The purpose of this lab is to hone your troubleshooting skills and earn extra credit. You will be using the Trouble VM which is available on the newer lab machines. The Trouble program was developed by Jim Griffin to test your understaning of the Linux startup process (and drive you batty). There are 8 booting problems and 9 rooting problems. You can choose any of the problems you wish to solve however only up to 15 will qualify for extra credit.

Procedure

1. Read the Howto on Trouble at http://simms-teach.com/howtos/116-rh9-trouble.pdf
2. Locate one of the newer Linux systems in the CIS Lab in room 2504. There is an additional Linux system available as well in the CTC.
3. Create the virtual rescue floppy as described in the Howto if it hasn't been created already.
4. Run VMware Server and open the Red Hat 9 VM named 191-Trouble.
5. Login as root and enter trouble to run the trouble program.
6. Try solving as many problems as you like. Use choice 3 to verify fixes. If you get a "Congratulations" your fix worked, otherwise the trouble program will do the repair (but not tell you how it was done).
7. If you really mess things up, you can always revert the VM back to the snapshot for a fresh start.
8. Good Luck!!

To turn in

Make a file named "labx1" to log the problems and how you fixed them. For each problem document in your log:

• Problem number (boot or root + number)
• Brief description of the problem
• Exactly what you did to repair the problem. Include commands used and files edited.

Copy your trouble log file to the cis191 account on Opus using the following command:

• scp labx1 cis191@opus.cabrillo.edu:labx1.logname

Note: you should have access to opus from the CTC lab.

Grading Rubric

2 points extra credit for each problem solved up to a maximum of 30 points