SK0-004 · Question #469
Which of the following devices should be installed BEFORE installing a server's operating system locally?
The correct answer is A. Hard drive. A hard drive must be installed before the OS because local OS installation requires a physical storage destination to write the operating system files to.
Question
Which of the following devices should be installed BEFORE installing a server's operating system locally?
Options
- AHard drive
- BChipset
- CNIC
- DOptical drive
How the community answered
(50 responses)- A88% (44)
- B2% (1)
- C8% (4)
- D2% (1)
Why each option
A hard drive must be installed before the OS because local OS installation requires a physical storage destination to write the operating system files to.
During a local OS installation, the installer writes system files, the bootloader, and the OS partition to a physical storage device - without a hard drive present, there is no valid installation target and the installation cannot proceed.
The chipset is an integrated component soldered onto the motherboard and is not a separately installable device a technician would add before OS installation.
A NIC is not required before local OS installation - network access is only needed after the OS is running, for tasks like remote management or downloading updates.
An optical drive may provide the installation media, but the OS is written to the hard drive, not the optical drive - making the hard drive the actual prerequisite, not the optical drive.
Concept tested: Hardware prerequisites for local server OS installation
Topics
Community Discussion
No community discussion yet for this question.