Difference between revisions of "Review Questions for Test 1"
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| − | === What command will list all partitions on all hard drives? === | + | ===1. What command will list all partitions on all hard drives? === |
* fdisk | * fdisk | ||
* '''fdisk -l''' | * '''fdisk -l''' | ||
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* FDISK | * FDISK | ||
| − | ===what is wrong with this statement?=== | + | ===2. what is wrong with this statement?=== |
dd if=/dev/zero of=/tmp/mytest.img bs-1024 count-10000 | dd if=/dev/zero of=/tmp/mytest.img bs-1024 count-10000 | ||
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*if and of in the wrong order | *if and of in the wrong order | ||
| − | === Which directory usually contains the GNU/Linux boot files?=== | + | === 3. Which directory usually contains the GNU/Linux boot files?=== |
* / | * / | ||
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* /home directory of user who is booting the system | * /home directory of user who is booting the system | ||
| − | === The user password are stored in which file? === | + | === 4. The user password are stored in which file? === |
* /etc/passwd | * /etc/passwd | ||
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* none of above | * none of above | ||
| − | === Grub is a boot loader. It is used to load Linux kernel & driver module files in to memory by reading the configuration file. The name and path of GRUB configuration file is === | + | === 5. Grub is a boot loader. It is used to load Linux kernel & driver module files in to memory by reading the configuration file. The name and path of GRUB configuration file is === |
* /etc/grub/grub.conf | * /etc/grub/grub.conf | ||
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* /boot/grub.conf | * /boot/grub.conf | ||
| − | === The Name and path of the linux kernel is === | + | === 6. resize2fs command is used ? === |
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| + | * to enlarge or shrink the size of partitions on harddisks | ||
| + | * to change the physical volumes (PVs) | ||
| + | * to enlarge or shrink the size of Logical Volumes (LVM) | ||
| + | * ''' to enlarge or shrink the ext2 and ext3 file systems''' | ||
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| + | === 7. The Name and path of the linux kernel is === | ||
* /boot/vmlinux.2.6.25.14-108.fc9.i686 | * /boot/vmlinux.2.6.25.14-108.fc9.i686 | ||
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* /boot/Linus.torvalds.2.6.25.14-108.fc9.i686 | * /boot/Linus.torvalds.2.6.25.14-108.fc9.i686 | ||
* ''' /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26.3-29.fc9.i686 ''' | * ''' /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26.3-29.fc9.i686 ''' | ||
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| + | === 8. Linux need at least two minimum partitions for installation named=== | ||
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| + | * /root & swap | ||
| + | * /root & /boot | ||
| + | * '''/ & swap ''' | ||
| + | * /root & /red knot | ||
Revision as of 19:45, 14 October 2008
Contents
- 1 1. What command will list all partitions on all hard drives?
- 2 2. what is wrong with this statement?
- 3 3. Which directory usually contains the GNU/Linux boot files?
- 4 4. The user password are stored in which file?
- 5 5. Grub is a boot loader. It is used to load Linux kernel & driver module files in to memory by reading the configuration file. The name and path of GRUB configuration file is
- 6 6. resize2fs command is used ?
- 7 7. The Name and path of the linux kernel is
- 8 8. Linux need at least two minimum partitions for installation named
1. What command will list all partitions on all hard drives?
- fdisk
- fdisk -l
- partprobe
- FDISK
2. what is wrong with this statement?
dd if=/dev/zero of=/tmp/mytest.img bs-1024 count-10000
- wrong of file type
- cannot have zeroes in an img file
- typing error
- if and of in the wrong order
3. Which directory usually contains the GNU/Linux boot files?
- /
- /root
- /boot
- /home directory of user who is booting the system
4. The user password are stored in which file?
- /etc/passwd
- /etc/shadow
- /etc/password
- none of above
5. Grub is a boot loader. It is used to load Linux kernel & driver module files in to memory by reading the configuration file. The name and path of GRUB configuration file is
- /etc/grub/grub.conf
- /root/grub.conf
- /boot/grub/grub.conf
- /boot/grub.conf
6. resize2fs command is used ?
- to enlarge or shrink the size of partitions on harddisks
- to change the physical volumes (PVs)
- to enlarge or shrink the size of Logical Volumes (LVM)
- to enlarge or shrink the ext2 and ext3 file systems
7. The Name and path of the linux kernel is
- /boot/vmlinux.2.6.25.14-108.fc9.i686
- /boot/initrd.2.6.25.14-108.fc9.i686
- /boot/Linus.torvalds.2.6.25.14-108.fc9.i686
- /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26.3-29.fc9.i686
8. Linux need at least two minimum partitions for installation named
- /root & swap
- /root & /boot
- / & swap
- /root & /red knot
