LPI Linux Certification/Determine And Configure Hardware Settings

Detailed Objective Weight: 2 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