Linux Device Files
You'll be introduced to device files within the Linux OS.
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Topics of this game:
- All files, directories, devices, and resources on a Linux OS are represented as a file.
- A device file represents a system device and is typically found in the /dev directory. Device files specify how to transfer data to and from the device.
- Which type of device transfers data to and from the system character by character? Examples include terminals, serial ports, parallel ports, and PS/2 ports.
- What type of device transfers chunks of data using physical memory as a buffer? Examples include USB drives and hard drives.
- Between a character device or a block device, which one provides faster data transfers?
- Which device file indicates the first, primary partition of the first IDE hard drive on a system?
- Which device file indicates the first, primary partition of the second IDE hard drive on a system?
- Which device file indicates the first, local terminal on the system?
- Which device file indicates the second local terminal on the system?
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