Testing Out

The Prebuild program consists of several steps. There are three steps that a suitably experienced Build volunteer may test out of. He or she may do this as early as their first tour, assuming that there is someone available to conduct the test.

card sorting

The volunteer should be able to identify by sight:

• The different functions: video, sound, modem, combo, NIC, SCSI, and I/O
• The slot types: VESA, EISA, ISA, PCI, AGP
• ISA soundblaster cards and 10baseT and 100 or 10/100 PCI NICs

motherboard sorting

The volunteer should be able to identify by sight:

• The different types of RAM slots
• Where the PCI, ISA, and AGP slots are
• Slot vs. socket mobos and type of socket
• The speed of the processor

command line class

The volunteer needs to know:

• What symlinks and hardlinks are
• What's tab completion
• How to use nano (equivalent to pico), vi, emacs, or vim
• How to access man pages