On Sat, 2003-02-15 at 15:45, Bret Hughes wrote: > On Fri, 2003-02-14 at 14:31, Gordon wrote: > > Bill Anderson wrote: > > > On Mon, 2003-02-10 at 09:43, Ted Gervais wrote: > > > > > >>On Monday 10 February 2003 10:03 am, Rechenberg, Andrew wrote: > > >> > > >>>I would have to agree with Robert here. The best way to study for the > > >>>RHCE is just work with Red Hat Linux everyday and think of things to > > >>>break and then fix them. > > >>> > > >>>I've been using Red Hat since 1998 and took my RHCE in late 2001 on > > >>>RH7.2 and I found that my everyday use of Linux helped more than any > > >>>written material that I looked through before the exam. If you have > > >>>been working with Red Hat and/or Linux for a while, the RH300 Rapid > > >>>Track course is excellent and is good exam preparation if you or your > > >>>employer can afford it (no I don't work for Red Hat ... yet ;) ). > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >>Thanks Andy for offering your thoughts on getting ready for the RHCE. And if > > >>particular mentioning the RH300 Rapid Trace course. > > >> > > >>I think that most of us here on the RH list work daily with our systems but > > >>don't try and break and solve things. That is a good point, and something I > > >>am going to try and do more. Mind you, I normally break a lot of things > > >>without meaning to break them, and than I sit in grief for about a week > > >>trying to fix it. But, your point is well taken. If you can fix it, than I > > >>bet that RHCE exam will seem a bit easier.. > > > > > > > > > > > > Just a side note: > > > You can use either User-Mode Linux of VMWare to provide yourself with > > > "breakable" boxen. Fixing broken things is "must-have-xp (experience)". > > > > > > Like I tell my students ... > > > "In the old days, there was plenty of opportunity to get 'experience', > > > and that's how we learned. Nowadays, things are so much more stable > > > and/or documented that it takes additional effort." > > > > > > :^) > > > > > > I've been thinking about making a nice list of things to break, making a > > > program to manage it, and then provide random breakages to help get > > > fix-it experience. In my copious spare time, of course. ;^) > > > > > > > > > > > I took the RHCE exam in 2000 and passed it without taking any of the > > classes. I had been playing with linux and Redhat for several years. > > I'll be retaking it next month in Raleigh. > > > > Speaking of vmware. It would be nice to come up with a library of > > "broken" images that people could download and try to fix. Of course, > > they'd have to be seriously stripped down because few people would want > > to download a several hundred meg file just to figure out how to get > > into a system without a password file or something like that! I've got > > vmware so I could see how small of an image I could come up with. > > > > Gordon > > > > > > > HOw bout scripts that will break a standard distro? be a lot easier to > download. > > Bret
Actually, during the RH133 and RH253 classes that I attended we installed a RPM that contained sample labs to break the system. However, they are not publically avail. =\ -- Caleb Groom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
