 | Level: Intermediate Ian Shields (ishields@us.ibm.com), Senior Programmer, IBM
04 Apr 2006
Welcome to the next step in studying for the Linux certification exams. This tutorial series serves as a comprehensive study guide so you can take the exams with confidence. And even if you're not preparing for Linux certification at this time, this series helps you build fundamental skills on Linux systems administration.
In this tutorial (the second in a series of nine tutorials on exam 102 topics), Ian Shields introduces you to startup and shutdown on Linux®, and in doing so, continues preparing you to take the Linux Professional Institute Junior Level Administration (LPIC-1) Exam 102.
Proceed through the tutorials in sequence, or choose your topic of interest, from the entire set of Linux certification tutorials on developerWorks.
In this tutorial
- Boot the system
- Change runlevels
- Shut down or reboot the system
Objectives
By the end of this tutorial, you will know guide a system through booting, set kernel parameters, and shut down or reboot a system. The tutorial is organized according to the specific objectives of the LPI exam for this topic. If you're studying for certification -- or simply building a solid foundation in Linux systems administration -- you will be ready to proceed to the next tutorial in the
exam 102 series.
Prerequisites
To get the most from this tutorial, you should have a basic knowledge of
Linux. This tutorial builds on content covered in previous tutorials in
this LPI series, so you may want to first review the tutorials for exam 101. In particular, you should be very
familiar with the material from the "LPI exam 101 prep (topic 102): Linux installation and package
management" tutorial.
System requirements
You should have a working Linux system on which to practice the commands covered in this tutorial.
Duration
2 hours
Formats html, pdf
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