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Chapter 2

This document outlines hands-on projects for an Operating Systems course, specifically focusing on the installation and configuration of Fedora in a virtual machine. It provides step-by-step instructions for various projects, including creating a swap partition, executing commands, and capturing screen images. Additionally, it includes tasks related to understanding Linux commands and their functionalities.

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Chapter 2

This document outlines hands-on projects for an Operating Systems course, specifically focusing on the installation and configuration of Fedora in a virtual machine. It provides step-by-step instructions for various projects, including creating a swap partition, executing commands, and capturing screen images. Additionally, it includes tasks related to understanding Linux commands and their functionalities.

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CIT 352 Operating Systems I Chapter 2

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Complete all Hands-On Projects by executing every step in each project. Refer to the
notes at https://github.com/jasoneckert/CengageLinux for any official changes to
instructions made since publication. For those steps listed below, follow the additional
instructions to complete your assignment.

Project 2-1
Step 1 – 2
 Skip (you have already done
these steps during VirtualBox
installation and the creation of a
VM to load Fedora)
Step 8a
 In order to improve the
performance of your virtual
machine, we will allocate a swap
partition.
 Create the swap partition:
o Click the + icon
o Point: swap
o Desired Capacity: 3.96G
o Click Add mount point
 When completed, your
installation screen should have
the changes shown in the
provided screenshot.
 Insert a screen capture of your Manual Partitioning page.

Step 12
 To detach your live media ISO image, select it in the Storage page and
click the disk icon on the far left of the dialog. Then select the Remove
Disk from Virtual Drive option. Click OK.

Project 2-2
Step 1
 Windows users: Press either Ctrl+Alt+F3 or Ctrl+Alt+Fn+F3
 Mac users: Press either Ctrl+Command+F3 or Ctrl+Command+Fn+F3

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Step 7
 Insert the screen capture of the commands you have executed EXCEPT
for the exit command

Project 2-3
Step 1
 In some cases, your graphical terminal may initialize on tty2 instead of
tty1, so you will need to use Ctrl+Alt+F2 instead of Ctrl+Alt+F1.
Step 5
 At the end of this step, type dnf upgrade to update all packages on your
Fedora (this may take some time to complete)
Step 8
 Instead of using Terminal, click on Applications -> System Tools - >
Konsole and use the Konsole application.
Step 10
 Insert the screen capture

Project 2-4
Step 6
 Insert the screen capture

Step 10
 Insert the screen capture

Project 2-5

Step 2
 Describe the purpose of the ‘;’ metacharacter
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Step 12
 What function do the back quotes perform?
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 Insert the screen capture. Note: whoami should be wrapped in back
quotes ` ` both beginning and end. These are different from single
quotes.

Project 2-6
Step 6
 Insert the screen capture

Project 2-7
Step 2
 Which commands from Table 2-9 can also be used to power off your Linux
system immediately?
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 Which commands from Table 2-9 can also be used to reboot your Linux
system immediately?
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Command Reference (List all new commands you have learned in this chapter)
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