WB 1 Chapter 3: Network Based Installations, and Other Installer Topics

Question 1

Which of the following network protocols does Anaconda not support for accessing a Red Hat Enterprise Linux installation server?

Answer 1

SMB

Question 2

Which of the following could be added to Anaconda’s bootloader kernel line to start a network based install, when booting from the Installation DVD?

Answer 2

askmethod

Question 3

Which of the following should be added to Anaconda’s bootloader kernel line to start a network based install, when booting from a boot.iso cd?

Answer 3

No bootloader command line is required.

Question 4

Suppose that when constructing a boot CD for your network based installation, you downloaded the boot.iso imagefile from ftp://rha-server/pub/rhel6/i386/boot.iso. When starting a HTTP installation, which of the following should most likely be supplied when the installer prompts for the installation server’s path?

Answer 4

/pub/rhel6/i386

Question 5

During an Anaconda installation, which virtual console contains an interactive command line shell?

Answer 5

2

Question 6

During an Anaconda installation, which virtual console is used to display installer debugging messages?

Answer 6

3

Question 7

During an Anaconda installation, which virtual console is used by the graphical installer’s X server?

Answer 7

6

Question 8

After the newly installed machine is booted, which of the following files contains kernel messages?

Answer 8

None of the above

Question 9

After the newly installed machine is booted, which of the following files contains a log of messages generated by the Anaconda installer?

Answer 9

/root/install.log

Question 10

While waiting for packages to install, you begin to explore the interactive shell found on a virtual console. Running the df command, you notice that /mnt/sysimage is being used as a mount point. What is mounted to it?

Answer 10

The root partition of the system being installed.