[1552] daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Patrick McCormick)  SIPB_Linux_Development  01/05/97 19:48 (135 lines)
Subject: Linux IAP course planning
To: linux-dev@MIT.EDU
Date: Sun, 05 Jan 1997 19:48:23 EST
From: Patrick McCormick <pmccormi@MIT.EDU>


For anyone who forgot, the Linux IAP course is soon.

	WHEN:  This Tuesday and Thursday, 5-7 PM
	WHERE: Room 3-133

I'm going to take the reins on this and call a meeting.

Everyone involved needs to meet TOMORROW to figure out what we are during.
I suggest that we meet at 6:30 PM tomorrow in the W20 elevator lounge.
Send regrets.

If too many people have problems, I will send mail and we will meet after
the SIPB meeting.

Here's what we need to resolve:

1. Logistics

Regardless of our actual presentation, we need A) a machine, and B)
handouts.

Emil has volunteered to look into borrowing lime at the SIPB meeting
tomorrow. Also, someone needs to help Emil get enough copies of
iLinux-Athena and RA Net Install for Tuesday and Thursday.

Does anyone have a source of transparencies and a way to make them that is
easy and convenient? Talking off the cuff without some sort of visual basis
is dangerous..

2. Presentation

I like Erik's schedule. Here is my proposed rearrangement, split over two days.

TUESDAY: (there is a break midway during the network copy.)

 	What is Linux and why would you want it or not want it? (max 30 min)
 		- What is an operating system
 		- What is Linux
 		- What can you do with Linux and what are the
 			drawbacks to running it
 		- Hardware requirements and recommendations
 		- What Athena software is available?  What isn't?

 	Installation					(1 hr?? )
 		- What is a distribution
 		- What is RedHat
 		- How to make boot disks
 		- Partitioning and repartitioning
 		- How to do the rest of the install
 		- Other packages you may want to install
 		- How to install the Athena stuff on top of an existing
 			RedHat system
 
 	Configuring X			(30 min poss overflow to Thu)
 		- Summary of video card jargon and how they work
 		- How to do it in the easy case
 		- How to look for help in harder cases
 

THURSDAY: (another break midway, possibly during kernel recompile)
 	
 	Where to get help and more information		(15 min)
 		- Mailing lists
 		- Web pages and FAQ's
 		- HOWTO's, RedHat docs, LDP docs
 		- NetNews
 		- discuss archives
 		- iLinux-Athena
 
 	Kernels						(30-45 min)
 		- What is a kernel?
 		- Rebuilding a kernel
  
 	System Administration (much of this is a summary of iLinux-Athena)
 		- Making your machine secure
 		- Tickets and tokens
 		- Periodically updating 
 		- Adding athena and local users
 		- Setting up a web or ftp server
 		- Using the RedHat admin tools (for printing, etc)
		- RPM system; updating your system software
 		- Overview of filesystem and important files
 			(shared libs, /etc, /var/log, /etc/rc.d, etc)
 		- Mounting other partitions
 		- Installing additional packages
 		- Backing up

I put some arbitrary times down. We can push Configuring X to Thursday if
we want and cut the SysAdmin section short if necessary.

3. Slides

I took the old slides from two years ago (Greg's, maybe?) and did a very
fast revision on them. More stuff was removed than added, but it is more up
with the times now. 

They are designed as transparencies. The revision (so far) is in 
/afs/sipb/project/iap/linux/97slides. Framemaker format with a postscript
version available.

I will attempt to get the slides roughly in line with the schedule
above. Optimally, people who are speaking should make up slides
for their topic. Let me know when you do this.

3. Warm Bodies

I need people to read the schedule above and volunteer. Only one person
should be talking at a time. 

Anyone who can pitch in is truly appreciated.

I volunteer to do the intro piece, and will cover for other parts.

We need at least two people for machine-related stuff; should be one person
at keyboard, another person doing the talking.

4. Final Thoughts

TALK SLOW. 

We have lots and lots of material; if we are running early, you're talking
too fast.

Can we have either A) two machines or B) a working Linux install on the
installation computer to demonstrate what Linux can do for the
introduction?

Let me know what you think.

--Pat McCormick
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