IT250: HOMEWORK

Chapter 2 Assignment
1- The process of installing Fedora/RHEL involves putting a CD into the DVD drive. Then you go through all the computer specifics, making choices from the menu.
2- The anaconda is an installation tool that performs an interactive installation using the graphical or textual interface.
3- I would set up a GUI on a server system to make it more users friendly.
4- To make a system boot from a DVD, first enter the BIOS and change the settings from hard disk to CD.
5- Free space in the area of the disk not occupied by any partition.
6- ISO image files are files that hold data you use to create DVD/CD
7- Two reason you should not use raid to replace backup are of you computer is stolen, in a fire.
8- Its RAM that is made to look like a floppy diskette or hard disk. It is frequently used as part of the boot process
9- SHA-256 is a set of cryptographic has functions. When you process a file using SHA-256 it generates a number based on the file.

ASSIGNMENT 3.1
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3. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU GIVE THE FOLLOWING COMMNADS IF THE FILE NAMED DONE ALREADY EXISTS?
$ cp to_do done
$ mv to_do done
ANWSER: cp - copy files and directories mv - move (rename) files. You would just basically overwrite the file.
4. HOW CAN YOU FIND OUT WHICH UTILITIES ARE AVAILABLE ON YOUR SYSTEM FOR EDITING FILES ? WHICH UTILITIES ARE AVAILABLE FOR EDITING ON YOUR SYSTEM?
ANWSER: You have to use the 'which or whereis' utility. Which locates utilities by displaying the full pathname of the file for the utility. The whereis utility searches for files related to a utility looking in a standard location instead of using your search path.

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13. TRY GIVING THESE TWO COMMANDS:
$ echo cat
$ cat echo
EXPLAIN THE DIFFRENCES BETWEEN THEM.
ANWSER: echo