LPI Linux Certification/Setup Non IDE Devices

Detailed Objective Weight: 1 Description: Candidates should be able to configure non-IDE devices such as SCSI, SATA, USB drives using the special BIOS as well as the necessary Linux tools. Key knowledge area(s): Differentiate between the various types of non-IDE devices. Manipulate BIOS to detect used and available SCSI IDs. Set the correct hardware ID for different devices, especially the boot device. Configure BIOS settings to control the boot sequence when both non-IDE and IDE devices are present . The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities: SCSI ID /proc/scsi/ scsi_info SCSI The SCSI BIOS can be accessed at boot time with some special key sequences (Ctrl+A for most Adaptec host bus adapters, Ctrl+G, Ctrl+M, or other keys for other vendors) and allow you to set up some parameters. Bootable SCSI and more. In order to get SCSI information, use scsi_info or hdparm. Examples: scsi_info /dev/sda hdparm -grv /dev/sda obs: Tested with hdparm v6.1 (debian sarge kernel 2.6.8-3 arch 386) Exercises Exercises results linux