Chapter 5 Study Guide

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This is where I am going to put the chapter 5 study guide. Don't read this until it is done and this sentance is not here! ~JB

Main Point

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/Dev directoy

The /dev directory contains the special device files that control access all the devices. Two main types of devices under all systems:

Character devices

Data transfers character by character to and from the device.

Block devices Transfers chunks or blocks of information at a time by using physical memory to buffer the transfer

To view the type of the file use the following command

“ls -l/dev/dsk”

Filesystems

Working with Floppies

CDs, DVDs, and ISO Images

Hard Disks

USB and Fireware based storage

Monitoring Filesystems

Hard Disk Quotas