03A server does not come back after a reboot. Walk me through the Linux boot process and where it can stop.▼easyNewRed HatIBMTCSunlockedFive stages, and which one you are stuck in tells you what to fix. A machine that reaches a GRUB prompt has a different problem from one that hangs waiting on a filesystem that no longer exists.Open full answer →
19A VM rebooted after a storage change and dropped into emergency mode. Talk me through the recovery and what you check first.▼mediumNewMicrosoftOracleIBM○ sign inEmergency mode after a storage change is usually one line in fstab. What interviewers score is your order of operations and whether your recovery preserves data-mount dependencies.Open full answer →
