Booting and Restarting the System

CompTIA Linux + Domain:

Domain 1.0: Hardware and System Configuration

CompTIA Linux + Objective:

Objective 1.1: Explain Linux boot process components.

Overview

This lab provides guidance on performing Booting and Restarting the System of the Linux+. By performing this lab, students will learn how to enter the GRUB menu during boot, modify the default runlevel, view log files, terminate processes, and shut down the system.

outcomes:

In this lab, you will learn to:

  1. Observe the boot sequence and enter the GRUB menu.
  2. Modify the default runlevel using symlinks.
  3. View log files.
  4. Terminate processes and shutting down the system.
Courses

Key terms and descriptions

GRUB
GRUB is a complete program for loading and managing the boot process. It is the most common bootloader for Linux distributions.
Runlevel
When a system is started, the bootloader loads the kernel which starts the init process. The init process will boot the system to a runlevel.
Log
A log files stores important events in a file in Linux.