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Title: RHCE Red Hat Certified Engineer Linux Study Guide (Exam RH302), Third Edition by Michael Jang ISBN: 0072224851 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media Pub. Date: 14 October, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.45
Rating: 5
Summary: mostly useful
Comment: I'm using this book to study for the exam since I cannot afford the $2,000 Red Hat courses. I understand that there's lead-time to publishing a book and a preliminary version of Red Hat 8.0 was used during the writing, but I find no errata/updates from the publisher to correct for all the discrepencies in the book vs. the actual 8.0 system.
Here's one example of the book being out of sync with reality: Disk Druid now handles RAID and LVM so there's less need for the command line interface. None of that's in the book since it apparently didn't exist yet.
As an EE I took issue with some of the chapter 2's descriptions of hardware, particularly the emphasis on understanding things that are mostly informational instead of configurable. Most parts I've handled for the past years were PCI so they were truly plug-and-play. I used to handle ISA cards with jumpers and manual configuration files, but that's not covered on the test and most folks never touch that anymore. I'm confused why it took so many pages for a book that's supposed to remain focused on test preparation.
I must admit I had tremendous trepidations about trying netinstalls on my own. The book didn't say how to set up my own netinstall server, or online servers to try that. Web searches found how to set up my own server and try the netinstalls since I am led to believe that may be on the exam. I learned that once the server address is entered, the install continues the same as a CD install. I would have been GREATLY relieved had I known that earlier!
And the CD needs Windows for full functionality!
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent study guide
Comment: As an experienced system administrator (AIX, DG-UX, Linux, HP-UX - HP Certified) I have found this book to be very useful. It is not a beginners how to book, but lists a lot of very useful information for day to day work as well as for exam preparation.
True, the included CD is aimed at Windows PCs, but it's very easy to access the PDF files on a Linux system as well without using the Windows programs.
I would recommend this book to anyone studying for RHCE.
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent RH302 exam prep!!
Comment: For 2003, the orangeroom.org folks decided to host a Red Hat Linux Certification class, and we had to chose a book as our reference text. After thoroughly researching all of the current and available texts (both off-line and on-line), we came to the decision that this text from Osborne Certification Press was the best available at the time.
Indeed, our decision has paid off well! This text provides excellent and up-to-date information about getting your Red Hat certification. The author provides many helpful tips along the way, but does not waste your time with superfluous info. Each chapter ends with Chapter Summaries and Self-Test sections -- which are great reviews of the material covered. So far, we have all been very pleased with the pacing of the material and the manner in which it is presented. Overall, an excellent book!
There was a CD-ROM included with the book which includes the entire book in Acrobat format and an "Osborne MasterExam" test. The electronic text works great, however, I cannot seem to get the "MasterExam" to install and run on Windows 2000. This would be the only downside to the book, but it is a technical glitch related to the included CD-ROM (and not a reflection of the content covered in the book). Again, I could have a faulty CD-ROM or just not be installing it correctly, but such is life.
I think one could do very well on an RHCE exam using this book as preparation -- even if the MasterExam doesn't work!! For a current look at Red Hat 8.0 and the certification requirements, give this book a try!
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Title: Red Hat Linux Networking and System Administration (With CD-ROM) by Terry Collings, Kurt Wall ISBN: 076453632X Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 15 January, 2002 List Price(USD): $59.99 |
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Title: Red Hat Linux 8 Bible by Christopher Negus ISBN: 0764549685 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 17 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
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Title: RHCE: Red Hat Certified Engineer Exam Notes by Bill McCarty ISBN: 0782128122 Publisher: Sybex Pub. Date: December, 2000 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
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Title: Red Hat Linux 8 Unleashed by Bill Ball ISBN: 067232458X Publisher: Sams Pub. Date: 18 December, 2002 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
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Title: Hacking Linux Exposed by Brian Hatch, James B. Lee, George Kurtz ISBN: 0072127732 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media Pub. Date: 27 March, 2001 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
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