I disagree that this is the wrong list for such questions. This does, after all, pertain to exam development, and the question is generalized enough that it shouldn't violate any non-disclosure agreements. And yes, I agree that exam candidates should know about libata. But, currently, no LPI study materials cover it, and it's not part of the new exam objectives. That's why I'm asking the question.
Also, there's no need for you to take such a sarcastic and condescending tone with me. I'm not your typical village idiot. From: Alan McKinnon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [lpi-examdev] libATA on Ubuntu To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" On Saturday 26 July 2008, Donald A. Tevault wrote: > Will there be anything about the Ubuntu way of designating PATA hard > drives on the exam? >>This is the wrong list for such questions, this list is for discussing >>future exam objectives and exam development. >>Plus, everyone who has written an LPI exam signed a waiver beforehand >>that they would not answer specific questions such as these. >>However, to put your query in perspective, the naming convention used by >>libata has been a mainline kernel feature for something like two years >>now. Don't you agree that this makes it required knowledge to >>efficiently admin a Linux system? And therefore that anyone who does >>not know this about libata probably isn't ready to write the exam yet? >>-- >>Alan McKinnon >>alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com _______________________________________________ lpi-examdev mailing list [email protected] http://list.lpi.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lpi-examdev
