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Linux Kernel Commands Guide

The document provides information about identifying Linux kernel versions and commands used for building, installing, and configuring Linux kernels. It identifies the version as 2.22.4 and commands such as make, make modules, make dep, make clean, make modules_install, make xconfig, make menuconfig, make config, and identifies files involved like /etc/modules.conf, /dev/fd0, and the .config file located at /usr/src/linux/.config. It also provides statements about Linux and its history, creator, and relation to other operating systems.

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Linux Kernel Commands Guide

The document provides information about identifying Linux kernel versions and commands used for building, installing, and configuring Linux kernels. It identifies the version as 2.22.4 and commands such as make, make modules, make dep, make clean, make modules_install, make xconfig, make menuconfig, make config, and identifies files involved like /etc/modules.conf, /dev/fd0, and the .config file located at /usr/src/linux/.config. It also provides statements about Linux and its history, creator, and relation to other operating systems.

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Identify the equivalency of the kernel's version.

VERSIOn = 2
SUBLEVEL = 22
PATCHLEVEL = 4

Identify the command of the Linux Kernel based on the given description.
build the dynamic modules
make modules

adds a .depend with headers specific to the kernel components


make dep

build kernel
make

makes sure no stale .o files have been left over from a previous build
make clean

install the modules in /lib/modules/kernel-version/


make modules_install

Identify the command in creating the .config file based on the identified
description.

Edit .config browsing through menus (uses GUI widgets)


make xconfig

Edit .config browsing through menus (uses ncurses)


make menuconfig

Edit each line of .config one at a time


make config

The Configure.help file also provides further information for when a kernel module
doesn't load properly. Specific options and aliases for ___________________ are
specified in that file.
/etc/modules.conf

One can use: make zdisk or make bzdisk to create compressed kernels on a floppy.
The compiled kernel will be written to: ___________________
/dev/fd0

If you have downloaded the linux-2.4.21.tgz kernel source and you want to update to
a more recent kernel linux2.4.22 for example, you must download the
___________________patch.
patch-2.4.22.gz

Linux is built as a free and open source alternative to _________________.


minix

Decide what kind of hardware and network support needs to be included in the kernel
as well as which type of kernel we wish to compile (modular or monolithic). These
choices will be saved in a single file: ___________________
/usr/src/linux/.config

Android relies heavily on GNU tools.


false

All Linux installations use GNU components as a part of their operating system.
false

Linux is also known as "Linux kernel".


true

As an operating system, Linux is a hardware that sits underneath all of the other
hardware on a computer, receiving requests from those programs and relaying these
requests to the computer�s software.
true

Linux was created in 1991 by________, a then-student at the University of Helsinki.


Linus Torvalds

Linux has a__________, and other types of software you are accustomed to using on
other operating systems.
graphical interface

This means that Linux is incredibly_______, because not just applications, such as
word processors and web browsers, can be swapped out.
customizable

Linux was originally created to be similar to________


unix

Linux is similar to other________you may have used before, such as Windows, OS X,


or iOS.
operating systems

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