however, you still call it hda1, sda1, etc. The book was teaching incorrect info about what to look for for drive designation (that pata is called hda and sata is call scsi).There was a lot of outdated info as well. They for example xfree86 is no longer the standard for most linux distros. Plus it had a lot of fedora only focused information. What I like about the LPI book vs the old book is that the LPI book is vendor neutral. It does not mention a distro, the examples do not assume you installed a distro that comes with the book following setup instructions (because it doesn't come with one, and has no chapter on install linux). It gives me free ride to allow them to work in the direction I want and still make the book useful. It also explains more then just rpm, it has sections on compiling software, and using debian package managers with a lot of detail on dselect, dpkg, and apt-get as well as all the rpm tools.
My goal is to make them feel comfortable sitting at any linux console/desktop. It should lay a groundwork to get something like the level 1 LPI cert. I want to make sure they understand enough to use linux consoles, understand basic scripts and at least know what a script is. I want them to know what kind of tools to look for to get their job done and do basic management (startup, shutdown, restart daemons, etc) And if there is time I want them to understand how to use linux on the desktop. I hope to get a second class started that focuses more on the admin side of things.
Currently I plan to use a book (ISBN-10: 078214425X) supplemented with my own pdf covering all the desktop material I think is appropriate for the class. I also plan to give them lots of references on where to look for more info. Last year was a mess, first FC3 would not install on all of our machines (because of newer hardware that was unsupported). This was not tested because I was told by the previous instructor they all worked (apparently he did not know they had upgraded the machines). So I found this out the day of class and compromised with ubuntu 6.10. This caused problems because now the books instructions were missing steps and in some places just 100% wrong for ubuntu. I really do not want a repeat this year, so I'm doing all the leg work now.
