LPI Linux Certification/Determine And Configure Hardware Settings

Detailed Objective

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Description: Candidates should be able to determine and configure fundamental system hardware.

• Key knowledge area(s):
  • Enable and disable integrated peripherals.
  • Configure systems with or without external peripherals such as keyboards.
  • Differentiate between the various types of mass storage devices.
  • Set the correct hardware ID for different devices, especially the boot device.
  • Know the differences between coldplug and hotplug devices.
  • Determine hardware resources for devices.
  • Tools and utilities to list various hardware information (e.g. lsusb, lspci, etc.)
  • Tools and utilities to manipulate USB devices
  • Conceptual understanding of sysfs, udev, hald, dbus

• The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
  • /sys
  • /proc
  • /dev
  • modprobe
  • lsmod
  • lspci
  • lsusb