You work as the Network Administrator for XYZ CORP. The company has a Unix-based network. You want to fix partitions on a hard drive. Which of the following Unix commands can you use to accomplish…

The correct answer is D. fdisk. The fdisk command is a menu-based command available with Unix for hard disk configuration. This command can perform the following tasks: Delete a partition on a hard disk. Create a partition on a hard disk. Change the partition type. Display the partition table. Answer: B is…

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Question

You work as the Network Administrator for XYZ CORP. The company has a Unix-based network. You want to fix partitions on a hard drive. Which of the following Unix commands can you use to accomplish the task?

Options

Afdformat
Bexportfs
Cfsck
Dfdisk

How the community answered

(31 responses)

A
6% (2)
B
6% (2)
C
13% (4)
D
74% (23)

Explanation

The fdisk command is a menu-based command available with Unix for hard disk configuration. This command can perform the following tasks: Delete a partition on a hard disk. Create a partition on a hard disk. Change the partition type. Display the partition table. Answer: B is incorrect. In Unix, the exportfs command is used to set up filesystems to export for nfs (network file sharing). Answer: A is incorrect. In Unix, the fdformat command formats a floppy disk. C is incorrect. In Unix, the fsck command is used to add new blocks to a filesystem. This command must not be run on a mounted file system.

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#fdisk#disk partitioning#Unix commands#hard drive management

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