[RHCE] First topic: Hardware and Installation

[Jon Carnes]

Does anyone object to just jumping in and talking about the first topic
(ala Scott Stancil's draft web outline for study)?  

Hardware and Installation

    * Partitioning (fdisk, utils to repartition existing)
    * Boot loaders (lilo/grub and config files)
    * Boot messages
    * System startup scripts, /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit
    * System runlevels
    * System config files (xinetd, rc scripts, 
      /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts, shell config scripts)...

Talking about organization is a lot of fun and all that, but I want to
see how well this co-operative-at-a-distance-learning thing really
works.

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I don't think we will need to know hardware compatibility for all
hardware, but we might need to know where to look for hardware
compatibility:
http://hardware.redhat.com/hcl/

And how to find out existing Hardware Information - Red Hat has a
chapter on using an existing Windows install to mine for System
Information:
http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-8.0-Manual/install-guide/ch-x86-table.html

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We should all know the minimum disk space requirements for installation
of various systems:

Personal Desktop - A personal desktop installation, including a
graphical desktop environment, requires at least 1.5 GB of free space.
Choosing both the GNOME and KDE desktop environments requires at least
1.8 GB of free disk space.

Workstation - A workstation installation, including a graphical desktop
environment and software development tools, requires at least 2.0 GB of
free space. Choosing both the GNOME and KDE desktop environments
requires at least 2.3 GB of free disk space.

Server - A server installation requires 1.3 GB for a minimal
installation without X (the graphical environment), at least 1.4 GB of
free space if all package groups other than X are installed, and at
least 2.1 GB to install all packages including the GNOME and KDE desktop
environments.

Custom - A Custom installation requires 400 MB for a minimal
installation and at least 4.5 GB of free space if every package is
selected.

And the types of basic applications to install in each of the above
cases (which determines the amount of space needed for the install):
http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-8.0-Manual/install-guide/s1-steps-type.html

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I imagine that we'll need know how to install RH8.0 various ways, like:
 - boot from CD
 - boot from local diskette
 - boot from USB diskette
 - ftp install
 - nfs install
http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-8.0-Manual/install-guide/s1-steps-install-cdrom.html

http://www.redhat.com/download/howto_download.html

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And how to find out information during the install when things go awry. 
Specifically how to use the Virtual the various switches/work-arounds
for special circumstances like installing on a machine with a special HD
adapter (one not included in the RH8.0 Anaconda).

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-8.0-Manual/install-guide/ch-guimode.html#S2-GUIMODE-VIRTUAL-CONSOLES

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Any comments, etc are welcome!  -- Jon Carnes

On Wed, 2003-01-22 at 12:19, Scott Stancil wrote:
> I will move this as soon as my account is created with Trilug (hope I
> encrypted everything right :) )
> 
> Initial Draft:  http://www.geekrooms.com/trilug/rhce.html
> 
> I really think that week 6 and 8 should probably be split into two
> sessions or the sessions should be extended by an hour or two.
> 
> Reading suggestions on meetings, I will throw in my two cents.  I would
> prefer online meetings and folks writing or augmenting existing
> documentation to reflect the current RHCE distribution specifics,
> currently RedHat 8.0.
> 
> I am partial to newsgroups, perhaps broken up into groups or topics?
> 
> If we do have meetings, I think the rotational approach is a good idea,
> either repeating Meeting One at both the Durham and Raleigh meetings or
> simply rotating locations, but incrementing the meetings. (Raleigh,
> meeting one; Durham, meeting two; and so on)
> 
> Ideally, discussion could occur via IRC, mail, or text prior to the
> meeting.  At the meeting you could go through exercises in configuration. 
> If a topic is particularly complex or difficult, perhaps a presentation
> could be given?  Anyone have a projector?  I would think Durham Tech would
> have one?
> 
> Thanks for reading.
> 
> -- 
> Scott Stancil
> sstancil@geekrooms.com
> 
> 
> 
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