Linux Logical Volume Manager Tutorial

In this series of video tutorials, you will learn what LVM is and when you should use it. You’ll discover how LVM creates and uses layers of abstraction between storage devices and file systems including Physical Volumes, Volume Groups, and Logical Volumes. More importantly, you’ll learn how to configure LVM, starting with the pvcreate command … Read more

Linux tar Command Tutorial

In this video, you will learn: How to create, extract, and compress an archive. The difference between .tar, tar.gz, and .tgz files. How to use the gzip and gunzip commands.. The difference between “tar cvf” and “tar -cvf” (notice the hyphen…) Some bonus command line tips to speed up working with tar (and any other … Read more

Linux Shell Scripting Tips

From time to time one of my students will ask me to take a look at one of their shell scripts that they are having trouble with. If you know anything about me at all, you know that I love three things. Linux, troubleshooting, and shell scripting. (Make that four things… teaching my love of … Read more