Advanced Exercises


7.

Write a line for the /etc/fstab file that would mount the /dev/hdb1 ext3 filesystem on /extra with the following characteristics: The filesystem will not be mounted automatically when the system boots, and anyone can mount and unmount the filesystem.

8.

Without using rm, how can you delete a file? (Hint: How do you rename a file?)

9.

After burning an ISO image file named image.iso to a CD on /dev/hdc, how can you can verify the copy from the command line?

10.

Why should /var reside on a separate partition from /usr?

11.

Create a FIFO. Using the shell, demonstrate that two users can use this FIFO to communicate asynchronously.

12.

How would you mount an ISO image so that you could copy files from it without burning it to a CD?




A Practical Guide to Red Hat Linux
A Practical Guide to Red HatВ® LinuxВ®: Fedoraв„ў Core and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (3rd Edition)
ISBN: 0132280272
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2006
Pages: 383

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