102.1 Design Hard Disk Layout and Installation Example)

Question 1

single disk install

linux installed on a

Answer 1

single physical disk consisting of one or more partitions

Question 2

multi disk install

linux installed on

Answer 2

multiple physical disks each consisting of one or more partitions

Question 3

device naming conventions

first physical disk drive

Answer 3

/dev/sda

Question 4

device naming conventions

first physical disk, second partition

Answer 4

/dev/sda2

Question 5

other device types

IDE drives

Answer 5

hda

/dev/hdc2 - third IDE drive, second partition

Question 6

other device types

CDROM

Answer 6

scd

/dev/scd0 first CDROM drive

Question 7

other device types

does not have partitions

Answer 7

CDROM

Question 8

common filesystem mounting scheme (folders)

root

Answer 8

/

Question 9

common filesystem mounting scheme (folders)

log files
shared files/directories
runtime info
binary data files

Answer 9

/var

Question 10

common filesystem mounting scheme (folders)

contains user home directories

Answer 10

/home

Question 11

common filesystem mounting scheme (folders)

generally third party apps installed here

Answer 11

/opt

Question 12

common filesystem mounting scheme (folders)

boot loader config and kernel files are contained here

Answer 12

/boot

Question 13

common filesystem mounting scheme (folders)

dedicated partition for memory swap

Answer 13

swap

Question 14

Filesystem layout

create scheme for

Answer 14

specific purpose