CIS 191A, UNIX/Linux Installation and Configuration

 Summer 2005
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Course Outline and Objectives

Incomes
The following are the computer skills you should have to succeed in this course:
  1. A grasp of computer terminology specifically as it applies to the UNIX workplace, such as would be gathered from CIS 90
  2. Navigate the UNIX file system from a command line
  3. Manage files, (copy, move, remove) from a command line interface
  4. View and modify the permissions and ownership of files and directories
  5. Use a UNIX-based text editor to create and edit text documents
  6. Redirect input and output between files and commands
  7. Use pipes to connect commands together
  8. Configure the shell environment by setting and viewing variables
Outcomes
The following are the skills you will acquire upon successful completion of this course; students will be able to:
  1. Describe the structural components of Unix/Linux systems and outline the similarities and differences among various distributions.
  2. Contrast command line and graphical user interfaces and evaluate the tradeoffs between the two.
  3. Install a UNIX/Linux System as a workstation or server to meet the needs of a small to medium company.
  4. Demonstrate a knowledge of boot loaders by configuring two operating systems to dual boot, and by recovering a system that won't boot.
  5. Create an operating system boot disk that allows choosing among a variety of boot configurations.
  6. Create different types of file systems on various storage devices, and populate them files representing the various UNIX file types.
  7. Determine the services a Linux system will provide by defining the run levels into which the system will boot.
  8. Transfer files from one system to another using network protocols or removable storage devices.
  9. Configure a graphical desktop environment by editing the configuration files for the X Windows server, a window manager, and appropriate graph.ical clients
  10. Add, update and remove software packages using an appropriate package installation tool.


Lesson 1: An Overview of the Unix/Linux Operating System

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Lesson 2: Storage Devices and File Systems

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Lesson 3: Disk Partitions and Boot Loaders



Lesson 4: System Startup and Shutdown

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Lesson 5: Communications and The Network Layer

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Lesson 6: The X Window System

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Lessons 7 and 8: Installing UNIX/Linux

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Lesson 9: Package Managers and Software Applications

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Lesson 10: System Runlevels

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