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1. What is dual boot?
Ans: Running more than 1 OS on a
particular machine.
2. What is Swap area?
Ans: Area for temporarily storing
data for processing when the main memory is full.
3. What is Mount point?
Ans: Mount point is a directory
in a file system where additional information is logically connected from a
storage location outside the operating system's root drive and partition.
4. What is file system?
Ans: File system is a
process that manages how and where data on a storage disk, typically a hard
disk drive (HDD), is stored, accessed and managed.
5. What is ext4?
Ans: ext4 is the filesystem used
in GNU/linux.
6. How many disk types are there
in system?
Ans: 2, Basic and Dynamic.
7. What is basic disk?
Ans: Basic disk is a disk
that contains partitions, such as primary partitions and logical drives, and
these in turn are usually formatted with a file system to become a volume for
file storage
8. What is dynamic disk?
Ans: Dynamic disk is a
disk that contains volumes that span multiple disks and fault-tolerant
volumes such as RAID-0, RAID-1 etc.
9. Which disk type is being used
in YOUR own PC?
Ans: Basic.
10. What is the problem of
dynamic disk during ubuntu installation?
Ans: Ubuntu's bootloader GRUB
can't recognize a Microsoft dynamic disk/volume/partition (SFS), and so it can
not boot from it.
11. How many partition types are
there in system?
Ans: 2, Primary and Logical.
12. What is MBR partition?
Ans: MBR stands for Master Boot
Record. It's an old partitioning scheme.
13. What is GPT partition?
Ans: GPT stands for GUID
Partition Table. It's a new partitioning scheme. It overcomes the limitations
of MBR.
14. Which partition type is being
used in your own PC?
Ans: MBR.
15. How many BIOS mode you have?
Ans: 2, Legacy and UEFI.
16. What is UEFI Mode?
Ans: UEFI stands for Unified
Extensible Firmware Interface. It's a new BIOS mode with mouse support and GUI.
17. What is BIOS/legacy mode?
Ans: Legacy mode is an old BIOS
mode which doesn't offer a GUI or mouse support. BIOS connects the firmware of
the motherboard to the OS.
18. Which BIOS mode is being used
in your system?
Ans: Legacy.
19. What is the difference
between UEFI and Legacy Mode?
Ans: UEFI offers mouse support
and a GUI but Legacy BIOS doesn't.
20. What is benefit of LTS ubuntu
version?
Ans: LTS receives bug fixes and
security updates for a longer period of time than other builds.
21. BIOS stands for_____?
Ans: Basic Input/Output System.
22. MBR stands for _____?
Ans: Master Boot Record.
23. GPT stands for______?
Ans: GUID Partition Table.
24. UEFI stands for_____?
Ans: Unified Extensible
Firmware Interface.
25. LTS stands for ______?
Ans: Long Term Support.