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  1. What flag used with patchadd will prevent a later back out by preventing patchadd from backing up files? If this flag is used, the patch cannot be removed.

  2. What is the big difference between /dev/dsk and /dev/rdsk

  3. How would you find out what version of Solaris is currently running?

  4. Why we use / for mount any filesystem?

  5. What is the difference between a probe-scsi and a probe-scsi-all?

  6. How would you find out what kernel parameter SHMMAX is set to be one command?

  7. According the SA-238 course book, the Boot PROM chip is permanently soldered to the main logic board (motherboard).

  8. The hardware-level user interface that you see before the operating system has been started is called:

  9. What command will install the patches: 123456-01 and 123457-01 if both are located in the /just.patches directory?

  10. What command will display the VTOC for disk?

  11. What is "Piping"?

  12. How many cpu's we can connect to a spark machine ?

  14. How do you check the cron jobs of other users, (as a super user)

  15. How can we find RAM size in solaris server ?

  16. What does this file /etc/path_to_inst contain and what is the importance of this file

  17. What is the command for seeing a long listing of all the processes running on your unix box?

  18. In solaris 8. How do you determine, how many ram cards exist in a server and in which slots are they inserted?

  19. Where are the templates stored that are copied into the user's home directories for their personal customizations?

  20. The NVRAM is also soldered to the main logic board or motherboard.

  21. How to install win xp after installing Solaris for dual booting?

  22. What command enables a printer?

  23. If in solaris 8 one server has more than one network interface cards, how do you determine which is primary?

  24. What file contains the location of the namespace configuration text files such as hosts.rev, named.local, etc?

  25. What field will cause the message Your password has expired to be displayed to the user?

  27. What would a XIR signal do to a server and why would it be used?

  28. How will you add a virtual IP address to a server. Given the interface qe0 and IP 10.10.1.150

  29. What is difference between Process and Daemon?

  30. How to configure mail server in sun solaris

  31. How many different kill signals are there?

  32. How can i disable STOP+A utility on SUN machines, which brings system into OK> prompt?.

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