Introduction xxx
Part I: Hardware and System Confi guration
CHAPTER 1 Explain Linux boot process concepts 1
Boot Loaders 1
Boot Options 3
File Locations 6
Boot Modules and Files 7
Kernel Panic 9
CHAPTER 2 Given a scenario, install, confi gure, and monitor kernel
modules 11
Commands 11
Files 15
CHAPTER 3 Given a scenario, confi gure and verify network connection parameters 17
Diagnostic Tools 18
Configuration Files 28
Bonding 34
CHAPTER 4 Given a scenario, manage storage in a Linux environment 37
Basic Partitions 38
Filesystem Hierarchy 40
Device Mapper 41
Tools 44
Location 54
Filesystem Types 58
CHAPTER 5 Compare and contrast cloud and virtualization concepts and technologies 59
Templates 60
Bootstrapping 62
Storage 63
Network Considerations 65
Types of Hypervisors 66
Tools 67
CHAPTER 6 Given a scenario, confi gure localization options 69
File Locations 70
Commands 70
Environment Variables 73
Character Sets 75
UTF-8 75
Part II: Systems Operation and Maintenance
CHAPTER 7 Given a scenario, conduct software installations, confi gurations, updates, and removals 77
Package Types 78
Installation Tools 78
Build Tools 86
Repositories 88
Acquisition Commands 89
CHAPTER 8 Given a scenariolc-