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| Against what should each individual hardware component in your computer be checked with? |
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Hardware Compatibility List
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| What is the recommended amount of RAM and hard disk space for a Fedora 13 installation? |
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| What should you create before installing Linux? |
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| Preinstallation checklist |
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What is the most common method of
Linux installation? |
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| What is the Linux installation program itself? |
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| If you want to install Linux on an internal or locally attached hard disk drive, what selection is appropriate? |
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| Selection of Basic Storage Devices |
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| If you want to install on an external Storage Area Network or Direct Access Storage what should you select? |
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| Select specialized storage devices |
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| By default, what does Fedora 13 use as a host name? |
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| Why is it important to select the correct time zone for your local system? |
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| Most network and system services on a Linux system that interact with other components rely on timestamps for correct operation. |
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| All Linux systems require secure access, which means the each user must log in with a valid username and password before gaining access to a user interface. |
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| During installation, you need to configure two user accounts. What are they? |
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| What are the four PATA disks and how does Linux refer to them? |
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1.)Primary master
2.)Primary slave
3.)Secondary master
4.)Secondary slave |
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| What two kinds of hard disks do newer servers systems use? |
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The first SATA/SCSI hard disk is referred to as what?
The second hard disk is referred to as what? |
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SDA - First SATA/SCSI
SDB - Second SATA/SCSI |
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| It is a structure that specifies show how data should reside on the hard disk itself. |
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At minimum, Linux typically requires only two partitions to be created.
What are they? |
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-A partition that is mounted to the root directory.
-A partition used for Virtual memory |
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| Linux swaps partitions using the kernel 2.4 or later should have how large a swap partition? |
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| Should be at least twice the size of the physical RAM. |
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| Why would you mount some directories to their own filesystems? |
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| Some common directories in Linux that are used vigorously and as a result are more prone to failure. |
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| What are the most common types of filesystems used today? |
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Ext 2
Ext 3
Ext 4
REISER
VFAT |
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| Which filesystem is compatible with FAT and FAT 32 filesystems in Windows? |
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Virtual File Allocation Table
(VFAT) |
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| Which filesystems perform a function called journaling? |
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| What does a journaling filesystem do? |
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| Keeps track of the information written to the hard disk in a journal. |
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| What directory contains the Linux kernel and boot files? |
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| What directory is the default location for user home directories? |
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| What directory contains system commands and utilities? |
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| What directory is the location for most additional programs? |
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| What directory is an alternate location for most additional programs? |
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| What directory contains log files and spools? |
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| A program started by the Bios at system startup which loads the Linux kernelinto memory. |
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| What is the boot loader that you can configure during Fedora 13 installation? |
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GRand Unified Bootloader
(GRUB) |
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| A full installation of Fedora 13 will place how much dat on the hard disk? |
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| What is the name of the interactive utility tha appears before the login prompt on the first boot after installation? |
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| By default, how are users authenticated? |
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| By a password database on the local computer. |
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| What do you choose to authenicate users based on a database that resides on another server on the network? |
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| Use network login button. |
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| What is the name of the service that shares password databases among Linux systems? |
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Network Information Service
(NIS) |
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| Usually, what file is the "kernel"? |
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| After a user logs in to a terminal, he or she receives a user interface called what? |
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| Accepts input fromn the user and passes this input to the kernel for processing. |
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| What is the shell that is used by default in Linux? |
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BASH Shell
(Bourne Again Shell) |
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| When you log in to a terminal what do you receive by default? |
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| Command-line shell (BASH) |
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| What is the prompt for the root user? |
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| What is the prompt for a regular user? |
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| What is the default GUI environment in Fedora? |
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| Are command-line commands case sensitive? |
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| What are command options? |
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| They are specific letters that start with dash that is, the hyphen character on your keyboard, and appears after the command to alter the way the command works. |
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| Are all options the same for all? |
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| What are the options that start with two dashes (--)? |
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| What are command arguments? |
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| They specify parameters that tailor the command to your particular needs. |
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| What command lists all files within a directory? |
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| What command prints the current date and time? |
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| What command displays currently logged-in-users? |
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| What command displays your login name? |
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| What command clears the terminal screen? |
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| What command exits out of your current shell? |
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| What is shell metacharacters? |
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| Keyboard characters that have special meaning. |
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| To what does the $ metacharacter refer? |
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| Tells the shell that the following text refers to a variable. |
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| To what do the * or ? metacharacters refer? |
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| To what does the ~ metacharacter refer? |
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| Special home directory variable. |
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| How do you cancel your currently running command? |
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| How do you use a metacharacter in a command and prevent the shell from interpreting its special meaning? |
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| Enclose the metacharacter in single quotation marks. |
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| What is the most common form of documentation for Linux command? |
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Manual Pages
syntax - man whoami |
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| What command would be used to search manual pages for a command containing a specific word in their name or description? |
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| What command is used to index the manual page database? |
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| What command is used to quit info or man pages? |
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| How do you prepare the OS for shutdown before turning off the power? |
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| issue the shutdown command |
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| How doea the -h option alter the shutdown command, both with and without an appended numeric value? |
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-h = halts immediately
shutdown -h +4 = halts system in 4 mins |
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| How doeas the -c option alter the shutdown command? |
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| Cancels a scheduled shutdown. |
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| clears the terminal screen |
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| resets your terminal to use default terminal settings |
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| displays information on system users |
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| displays currently logged-in users |
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| displays currently logged-in users and their tasks |
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| display the numbers associated with your user account name and group names. |
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| displays the calendar for the current month |
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| exits out of your current shell |
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| Metacharacters: characters with a special meaning |
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e.g., $
Refers to a variable
Avoid use of metacharacters when typing commands unless using their special functionality
Single quotation marks ‘ ’ protect metacharacter from being interpreted specially by the shell |
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| special home directory variable |
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| background command execution |
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| halts system in four minutes |
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| reboots your system in four minutes |
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| halts your system immediately |
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| cancels a scheduled shutdown |
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| halts your system immediately |
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| halts your system immediately and powers down the computer |
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| reboots your system immediately |
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Definition
Root user: #
Regular user: $ |
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| channel allowing users to log on to the kernel locally or across a network |
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Definition
| authenticate users based on an external database |
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| Where does the boot loader reside on? |
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| Boot loader usually resides on the MBR or on first sector of / or /boot partition |
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Definition
program started by BIOS at system startup
Loads Linux kernel into memory from hard disk
Can also boot other existing OSs |
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| choose OS to boot at startup |
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