install the GRUB Operating System on > any of my hundreds of servers. So now new LPIC graduates will have to > be tested by me. I don't/won't hire anyone who doesn't know LILO. > > I can't reevaluate and change hundreds of systems on a whim. I > continue to install LILO today on new servers. > > Can't believe you've allowed this. > > LPIC now means little to me. If they can't get a system to boot using > LILO, all other knowledge is for naught. > /***** end quote *********/ >
I know some people having systems deployed with kernel 2.2 with a 25 year support contract, requiring specific knowledge about that version (and modutils from that time). But having specific needs do not means that you can ask that a generic sysadmin certification to require what you need. > So, time for a cage match? ;) > At least I think we can discuss which can be reasonable requirements for bootloader knowledge you require for a sysadmin. I don't think that LILO knowledge is needed today, things like PXE boot are far more important. Simone -- Simone Piccardi Truelite Srl picca...@truelite.it (email/jabber) Via Monferrato, 6 Tel. +39-347-1032433 50142 Firenze http://www.truelite.it Tel. +39-055-7879597 Fax. +39-055-7333336 _______________________________________________ lpi-examdev mailing list lpi-examdev@lpi.org http://list.lpi.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lpi-examdev
