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=== What command will list all partitions on all hard drives? ===
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===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?===
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===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?===
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=== 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? ===
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=== 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 ===
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=== 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 ===
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=== 6. resize2fs command is used ? ===
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* to enlarge or shrink the size of partitions on harddisks
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* to change the physical volumes (PVs)
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* to enlarge or shrink the size of Logical Volumes (LVM)
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* ''' 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
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* /root & /boot
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* '''/ & swap '''
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* /root & /red knot

Revision as of 20:45, 14 October 2008

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