LPI Linux Certification/Boot The System

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Description:
Candidates should be able to guide the system through the booting process.

  • Key knowledge area(s):
    • Give commands to the boot loader and options to the kernel at boot time.
    • Check boot events in the log files.
  • The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
    • /var/log/messages
    • /etc/modules.conf
    • /etc/modprobe.conf
    • dmesg
    • LILO
    • GRUB