SM1: Open-source Operating Systems ASIX/DAW/DAM-1 Task A4: Partitions and filesystems. Tools for woking with partitions and filesystems 6-11-23

TASK A4: Partitions and filesystems. Tools for working with partitions and filesystems.

GENERAL CONDITIONS
 1- Deadline: 19-11-2023.
 2- Send your report as a PDF file attached to an e-mail with the following specifications:
     a) E-mail address: cf(at)collados.org or jordi.binefa(at)fje.edu depending who is your teacher
     b) File Name:
         b.1) ASIX1: asix1_surname_name_sm1act04.odt and asix1_surname_name_sm1act04.pdf
         b.2) DAW1: daw1_surname_name_sm1act04.odt and daw1_surname_name_sm1act04.pdf
     c) Subject:
         c.1) ASIX1: asix1_surname_name_sm1act04
         c.2) DAW1: daw1_surname_name_sm1act04
3- Make this report individually.
 4- Left, right, top and bottom margins: 2cm.
5- Character format: a) Font: Arial, b) Size: 10, c) Questions typeface: Bold, d) Answers typeface: Regular

DOCUMENTATION
1.- Partitions, filesystems, mounting and volumes
2.- MBR partition table
3.- GPT partition table    
4.- GParted
4- Binay and decimal system for measuring data capacity
5.- Working with command-line tools
6.- sudo

PRACTICAL EXERCISE
1.- Do not take screenshots. Shutdown your virtual machine. Add a new SATA hard disk to your virtual machine with the following characteristics:
     a) Controller: SATA
     b) Hard drive file type: VDI
     c) Storage in physical hard disk: Dinamically allocated (do not select Pre-allocate Full Size)
     d) Name: sata01
     e) Size: 18GiB (Remember!!!! --> for Virtualbox 1GB is equal to a 1GiB)
     f)  Attached to:  SATA 1

2.- Do not take screenshots.  Add a new SATA hard disk to your virtual machine with the following characteristics:
     a) Controller: SATA
     b) Hard drive file type: VDI
     c) Storage in physical hard disk: Dinamically allocated (do not select Pre-allocate Full Size)
     d) Name: sata02
     e) Size: 24GiB (Remember!!!! --> for Virtualbox 1GB is equal to a 1GiB)
     f)  Attached to:  SATA 2

3.- Do not take screenshots.  Add a new SATA hard disk to your virtual machine with the following characteristics:
     a) Controller: SATA
     b) Hard drive file type: VDI
     c) Storage in physical hard disk: Dinamically allocated (do not select Pre-allocate Full Size)
     d) Name: sata03
     e) Size: 10GiB (Remember!!!! --> for Virtualbox 1GB is equal to a 1GiB)
     f)  Attached to:  SATA 3

4.- Add your user  to sudo group.

5.- Do not take screenshots. Boot the operating system and:
     a) Update the lists of available packages. Run the command: sudo aptitude update
     b) Install GParted on your system. Run the command: sudo aptitude install gparted
      
6.- Do the following  exercises.  Take a screenshot every time you finish an exercise. Paste the screenshot below the question.

7.- Save your document according to information provided at the GENERAL CONDITIONS section.