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== Test #2 ==
<ol>
<li>List the 5 complete commands, in correct order, you would enter
	   to decrease the size of an ext3 file system to 1GB. The file
	   system is inside a logical volume named LUX. The logical 
	   volume is part of a volume group named SENECA.

	   You may assume the logical volume is currently mounted on /mnt 
	   and that the current size of the file system is 2GB of which 
	   less than ¼ is used.
<pre>
1. umount /mnt
2. fsck -t ext3 /dev/SENECA/LUX
3. resize2fs /dev/SENECA/LUX 1G
4. lvreduce SENECA/LUX -L1G
5. mount /dev/SENECA/LUX /mnt
</pre>
</li>
<li>A server, named “abcd”, has a startup script called “abc”.
	   
	   Answer the following questions. 
<ol TYPE=A>
<li>In Fedora 8, where (full path name) would you put abc?
<pre>
/etc/init.d/
</pre>
</li>
<li>In Fedora 8, where (full path name) would you put abcd?
<pre>
/sbin or /usr/sbin or /usr/local/sbin
</pre>
</li>
<li>What command would you enter in order to add this new service
	   for management by chkconfig?
<pre>
chkconfig --add abc
</pre>
</li>
<li>Assume the following comments appeared at the start of abc:
<pre>
#!/bin/sh
# abc
# description: server starts/stops abcd 
# chkconfig: 3 72 15
</pre>
	   What are the two link files for this service? 
<pre>
S72abc and K15abc
</pre>
</li>
<li>What command would you enter to stop this server?
<pre>
service abc stop
</pre>
</li>
</ol>
<li>The following questions deal with YUM package management in Fedora 8.
</li>
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<li>What yum command is used to list all repositories?
<pre>
yum repolist
</pre>
</li>
<li>Explain, clearly, how you would add a new yum repository to Fedora 8.
<pre>
Add a repo file to /etc/yum.repos.d/ directory. See others for examples.
</pre>
</li>
<li>What yum command would you use to list all available packages 
	   containing the string “spider”?
<pre>
yum info *spider*
</pre>
</li>
<li>What yum command would you use to display a list of all installed
	   packages?
<pre>
yum list installed
</pre>
</li>
<li>What yum command would you use to install a package named “words”?
<pre>
yum install words
</pre>
</li>
</ol>
<li>The following questions deal with building a new kernel on Fedora 8.
</li>
<ol TYPE=A>
<li>Explain, clearly, the difference between “make config” and “make
	   oldconfig”.
<pre>
make config will prompt for ALL kernel configuration options.
make oldconfig will only prompt for options that are in the new kernel and not in the previous.
</pre>
</li>
<li>After building a kernel with the “make” command, where exactly (give
	   the name and relative path) would you find the new kernel? You may
	   assume you're working with an X86 system.
<pre>
arch/x86/boot/bzImage
</pre>
</li>
<li>After running the command “make modules_install” where (give full
         path name) would you expect to find the new kernel modules?
<pre>
/lib/modules/"kernel version"/
</pre>
</li>
<li>Name two commands, other than “make config” and “make oldconfig”
	   which can be used to modify/view the current kernel configuration.
<pre>
make xconfig or make qconfig or make menuconfig or vi .config
</pre>
</li>
<li>If the new kernel version was 2.7.28, what command would you use
	   to build a new INITRD file?
<pre>
mkinitrd initrd-2.7.28.img 2.7.28
</pre>
</li>
</ol>

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