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== Week 13 (Dec 1) - Exam review ==
 
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Revision as of 22:20, 15 September 2008

The tentative weekly schedule shown here is subject to change.

Week 1 (Sept 1) - Intro to SYA710 / Installing Linux

  • Course introduction
  • Introduction to Open Source and Linux
  • Introduction to our labs
    • Lab T2107 - data recovery cards
  • Activities for this week
    • Set up your accounts as described on the LUX Communication page.
    • Complete the SYA710 Lab #0 and blog about the experience.
    • Lab #0 is due before midnight Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Week 2 (Sept 8) - File Systems and Logical Volume Management

  • Activities for this week
    • Complete the SYA710 Lab01 and blog about the experience.
    • Lab01 is due before midnight Wednesday, September 17, 2008
  • Concepts/Commands learned/used in this week's lecture
    • File System: A way to organize data for efficient and easy access
    • Containers: Objects (partitions, files, volumes) that hold file systems
    • Virtual File System: Allows transparent access to files on different file systems
    • Commands: mkfs, fsck, fdisk, mount, umount

Week 3 (Sept 15) - Linux Startup

Week 4 (Sept 22) - Package Management

Week 5 (Sept 29) - Building a New Kernel

Week 6 (Oct 6) - Automated Installations

Week 7 (Oct 13) - Midterm Test

FSOSS and Break Week (Oct 20)

Week 8 (Oct 27) - Virtual Machines

Week 9 (Nov 3) - VM Management

Week 10 (Nov 10) - Creating Custom Spins

Week 11 (Nov 17) - More Spinning

Week 12 (Nov 24) - Making Live CDs

Week 13 (Dec 1) - Exam review

Exam Week (Dec 8)