Course: Linux Installation and Setup

 

Introduction

 

This course is designed for people with Linux experience who desire to learn the basics of installing and setting up Linux.  RedHat Linux is used for this course but the material applies to most versions of Linux.

 

The course is two days of interactive lecture and lab.

 

Course Outline

1.     Requirements

a.     Software

b.     Hardware

2.     Installing RedHat Linux

a.     Booting the startup floppy

b.     Installing from CDROM

c.      The GUI environment

d.     Installation options

e.     What is RPM?

f.       Selecting RPM packages

g.      Partitioning the hard drive

h.     Selecting the video

i.       Selecting the network

j.       Installing the packages

3.     Booting the Installed System

a.     Checking the configuration

b.     Testing the GUI

c.      Testing the file system

d.     Testing the network

e.     Creating accounts

4.     Setup of Linux

a.     Checking what options are set

5.     Setting up TCP/IP

a.     Stopping daemons from loading

b.     The Apache web server

c.      NFS

d.     Sendmail

e.     Other TCP/IP daemons

6.     Stopping the GUI from loading

7.     Other system configuration options