What are some common boot sources for an OS boot/install?
- Universal Serial Bus (USB)
- Network (PXE)
- Solid-state (SSD)/flash drives
- Internet-based
- External/hot-swappable drive
- Internal hard drive (partition)
- Multiboot
What is it called when installing an OS using an internet connection?
- Internet-based install.
List some common examples of internet-based OS installs?
- Some linux distros
- MacOS Recovery
- Windows Updates
What can be used as a type of OS installation media that is also referred to as an External/Hot-swappable drive?
USB flash drive, SSD or HDD
This must be made into an ISO Image first.
Many OSs will have a recovery file for OS installation in case needed for repair. Where would this be kept?
Internal hard drive (partition)
When more than one OS is installed on a single hard drive but in different partitions, what is this called?
Multiboot
What are 2 main types of installation?
- Clean install.
- Upgrade. (In-place upgrade)
List some common types of installation methods.
- Image deployment
- Remote network installation (PXE)
- Zero-touch deployment
- Recovery partition
- Repair installation
What needs to be considered when installing an OS?
Third-party drivers
Which concept means that an OS installation can be completely remote and therefore not require the technician to be physically with the machines that they’re working on?
Zero-touch Deployment
True or false a GPT partiton style can only be used with a UEFI BIOS?
True
How many partitions can you have with the GPT style?
128
What can style of partition can be used that has the capability of being a size of upto 9 billion TB?
GPT
What is the current maximum partition size in Windows when a GPT style partition is used?
256TB
What needs to be used to configure a GPT partition?
UEFI BIOS
Which partition style does not require extended partitions or logical drives?
GPT
Name the partition style commonly used before we had GPT.
MBR (Master Boot Record)
What is the maximum partition size for an MBR partition?
2TB
How many partitions are the maximum possible per drive when an MBR partition style is used?
Four
Only one of the primary partitions can be marked as Active
You’re limited with the amount of partitions that you can have when using the MBR style. What can be used to be able to use more partitions per drive?
An Extended partition
only one partition is available per device.
Extended partitions also contain another type of partition. What is this?
An extended partition contains additional logical partitions. These are not bootable.
What’s the difference between a full and a quick format?
A quick format deletes file system information, making the drive appear empty, but the data is still recoverable. A full format overwrites the entire drive with zeros, making data recovery much more difficult.
Summarise a full format.
- Writes zeros to the whole disk.
- Data is unrecovervable
- Checks the disk for bad sectors (time consuming)
Before upgrading an OS what needs to be done?
A full backup of all files and user configuration.
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