RedHat Exam EX200 Topic 7 Question 96 Discussion

Actual exam question for RedHat's EX200 exam

Question #: 96
Topic #: 7

Make a swap partition having 100MB. Make Automatically Usable at System Boot Time.

AExplanation:
Use fdisk /dev/hda ->To create new partition.
Type n-> For New partition
It will ask for Logical or Primary Partitions. Press l for logical.
It will ask for the Starting Cylinder: Use the Default by pressing Enter Key.
Type the Size: +100M ->You can Specify either Last cylinder of Size here.
Press P to verify the partitions lists and remember the partitions name. Default System ID is 83 that means Linux Native.
Type t to change the System ID of partition.
Type Partition Number
Type 82 that means Linux Swap.
Press w to write on partitions table.
Either Reboot or use partprobe command.
mkswap /dev/hda? ->To create Swap File system on partition.
swapon /dev/hda? ->To enable the Swap space from partition.
free -m ->Verify Either Swap is enabled or not.
vi /etc/fstab/dev/hda? swap swap defaults 0 0
Reboot the System and verify that swap is automatically enabled or not.

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Yoko

26 days ago

Okay, let me see if I've got this straight. First, I use fdisk to create a new partition, then I change the system ID to swap, and finally I add it to the fstab file. Easy peasy, right? *laughs nervously*

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Val

29 days ago

Ha! I bet the exam writers were chuckling when they came up with this question. It's like they're trying to trip us up with all the technical jargon.

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2 months ago

I think creating a swap partition is important for system performance.

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