What type of local file server can you use to provide the distribution installation materials to the new machine during a network installation?

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What type of local file server can you use to provide the distribution installation materials to the new machine during a network installation?

What type of local file server can you use to provide the distribution installation materials to the new machine during a network installation?
A) Inetd
B) FSSTND
C) DNS
D) NNTP
E) NFS

E - You can use an NFS server to provide the distribution installation materials to the machine on which you are performing the installation. Answers a, b, c, and d are all valid items but none of them are file servers. Inetd is the superdaemon which controls all intermittently used network services. The FSSTND is the Linux File System Standard. DNS provides domain name resolution, and NNTP is the transfer protocol for usenet news.

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