------------------------ Week 1 Notes for DAT2330 ------------------------ -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 Winter 2004 DAT2330 course home page via Blackboard or via: http://teaching.idallen.com/dat2330/04w/ (Make sure you find the page for this term, not last term!) 2. Read the course home page. Ensure that you are registered in both the lecture section of the course (010) and only one Lab section (011,012,013). Look at my Timetable. Know how to set up an 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! You will receive DAT2330 Exercise #2 early next week via your Algonquin email address. Please make sure your Algonquin email works. 5. Check that you can login using telnet or 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. DAT2330 Exercise #1 will appear under the Notes buttons on the course home page this week (Week #1). Submit it by the due date. 8. Readings to prepare for Week #2 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) Course Notes: vi_basics.txt The VI (VIM) Editor - Basics