Experimental Lab Student Report

Lab #: 2

Lab Title: Red Hat Linux Installation

Date: 07/14/2012

Watch the video and answer the following questions

1. How do you start the installation, once you boot off of the CD? By booting the computer with Disk 1 and pressing enter to continue.

2. Although we pick the server installation type, what other types of installations are there?

a. Personal Desktop

b. Workstation

c. Server

d. Custom

3. What are the names of the partitions that Red Hat automatically creates? a. /boot

b. /usr

c. /home

d. /

e. var

4. By default DHCP is used. What do you have to do to enter a static IP address? Because a server should have a static IP address

5. What is the name of the user account that gives the user full access to Linux? The root account

6. Which desktop environment was installed?

a. KDE Desktop

7. What other desktop environments are available?

a. X Window System

b. GNOME Desktop Environment

8. How many CDs were involved in the installation?

2 CD’s

9. Why does the installation request a floppy disk? To create a boot disk