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OPS235 Weekly Schedule

Week Objectives and Tasks Assigned Reading Labs / Exercises
Week 1

January 9 - 13

Installing Linux

  • Manually Creating Partitions
  • Installing Fedora
  • Boot loaders


Lab 1 (N/A)
Week 2

January 16 - 20

Using Virtual Machines

  • Installing and Using Virtualization Software
  • Installing Guest VMs
Lab 2 (N/A)
Week 3

January 23 - 27

  • Logical Volume Management
  • Package management with rpm and yum
  • User and Group Management

Lab 3 (N/A)

Week 4

January 30 - February 3

  • Continue Logical Volume Management
Week 5

February 6 - 10

  • Partitioning / Formatting Hard Disks
  • Mounting / Unmounting File Systems
  • Automate File Mounting
  • Backing up MBR
  • Customizing System Startup (/etc/rc.d directories)
Lab 4 (N/A)


Week 6

February 13 -17

  • Using Filesystems in Regular Files
  • Using Archive Files (tar, tar.gz, tgz)
  • Compiling Software from Source Code


  • Catch up / Review for Practical and Written tests
  • Work on assignment
Lab 5 (N/A)
Week 7

February 20 -24

  • Practical Test 1 (covering weeks 1-5)
  • Written Test 1 (covering weeks 1-5)
Study Week - February 27 - March 2
Week 8

March 5 - 9

  • Static Network Configuration
  • Network Configuration with a DHCP client
  • Basic TCP/IP network commands: ping, ifconfig, netstat

Networking with Virtual Machines (Introduction)

Lab 6 (N/A)
Week 9

March 12 - 16

  • Network Services
  • SSH
Lab 7 (N/A)
Week 10

March 26 - 30

  • DHCP Server
Lab 8 (N/A)
Week 11

April 2 - 6

  • Assignment 2 released
  • Review for Practical and Written Tests


Week 12

April 9 - 13

  • Written Test 2
  • Practical Test 2


Week 13

April 16 - 20

  • Assignment 2 Due
  • Review for Exam
Exam Week - April 23 - 27

OPS235 Resources