Operating Systems and You: Becoming a Power User WK-4 (Filesystem Types)

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If you want to automatically mount a filesystem on computer startup, what file do you have to modify?

/etc/fstab

In Linux, what's the difference between a hardlink and a softlink?

A softlink points to a filename. A hardlink points to an inode. You can view the hardlink count of a file using ls -l.

True or false: If you want to save space on a Windows computer, deleting the pagefile.sys file is a good idea.

FALSE

You want to format a partition with NTFS, and know that the data you'll be storing will consist mostly of many small files. In order to use as little space as possible, should you choose a larger or smaller Allocation Unit Size during the formatting process?

Smaller allocation unit size

Although NTFS is largely a self-healing filesystem, which of the following tools can you run to try to locate and repair serious disk corruption of the C: drive?

chkdsk /r c:

Question 9 In Linux, what's the difference between the commands df and du?

df is used to find the amount of free space on an entire machine. du is used to find the amount of disk usage on a specific directory.

Which of the following commands in Windows will create a symbolic link called "cauliflower" to a file named "broccoli.txt?"

mklink cauliflower broccoli.txt *Ex: The mklink command will, by default, create symbolic links in the form of mklink <link name> <file name>.

True or false: In modern versions of Windows, it's necessary to periodically run a Disk Defragmentation process manually to keep your disk healthy.

FALSE

What's the difference between a GPT and MBR partition table?

MBR only allows you to have volume sizes of 2TBs or less. GPT doesn't have a limit to the amount of partitions you can make. GPT allows you to have volume sizes of 2TBs or greater.

Before you can store files on a hard drive, which of the following has to be done?

Format a filesystem Partition the disk Mount the filesystem

Which of the following is a characteristic of the FAT32 filesystem?

It doesn't support files larger than 4GB. It's read and write compatible with Windows, Mac, and Linux OSes. Its filesystem size can't be larger than 32GB.

In Linux, what could a device named /dev/sdb2 refer to?

The second partition of the second hard drive detected on the system


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