Linux Administration/Devices and Filesystems/Partitions

This lesson covers partitions.

Objectives and Skills

Objectives and skills for the partitions portion of Linux+ certification include:

• Create partitions and file systems
  • Manage MBR partition tables
  • Use various mkfs commands to create various file systems such as:
    • ext4 or deprecated ext2/ext3
    • XFS
    • VFAT
  • Awareness of ReiserFS and Btrfs
  • Basic knowledge of gdisk and parted with GPT
  • The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
    • fdisk
    • gdisk
    • parted
    • mkfs (mkfs.btrfs mkfs mkfs.bfs mkfs.cramfs mkfs.ext2 mkfs.ext3 mkfs.ext4 mkfs.fat mkfs.minix mkfs.msdos mkfs.ntfs mkfs.vfat mkfs.xfs)
    • mkswap
    • lsblk, included in Util-linux package, to identify and list your block devices such as Hard Disks (HDD)

Readings

1. Wikipedia: Disk partitioning

Activities

1. Complete the tutorial IBM: Learn Linux, 101: Create partitions and filesystems
2. Review RedHat 7 Documentation about Creating an ext4 filesystem [1]

References

Linux Administration/Devices and Filesystems

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