OT: Fedora and RHCE

[Chadley Wilson]

On Fri, 2005-01-21 at 00:55 -0500, Marc M wrote:
> Hey Chadley, 
> 
> If you don't mind a couple of questions, general ones of course not to
> get too specific about the test as I would never want to do that.
> 
> I have been preparing for this for a while now, but I am scared of
> wasting a lot of money and not being ready despite several years'
> experience working with Red Hat starting with v.7.  Been through a
> zillion network based installs, lots of LUG activity, lots of
> tinkering on my own as well as on the job etc.  Went through one of
> the prep books - both the old one as well as the updated one for
> RHEL3.
> 
> 1.  How does one gauge whether one is up to speed, as far as time
> goes? 
Well there are different questions in each test, However just think
about the basics first.
They do ask networks, without giving clues, I would say  that it is not
for example: a case of just install nfs and share it, they want you to
be able to administer who has and has not got access, on the RCHT side
of the exam there is alot I had to really study and it involves all the
various ways you can configure a system, then they break it in ways of
wonder and you must fix it.

That said

It would be unfair if I told you anymore.


>  IOW, there are problems many people can solve, but solve in a
> super-quick manner is another story.  That kind of thing is tough to
> measure, but critical for an exam, especially a costly one.
> 
> 2.  How many permanently set up boxes do most people use to prepare? 
> Obviously more than just one but would two work ?  THat has been a big
> holdback for me due to cost; ideally I would like to have quite a few.

No you probably could setup a classroom, I would suggest a minimum of
three PCs but remeber you can use IP aliases as you will only be seated
at on PC in the class.

> 
> 3.  Would it be worth it to wait for RHEL4 to come out and take the
> course and exam then?  
Probably, but I don't know as I just did my RHCE

> Since the majority of things are found within
> Fedora that aspect doesn't seem to make much differrence, but maybe I
> am overlooking something?

Get a copy of RHEL 3 and base your studies on that!

> 
> All help is greatly appreciated.
> Marc
> 
> 
> On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 07:10:48 +0200, Chadley Wilson <chadley at pinteq.co.za> wrote:
> > On Wed, 2005-01-19 at 12:55 -0800, Richard S. Crawford wrote:
> > > There appears to be a slight chance that I may be able to talk my employer
> > > into paying for an RHCE certification for me.  I can't deny that that
> > > would be cool; however, since we're a Fedora shop, I wonder if it would be
> > > at all useful?  It is strange that they'd be willing to pay for an RHCE,
> > > but not RHEL.
> > >
> > > Thoughts, anyone?
> > >
> > > --
> > > Sláinte,
> > > Richard S. Crawford (AIM: Buffalo2K)
> > > http://www.mossroot.com   http://www.stonegoose.com/catseyeview
> > > "We live as though the world were how it should be,
> > > to show it what it can be."
> > > --"Angel", Season 4 ep. 1
> > >
> > >
> > 
> > I have done the course and you must just check which version of redhat
> > the course offers, you will be able to do much of it with fedora, But
> > remeber you will have seek out and install the services that redhat
> > uses.
> > 
> > All-in-all the RHCE is time based and if your not fully up to speed DO
> > NOT write that exam.
> > If you make a mistake like me, where I misunderstood the question and
> > only realised after completing a few more questions, by the time I had
> > fixed the bugger up and almost caught up I ran out of time.
> > 
> > I still Qualified as a RHCT but will have to rewrite the whole exam if I
> > want to be Qualified as an RHCE.
> > 
> > Cheers
> > Chad
> > 
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