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Linux + Chapter 2
Chapter 2 Installing Linux
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Two types of user accounts in Linux. | administrator (root) and regular user accounts |
| Types of PATA hard disk configurations. | Primary master PATA hard disk (hda) Primary slave PATA hard disk (hdb) Secondary master PATA hard disk (hdc) Secondary slave PATA hard disk (hdd) |
| Default command-line interface in Linux. | BASH (Bourne Again Shell) |
| Five common file systems in Linux? | ext2, ext3, ext4, VFAT, REISER |
| A common boot loader used in Linux. | GRUB (Grand Unified Bootloader) |
| A filesystem function that keeps a journal of the information that needs to be written to the hard disk. | journaling |
| Common Linux journaling filesystems | REISER, ext3, ext4 |
| A protocol that is used by services to query directory databases for purposes of authentication. | LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) |
| The most common set of local command syntax documentation. | manual (man) pages |
| The key combinations that have special meaning in the Linux operating system. | metacharacters |
| A set of services that is used to standardize the configuration and centralize the authentication of UNIX and Linux-based systems across a network. | NIS (Network Information Service) |
| A small section of an entire hard disk created to make the hard disk easier to use. Can be primary or extended. | Partitions |
| The separate divisions into which a hard disk can be divided (up to four per hard disk). | Primary partitions |
| a type of storage that can be used to combine hard disks together for performance and/or fault tolerance. | RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) |
| A user interface that accepts input from the user and passes the input to the kernel for processing. | shell |
| A partition on a hard disk that can be further subdivided into components called logical drives. | extended partition |
| A nonjournaling filesystem that might be used in Linux. | VFAT (Virtual File Allocation Table) |
| Equivalent to the man command which generally provides an easier-to-read description of the queried command and also contains links to other related information. | info |
| The command to safely shut down the Linux system immediately. | halt |
| Command that is equivalent to the man -k [keyword] command. | appropos [keyword] |
| Command that blanks the terminal screen, erasing previously displayed output. | clear |
| Key combination that is pressed to open the graphical terminal. | Ctrl + Alt + F1 or F7 |
| Command that displays the users currently logged in to the Linux system. | who |
| The prompt that the root user receives when logged in to the system. | # |
| The prompt that regular users receive when logged in to the system. | $ |
| The third primary partition on the second SCSI hard disk within Linux. | sdb3 |
| The two partitions typically created at a minimum during a Linux installation. | /boot and /swap |
| halts the system in four minutes | shutdown -h +4 |
| reboots the system in four minutes | shutdown -r +4 |
| halts the system immediately | shutdown -h now |
| cancels a scheduled shutdown | shutdown -c |
| halts your system immediately and powers down the computer | poweroff |
| reboots your system immediately | reboot |
| Special home directory variable | ~ |
| shell variable | $ |
| Background command execution | & |
| command termination | ; |
| input/output redirection | < << > >> |
| command piping | | |
| shell wildcards | * ? [ ] |
| metacharacter quotes | ' " \ |
| Resets your terminal to use default terminal settings | reset |
| Displays information on system users. | finger |
| Displays currently logged-in users | who |
| Displays your login name | whoami |
| Displays the numbers associated with your user account name and group names | id |
| Displays the current date and time | date |
| displays the calendar for the current month | cal |
| Exits out of your current shell | exit |
| graphical login type | tty1 (Ctrl + Alt + F1) or tty7 (Ctrl + Alt + F7) |
| logins for command-line terminals | tty2 (Ctrl + Alt + F2) tty3 (Ctrl + Alt + F3) tty4 (Ctrl + Alt + F4) tty5 (Ctrl + Alt + F5) tty6 (Ctrl + Alt + F6) |
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