Hardware Requirements

Overview/Description
Target Audience
Prerequisites
Expected Duration
Lesson Objectives
Course Number

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Overview/Description
identify the hardware requirements for different Linux installations.

Target Audience
Students wishing to acquire the basic skills required as a Linux system administrator.

Prerequisites
General knowledge of computers and computer operating systems ideally encompassing Unix knowledge because of the similarity to Linux.

Expected Duration (hours)
1.6

Lesson Objectives

Hardware Requirements

identify the compatibility of various hardware elements with Linux.

choose compatible hardware for a Linux system.

identify the main characteristics of interrupt requests (IRQs), direct memory access (DMA) channels, and input/output (I/O) addresses in Linux.

identify the principal methods for managing the BIOS.

resolve common hardware issues related to Linux installations.

Course Number:
259934_eng