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CompTIA Linux+ (XK0-005) > Storage > Flashcards

Storage Flashcards

1
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What are Block Devices?

A

Read/write in blocks of data

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What are examples of Block Devices?

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Hard-drives, solid-state drives

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What are Character Devices?

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Read/write in character streams of data

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What are examples of Character Devices?

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Keyboards, mice, serial ports

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5
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What is EXT4?

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Improves performance, reliability, and capacity from older versions of ext
Supports up to one exabyte volumes and 16 terabyte files

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6
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What is XFS?

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A 64-bit journaling file system that provides fast recovery and can handle large files efficiently

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What is Server Message Block (SMB)?

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A client-server communication protocol used for sharing access to files, printers, serial ports and other resources on a network

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What is Common Internet File System (CIFS)?

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A version of of SMB implemented by SMB in 1996.

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What is a Primary Partition?

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Contains one file system or logical drive and is sometimes referred to as a volume

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What is an Extended Partition?

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Contains several file systems, which are referred to as logical drives

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What is a Logical Partition?

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Partitioned and allocated as an independent unit and functions as a seperate drive

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What is fdisk?

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A common used to create, modify, or delete partitions on a storage device

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what does fdisk -b do?

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Specify number of drive sectors

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What does fdisk -H do?

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Specify number of drive heads

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What does fdisk -S do?

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Specify number of tracks per sector

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What does fdisk -s do?

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Print partition size in blocks

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17
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What does fdisk -I do?

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List partition tables for devices

18
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What does fdisk -n do?

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Create new partitions

19
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What does fdisk -d do?

A

Remove partition

20
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What does fdisk -p do?

A

List existing partitions

21
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What does fdisk -w do?

A

Write drive changes and exit utility

22
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What does fdisk -q do?

A

Cancel changes made and exit utility

23
Q

What does parted do?

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A command used to create, destroy, and resize partitions and runs the GNU Parted utility

24
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What does select (parted) do?

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Chooses a device or partition to modify

25
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What does mkpart (parted) do?

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Create partitions with the file system type specified

26
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What does print (parted) do?

A

List partition table

27
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What does resizepart (parted) do?

A

Resize or modify a partitions end position

28
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What does rm (parted) do?

A

Delete a partition

29
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What does quit (parted) do?

A

Quit GNU parted utility

30
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What is partprobe?

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Used to update the kernel with changes that now exist within the partition table

30
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What is partprobe?

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Used to update the kernel with changes that now exist within the partition table

31
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What is mkfs?

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Used to build a Linux file system on a device, which is usually a drive partition

32
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What does mkfs - v do?

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Produce verbose output that keeps changing as the program processes

33
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What does mkfs -V do?

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Produce verbose output, including all file system-specific commands executed

34
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What does mkfs -t [fs type] do?

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Specify type of file system to build

34
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What does mkfs -t [fs type] do?

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Specify type of file system to build

35
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What doe mkfs -options do?

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Pass file-system specific options to the file system builder

36
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What does mkfs -c do?

A

Check the device for bad blocks before building the file system

36
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What does mkfs -I [filename] do?

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Read the list of bad blocks from a specified file

37
Q

What is the fstab file?

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Stores information about storage devices and partitions where and how they should be mounted

38
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What is the /etc/crypttab file?

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Stores information about encrypted devices and partitions that must be unlocked and mounted on system boot

CompTIA Linux+ (XK0-005) (5 decks)

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