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== Week 4 (Sept 22) - Linux Package Management ==
* Activity for this week
Each student should add one correct item to the table below and email your teacher detailing your contribution. Don't forget your Seneca ID in the email. This will count as [[SYA710 Lab 03]].
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<repo> to /etc/yum.repos.d/)</td>
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<td class="News" style="text-align: left; width: 20%;">Assuming "yes" in all prompt </td>
<td class="News" style="width: 20%; text-align: left;">atp-get -y </td>
<td class="News" style="width: 20%; text-align: left;">zypper assumeyes</td>
<td class="News" style="width: 20%; text-align: left;">yum -y</td>
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<td class="News" style="text-align: left; width: 20%;">Remove
search i *</td>
<td class="News" style="width: 20%; text-align: left;">rpm
-qa<br>pkcon get-packages<br>yum list installed</td></tr><tr><td class="News" style="text-align: left; width: 20%;">Display dependency information</td><td class="News" style="width: 20%; text-align: left;">pkcon get depends <packagename></td><td class="News" style="width: 20%; text-align: left;">-</td><td class="News" style="width: 20%; text-align: left;">yum deplist <packagename></td></tr><tr><td class="News" style="text-align: left; width: 20%;">Look up for a specific package information</td><td class="News" style="width: 20%; text-align: left;">-</td><td class="News" style="width: 20%; text-align: left;">-</td><td class="News" style="width: 20%; text-align: left;">yum info <packagename><br />pkcon get description <package_id></td></tr><tr><td class="News" style="text-align: left; width: 20%;">Display Details about the package</td><td class="News" style="width: 20%; text-align: left;">-</td><td class="News" style="width: 20%; text-align: left;">-</td><td class="News" style="width: 20%; text-align: left;">pkcon get-details <pkg name></td></tr><tr><td class="News" style="text-align: left; width: 20%;">Print a picture of a cow</td><td class="News" style="width: 20%; text-align: left;">apt-get moo</td><td class="News" style="width: 20%; text-align: left;">-</td><td class="News" style="width: 20%; text-align: left;">-</td>
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== Week 5 (Sept 29) - Building a New Kernel ==
* download source from kernel.orgActivity for this week** wget http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-2.6.26.tar.bz2* unpack sourcePlease do [[SYA710 Lab04]]** tar xvjf linux-2.6.26.tar.bz2Here's some notes on [[SYA710 Building a New Kernel]]* create configuration (.config) file** cd linux-2.6.26Also some notes on [[SYA710 Booting with GRUB]]** cp Concepts/procCommands learned/config.gz .used in this week's lecture** gzip ar command -d config.gz** mv config .config** make oldconfig* customize your configurationusually used to archive object files** make menuconfig* compile kernel and modules** make* copy kernel image to /boot** cp arch/x86/bootar t /bzImage usr/bootlib/vmlinuz-2libz.6.26a* * cpio command to copy system map files to /boot** cp System.map /boot/System.map-2.6.26from archives* install the modules** make modules_install* create initial ram disk image** mkinitrd cat initrd-k vmlinuzuncompressed-2.6.26 file | cpio -i initrd-2.6.26* update GRUB* ldd command to print shared library dependencies** vi * ldd /bootusr/grubbin/menu.lst* rebootssh
== Week 6 (Oct 6) - Automated Installations ==
* Activity for this week
** Complete [[SYA710 Lab05]]
* Automating Linux Installations
** [[http://faiwiki.informatik.uni-koeln.de/index.php/Main_Page Debian Fully Automatic Installation]]
** [[http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Anaconda/Kickstart Fedora Kickstart]]
** [[http://en.opensuse.org/AutoYaST Opensuse AutoYaST]]
** [[http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/817-5506 SUN Solaris Jumpstart]]
** HD Cloning
*** [[SYA710 SSH | Using ssh]]
*** [[http://udpcast.linux.lu/ UDPCast]]
*** [[http://www.clonezilla.org/ Clonezilla]]
*** [[http://www.partimage.org/Main_Page Partimage]]
== Week 7 (Oct 13) - Midterm Test ==
* The second half of our midterm test is scheduled for Tuesday, November 25, 2008. This test is worth 20% of your final mark. You will be allowed to bring in one letter-sized, hand-written original reference sheet. No electronic aids are allowed. The test will take place in room S2149 starting at 11:45am. Test will end at 1:15pm.
* Test topics will include all material covered up to end of lab 5.
* Here is one example [[SYA710-midterm | question]] - feel free to add more.
* Here's our [[SYA710-test2 | 2nd test]] held on Nov 25, 2008
* Now it's your turn to add [[SYA710-student-questions | test questions]].
== FSOSS and Break Week (Oct 20) ==
== Week 8 (Oct 27) - Virtual Machines ==
* Activities for this week
** Please complete [[SYA710 Lab06]]
* Virtual Machines
** [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_machine Wikipedia Article]]
== Week 9 (Nov 3) - VM Management==
* [[http://www.vmware.com VMware]]
* [[http://www.virtualbox.org Virtual Box]]
* [[http://virt-manager.et.redhat.com/ Virtual Machine Manager]]
== Week 10 (Nov 10) - Creating Custom Spins ==
* Making your own custom (spin) Fedora CD
** Please complete [[SYA710 Lab07]]
== Week 11 (Nov 17) - More Spinning ==
== Week 12 (Nov 24) - Making Live CDs ==
* Making your own Fedora Live CD
** Please do [[SYA710-lab08 | Lab08]]
REFERENCE:
[http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_create_and_use_Fedora_LiveCD Fedora LiveCD How TO ]
== Week 13 (Dec 1) - Exam review ==
== Exam Week (Dec 8) ==
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