LPI Linux Certification in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition

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1. b. Once you have configured a custom kernel by using the make command (e.g.,make config or make xconfig), you then create the image. You can do this by using the make bzimage command. After this step, you would then compile modules.

2. a. It is possible to give any name you wish to a kernel image. However, the standard pattern is to use the following syntax: vmlinuz, kernel number, architecture. For example: vmlinuz-2.6.10-5-686.

3. c. When finishing a kernel update, the final step is updating the boot loader. Otherwise, you have a new kernel, but no way to boot it.

4. b. The grub.conf file contains the values you need to edit in order to boot a new kernel.

5. c. cramfs allows systems to create RAM disks. Creation of RAM disks is especially important at boot time. The initrd command uses cramfs to create a disk at boot time in order to make the process more stable. Without cramfs in Debian systems, it would not be possible to create an initrd image, and the system may fail to boot.

6. c. The bzmore application is specially designed to view files that have been compressed using bzip2. It is also possible to use bzless. Not only can you use bzmore or bzless to view files, but you can also use these commands to decompress a file to standard output, then back into a file.

7. a. Make sure that you understand the options to the patch command. It is not enough to know that the patch command exists.

8. d. Make sure that you understand entries in /etc/inittab. This includes how to edit existing lines so that ...