Task 3.10

Question 1

What command is used to display filesystem information on /dev/sdb?

Answer 1

lsblk -f

Question 2

What is the purpose of the command ‘mount -o ro /mnt/part2’?

Answer 2

To mount /mnt/part2 as a READ-ONLY partition

Question 3

What command would you issue to create a file named hiya.txt in /mnt/part2?

Answer 3

echo hiya > /mnt/part2/hiya.txt

Question 4

What command should be used to manually unmount partition 2?

Answer 4

umount /mnt/part2

Question 5

What command do you use to confirm the unmounting of partition 2?

Answer 5

lsblk -f

Question 6

What happens when you try to append to a file in a READ-ONLY partition?

Answer 6

An error message is displayed

Question 7

Fill in the blank: To append ‘hiya’ to the hiya.txt file, you would use _______.

Answer 7

echo hiya&raquo_space; /mnt/part2/hiya.txt

Question 8

What command checks if the device is mounted?

Answer 8

mount

Question 9

What command would you use to append ‘Its Monday afternoon!’ to hiya.txt?

Answer 9

echo Its Monday afternoon!&raquo_space; /mnt/part2/hiya.txt

Question 10

What command would you use to check the contents of the hiya.txt file?

Answer 10

cat /mnt/part2/hiya.txt

Question 11

True or False: You can modify files on a READ-ONLY partition.

Answer 11

False

Question 12

What is the expected outcome if you try to mount a partition that is already mounted?

Answer 12

An error message indicating the device is busy