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    Linux Prelim

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    The document provides information about identifying Linux kernel versions and commands used for building, installing, and configuring Linux kernels. It identifies the version as 2.22.4 and commands such as make, make modules, make dep, make clean, make modules_install, make xconfig, make menuconfig, make config, and identifies files involved like /etc/modules.conf, /dev/fd0, and the .config file located at /usr/src/linux/.config. It also provides statements about Linux and its history, creator, and relation to other operating systems.

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    Linux Prelim

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    The document provides information about identifying Linux kernel versions and commands used for building, installing, and configuring Linux kernels. It identifies the version as 2.22.4 and commands such as make, make modules, make dep, make clean, make modules_install, make xconfig, make menuconfig, make config, and identifies files involved like /etc/modules.conf, /dev/fd0, and the .config file located at /usr/src/linux/.config. It also provides statements about Linux and its history, creator, and relation to other operating systems.

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    The document provides information about identifying Linux kernel versions and commands used for building, installing, and configuring Linux kernels. It identifies the version as 2.22.4 and commands such as make, make modules, make dep, make clean, make modules_install, make xconfig, make menuconfig, make config, and identifies files involved like /etc/modules.conf, /dev/fd0, and the .config file located at /usr/src/linux/.config. It also provides statements about Linux and its history, creator, and relation to other operating systems.

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    Linux Prelim

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    John Hector Sayno
    The document provides information about identifying Linux kernel versions and commands used for building, installing, and configuring Linux kernels. It identifies the version as 2.22.4 and commands such as make, make modules, make dep, make clean, make modules_install, make xconfig, make menuconfig, make config, and identifies files involved like /etc/modules.conf, /dev/fd0, and the .config file located at /usr/src/linux/.config. It also provides statements about Linux and its history, creator, and relation to other operating systems.

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    Identify the equivalency of the kernel's version.

    VERSIOn = 2
    SUBLEVEL = 22
    PATCHLEVEL = 4

    Identify the command of the Linux Kernel based on the given description.
    build the dynamic modules
    make modules

    adds a .depend with headers specific to the kernel components


    make dep

    build kernel
    make

    makes sure no stale .o files have been left over from a previous build
    make clean

    install the modules in /lib/modules/kernel-version/


    make modules_install

    Identify the command in creating the .config file based on the identified
    description.

    Edit .config browsing through menus (uses GUI widgets)


    make xconfig

    Edit .config browsing through menus (uses ncurses)


    make menuconfig

    Edit each line of .config one at a time


    make config

    The Configure.help file also provides further information for when a kernel module
    doesn't load properly. Specific options and aliases for ___________________ are
    specified in that file.
    /etc/modules.conf

    One can use: make zdisk or make bzdisk to create compressed kernels on a floppy.
    The compiled kernel will be written to: ___________________
    /dev/fd0

    If you have downloaded the linux-2.4.21.tgz kernel source and you want to update to
    a more recent kernel linux2.4.22 for example, you must download the
    ___________________patch.
    patch-2.4.22.gz

    Linux is built as a free and open source alternative to _________________.


    minix

    Decide what kind of hardware and network support needs to be included in the kernel
    as well as which type of kernel we wish to compile (modular or monolithic). These
    choices will be saved in a single file: ___________________
    /usr/src/linux/.config

    Android relies heavily on GNU tools.


    false

    All Linux installations use GNU components as a part of their operating system.
    false

    Linux is also known as "Linux kernel".


    true

    As an operating system, Linux is a hardware that sits underneath all of the other
    hardware on a computer, receiving requests from those programs and relaying these
    requests to the computer�s software.
    true

    Linux was created in 1991 by________, a then-student at the University of Helsinki.


    Linus Torvalds

    Linux has a__________, and other types of software you are accustomed to using on
    other operating systems.
    graphical interface

    This means that Linux is incredibly_______, because not just applications, such as
    word processors and web browsers, can be swapped out.
    customizable

    Linux was originally created to be similar to________


    unix

    Linux is similar to other________you may have used before, such as Windows, OS X,


    or iOS.
    operating systems

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