Question $1$ Virtual Machine

and OS Configuration

NOTE: Ensure you take screenshots of all your configurations and put them in one final

document.

$1\mathrm{.}1$ Install Oracle VM software and create two virtual machines using Oracle VirtualBox

a$.$ Allocate Virtual Machine $1$ with $30$ GB and name il Project$2024.$ Install Ubuntu $22\mathrm{.}04$ on the first

VM using a $20$GB partition and set the Administrator username to your "first$\_$name" and

Administrator password to L$1$n@x$2000$

b$.$ Use the RAM size of your choice based on the amount of RAM you have on your

laptop$/$desktop

c$.$ Install Ubuntu $22\mathrm{.}04$ on the second VM using a $20$GB partion.

d$.$ Set the Administrator username to "Lionel Messi".

e$.$ The computer name will be UbuntuProject. The Administrator password will be L$1$n@x$2000$

The following tasks must be performed on Virtual Machine $1$ using the command$-$line interface.

$1\mathrm{.}2$ In your home directory, create two new sub$-$directories called Inventory and ITDepartment.

$1\mathrm{.}3$ Using the vi $/$vim or nano editor, create a text file called Hardware in the Inventory directory.

Enter the following items in the file, placing each name on a separate line: Monitors, Keyboards,

Mice, Cables, Switches, Routers, Hubs, Motherboards, Flashdrives. Save and exit the file.

$1\mathrm{.}4$ Change back to your home directory. Using a single command, sort the contents of the

Hardware file into alphabetical order, and save it as a new file called Gadgets in the ITDepartment

directory.

$1\mathrm{.}5$ Change to the Inventory directory. Use a single command to determine the number of lines,

characters, and words in the Hardware file.

$[$Sub Total $50$ Marks$]$