Christopher Chan said: > I did not take any Unix/Linux course prior to my RH300 course which is > and was my only such course ever and I did not take any of the 'lower' > ones. > > All I had prior to this was about two years of tinkering with Linux on > my own and having to learn enough to teach it to complete linux newbies. > (More like a sham you'd say) > > The RHCE courses are spread out across different levels and topics and > so one should be able to digest what was presented before moving on to > another one and finally the exam. > > A prerequisite of being very familiar with hardware and basic operating > system concepts is all that is really necessary. i can't disagree, though i don't want to... heh. rhce is pretty easy as long as you pay attention, take notes, and remember that the instructor is telling you 90% of the test... i know several highly experienced ninja sysadmins who had trouble because they didn't pay attention, thought they were above the course. you don't pay attention and you don't learn the x-window troubleshooting. and alot of it is intuitive troubleshooting, and having pretty solid knowlege of the o/s before you go in. it's not for beginners. at least 2 years of linux/unix knowlege is required before you go in. really, after taking the course i feel that all i really got was a $2,500 book that lycos paid for. also, there are tons of lpi books out there, amazon has oreily's for 25 bucks or so. -d -+(duncan brown -+(duncanbrown@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -+(http://www.linuxadvocate.net () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ - against microsoft attachments Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact. -- George Eliot
