Summer 2010 OPS235 Weekly Schedule

OPS235 Weekly Schedule

The course schedule, labs, and links are subject to change.
Check with your professor for details and changes specific to your section.

Week	Objectives and Tasks	Assigned Reading	Labs / Exercises
Week 1 Jan 11 - 15	Course overview Welcome to OPS235 Course Format Assigned Readings Required materials Introduction to Linux Introduction to Linux How does a computer boot? Boot Device and Boot Order Booting a "LIVE CD" Storage - Hard Disks and Partioning Devices Hard Disk Partitions File Systems Linux Directory Structure	Intro to Linux Intro to Linux Intro to Open Source Hard Disks and Partitioning Hard Disk Basics Linux Hard Disk Names Linux Filesystem Options Linux ext4 Filesystem The Linux Filesystem Partitioning with fdisk Filesystems Filesystem Names Explained	Lab 1
Week 2 Jan 18 - 22	Installing Linux Installing Fedora Boot loaders	Fedora 12 Installation Guide Installation GRUB Boot Loader Partitioning for Fedora	Lab 2
Week 3 Jan 25 - 29	Using Virtual Machines Installing and Using Virtualization Software Installing Guest VMs Assignment 1 Released	Fedora 12 Installation Guide - Advanced Installation Options Automating the Installation with Kickstart Kickstart Installations Kickstart Configurator Fedora 12 Virtualization Guide	Lab 3
Week 4 Feb 1 - 5	Logical Volume Management Package management with rpm and yum User and Group Management	Logical Volume Management Package Management UID and GID explained LVM HOWTO - Read chapters 1 - 3	Lab 4
Week 5 Feb 8 - 12	Using Filesystems in Regular Files (loopback) Using Archive Files (tar, tar.gz, tgz) Compiling Software from Source Code Customizing System Startup (/etc/rc.d directories)		Lab 5
Week 6 Feb 15 - 19	Catch up Review for Practical and Written tests Work on assignment
Week 7 Feb 22 - 26	Practical Test 1 (covering weeks 1-5) Written Test 1 (covering weeks 1-5)
Study Week - March 1-5
Week 8 Mar 8 - 12	Assignment 1 Evaluation Static Network Configuration Network Configuration with a DHCP client Basic TCP/IP network commands: ping, ifconfig, netstat	Configuring Networking	Lab 6
Week 9 Mar 15 - 19	Network Services SSH	Network services/ssh	Lab 7
Week 10 Mar 22 - 26	DHCP Server	DHCP Server	Lab 8
Week 11 Apr 1 - 5	Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) Review for Practical and Written Tests	PAM Configuration	Lab 9
Week 12 Apr 8-12	Written Test 2 (covering weeks 5-10) Practical Test 2
Week 13 Apr 15 - 19	Assignment 2 Due Review for Exam
Exam Week - April 22-26

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