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ASSIGNMENT 7

Jacory Carter

October 18, 2023

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PART 1: CHECK YOUR FILE SYSTEM

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STEP 1: EXECUTE THE LS /DEV/SD* COMMAND TO SEE THE CURRENT HARD DISK DEVICES (USE SUDO)

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STEP 2:EXECUTE THE FDISK -L COMMAND TO LIST THE CURRENT HARD DISK PARTITIONS. (USE SUDO)

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STEP 3: EXECUTE THE PARTED -L COMMAND TO LIST THE CURRENT HARD DISK PARTITION TABLE. (USE SUDO)

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PART 2: CREATE A NEW VIRTUAL DISK

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STEP 1: IN THE VM SETTING, ATTACH A NEW VIRTUAL HARD DISK WITH THE SIZE OF 200 MB TO OUR CURRENT LINUX VM. NAME IT AS “YOUR_MIDAS.VDI”

Newly created hard disk with the size of 200MB (was unable to rename it after initial creation)

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STEP 2: LOAD THIS VIRTUAL HARD DISK TO YOUR VIRTUAL MACHINE.

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STEP 3: REPEAT THE STEPS IN PART I AND HIGHLIGHT THE DIFFERENCES AFTER ADDING THE NEW VIRTUAL HARD DISK

The new hard disk has appeared (/dev/sdb) after re-executing the ls /dev/sd* command.

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The new hard disk as well as its information also appears above the original disk after executing the sudo fdisk –l command (circled in yellow).

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PART 3: CREATING PARTITIONS AND FILE SYSTEMS

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STEP 1: USE THE FDISK COMMAND TO CREATE A NEW PRIMARY PARTITION ON THE NEW VIRTUAL HARD DISK ATTACHED�IN PART II.

Confirmation of the new primary partition on the new virtual hard disk (/dev/sdb).

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STEP 2: USE THE CORRECT COMMAND TO CREATE AN EXT4 FILESYSTEM ON THE NEW PARTITION

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STEP 3: REPEAT THE STEPS IN PART I AND HIGHLIGHT THE DIFFERENCES.

The new partition (with the newly added filesystem) is showing up as /dev/sdb1.

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STEP 3: REPEAT THE STEPS IN PART 1 AND HIGHLIGHT THE DIFFERENCES (CONTINUED)

After re-executing the sudo parted –l command, the file system is now identified as ext4.

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STEP 4: MAKE A NEW DIRECTORY NAMED /CYSE. AND MOUNT THE NEW PARTITION UNDER THIS DIRECTORY

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STEP 5: USE THE DF COMMAND TO CHECK THE MOUNTING POINT OF THE NEW PARTITION

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STEP 6: CREATE A NEW FILE NAMED FOR YOURMIDAS.TXT (REPLACE YOURMIDAS WITH YOUR MIDAS ID) IN THE�DIRECTORY /CYSE AND PUT YOUR NAME IN THAT FILE.

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STEP 7: UNMOUNT /CYSE DIRECTORY.

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STEP 8: CHECK THE CONTENTS IN /CYSE DIRECTORY. WHAT DO YOU FIND?