Chapter 15: Partitions and mounting

Question 1

Raw disk is used where

Answer 1

no file system is appropriate. UNIX swap space can use a raw partition, for example, since it uses its own format on disk and does not use a file system.

Question 2

Execution of the image starts at a predefined location, such as the first byte. This image, the _________, in turn knows enough about the file-system structure to be able to find and load the kernel and start it executing.

Answer 2

Execution of the image starts at a predefined location, such as the first byte. This image, the bootstrap loader, in turn knows enough about the file-system structure to be able to find and load the kernel and start it executing.

Question 3

The root partition selected by the boot loader, which contains the operating-system kernel and sometimes other system files, is mounted at

Answer 3

boot time.