Chapter Questions
What is the purpose of the kernel?
How would you display a list of all loaded modules in the current kernel?
Which command would you give to upgrade the kernel from an rpm file, and how is this different from upgrading other packages?
How would you display information from the kernel about the hard disk on the first SATA channel?
The acpi=off kernel argument prevents acpid from starting. How would you use this argument?
What is a boot loader?
How would you label the kernel before compiling it? Why would you want to label the kernel?
You have just installed an Adaptec SCSI card. How can you find out whether it has been recognized and which entry in /dev represents it?
When you install an experimental kernel for testing purposes, how do you instruct GRUB not to load it by default?
How would you obtain a list of all network-related kernel parameters?