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Week 1 Notes for DAT2330
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-Ian! D. Allen - idallen@idallen.ca

Remember - knowing how to find out an answer is more important than
memorizing the answer.  Learn to fish!  RTFM!  (Read The Fine Manual)

To be done in Week 1:

1.  Find the Fall 2004 DAT2330 course home page via Blackboard or via:

    http://teaching.idallen.com/dat2330/04f/

    (Make sure you find the page for this term, not last term!)

2.  Read the course home page.  All of it.  Including the parts about
    plagiarism and course notes.  Note the important dates.

    Ensure that you are registered in both the lecture section of the
    course (010) and only one Lab section (010).  

    Find and look at my Timetable.  Know how to set up an office
    appointment with me by email.

3.  Purchase the two course textbooks (see the course home page).

4.  Forward your Algonquin email (see the link on the course home page).

    Test to make sure that your forwarded Algonquin email works!
    Send yourself a test message.  You must have a working Algonquin
    EMail address for this course.

5.  Check that you can login using telnet and ssh to ACADUNIX, the IBM
    AIX Unix server: acadunix.algonquincollege.com

    Read this file under the Notes button on the Course Home Page:

       acadunix_help.txt     Using the ACADUNIX IBM Unix machine

    Your password for ACADUNIX is your original ACSIS PIN number.
    I cannot reset your password on ACADUNIX - you must see ITS.

6.  Check that you can login to the DAT2330 Course Linux Server.

    Read this file under the Notes button on the Course Home Page:

       course_linux_server.txt     The Course Linux Server

    I control this server - see me to have your password reset.
    Do *NOT* consult Algonquin ITS about the Course Linux Server.
    They don't know anything about it.  See me for all problems.

7.  Obtain the course Knoppix CD from your instructor and know how to
    boot it.  Read this file under the Notes button on the Course Home Page:

       knoppix_booting.txt  Using the Knoppix Linux CDROM

8.  DAT2330 Exercise #1 will appear under the Notes buttons on the
    course home page this week (Week #1).  Submit it by the due date,
    following the directions given.

9.  Do these readings to prepare for Week #1 lab work:

    Learning Unix: Chapter 1 (all)
    Learning Unix: Chapter 3 (to p.55)
    Running Linux: Chapter 9 p.274-280 (the VI/VIM text editor)

    Notes: knoppix_booting.txt  Using the Knoppix Linux CDROM
    Notes: acadunix_help.txt  Using the ACADUNIX IBM Unix machine
    Notes: course_linux_server.txt  The Course Linux Server
    Notes: man_page_RTFM.txt  Searching for items in the Unix manual pages
    Notes: vi_basics.txt  The VI (VIM) Editor - Basics
    Notes: telnet_usage.html  Using Telnet/Ssh to Unix Systems
    Notes: internet_basics.html  Internet Networking Basics, URLs, etc.

10. Do these readings to prepare for Week #2 lab work:

    Notes: unix_shell.txt       The Unix Shell
    Notes: pathnames.txt        Unix/Linux Pathnames
    Notes: startup_files.txt    Setting up Startup Files: .profile and .bashrc
    Notes: file_transfer.txt    File transfer between machines
    Notes: home_and_HOME.txt    Directories: current, HOME, and /home
    Notes: shell_prompt.txt     Setting the BASH shell prompt
    Notes: miscellaneous.txt    Miscellaneous Unix Facts