midterm questions

[patrick weaver]

1: In what top level directory would you expect to find all the kernel and all the files used during the initial bootup process?

2. What command could be used to put a ext3 filesystem on /dev/sda6?

3. where is the boot order configured?

4. What does the "umount : /mnt: device is busy" error message mean?

5. What command will list the attached drives and all their partitions?

6. In what top level directory would you expect vto find mount points for floppies, CD's, and other filesystems?

7.How can you determine whther the MBR boot code in /dev/sda is conventional
microsoft or GRUB stage1 boot code?

8. In an ext2 or ext3 filesystem, where are a files permissions,timestamps, owner and group stored?

9. What device namme would you use to specify the fifth partition of the second SCSI drive?

10. What command is used to make special files?

11. What file shows what gets automatically mounted at boot time?

12. What command is useful to determine the device name of a USB flash drive that was just plugged in?

13. What coommand could you use to backup the MBR of the first SCSI drive?

14.What command can be used to show superblock information?

15. In an ext2 or ext3 filesystem, where are the filenames stored?

16. Why can a linux os "disappear" after installing windows?

17.With the boot files in /dev/hda1, what GRUB sub-commands would place boot-code into the MBR of that drive?

18. What command will tell you the UUID of a file system in /dev/sda5 ?( good for reconciling a root=uuid=...in grub.conf)