LPI Exam 201-450 Topic 7 Question 112 Discussion

Actual exam question for LPI's 201-450 exam

Question #: 112
Topic #: 7

During booting, when the Linux kernel loads an initramfs file, which command from the initramfs will be executed first, if present?

A/init

B/initrd

C/linuxrc

D/rc.local

E/sbin/init

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Jina

13 days ago

Dude, it's obviously /init. I mean, what else would it be? /initrd? That's just silly. *laughs*

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Hillary

16 days ago

You know, I bet it's /rc.local. That's where all the fun stuff happens, am I right? *wink wink*

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Ellsworth

24 days ago

Hold up, what if it's /linuxrc? I remember that from my old RedHat days, but I could be way off base here.

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Celeste

Yeah, /sbin/init is the correct command that will be executed first.

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Celeste

5 days ago

I think you're right, /linuxrc is not the first command to be executed.

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Celeste

12 days ago

It's actually /init that will be executed first.

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Merissa

1 months ago

I'm not sure, but I think C) /linuxrc could also be a possible command that gets executed first during booting.

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Agustin

1 months ago

I believe the correct answer is E) /sbin/init because it is commonly used as the init program in Linux systems.

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Leonardo

1 months ago

I'm pretty sure it's /sbin/init. That's the system initialization process, so it makes sense it would run first.

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Aleta

1 days ago

Yeah, /sbin/init is the system initialization process.

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Dorethea

24 days ago

I think you're right, /sbin/init is the first command executed.

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Linwood

1 months ago

Hmm, I think it's /init. That's the classic init script, right?

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Donte

15 days ago

I believe you're right. /init is the traditional init script that is executed first.

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Lai

26 days ago

Yes, you're correct! /init is indeed the first command executed from the initramfs.

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Staci

2 months ago

I think the answer is A) /init because it is the default init program in initramfs.

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