Which of the following commands will give you the amount of diskspace used on the root filesystem in kilobytes ? (choose the best 2 answers)

What command would you use to transform an existing ext2 filesystem into a journalled (ext3) filesystem without losing data? (Give only the command, without the path or any parameters)

You administer a system with quota enabled. The powers that be have asked you to add a new user sam. Sam should have the same amount of diskspace available as his colleague Mose. What command would you use? (choose the best answer)

Which command would you put in your ~/.profile to ensure that all new files you create are readable by people who are in the same group while anybody else has no access at all? (choose the best answer)

You want all users in the group ‘operators’ to be able to mount and unmount filesystems and nobody else. Which commands would accomplish that? (choose the best 2 answers)

You desperately need a program on your Debian box, but all you can find on google is an rpm package for RedHat. What command will allow you to (try to )install this rpm package anyway? (Give the command without the path or any options)

You did it again! You installed a new kernel, overwriting the old kernel, and forgot to run lilo. Now your system doesn’t boot anymore. Luckily, you have an old Knoppix cd lying around somewhere. You boot the cd, mount your screwed linux installation on /mnt and issue the following command to fix things: (choose the best 2 answers)

After you connect your usb cd writer, nothing happens. What should you check? (choose the best answer)

It’s 4am and you still don’t have your brand new serial modem working. You start suspecting there’s an IRQ conflict somewhere in the system. What command would you use to determine the modem’s IRQ (the modem is on COM1) ?

How would you determine the amount of swapspace currently in use? (choose 2 answers)