Linux Administration/Devices and Filesystems/Partitions
This lesson covers partitions.
Objectives and Skills
editObjectives and skills for the partitions portion of Linux+ certification include:[1]
- Create partitions and file systems
- Manage MBR partition tables
- Use various
mkfs
commands to create various file systems such as: - 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[2], included in Util-linux package, to identify and list your block devices such as Hard Disks (HDD)
Readings
editMultimedia
editActivities
edit- Complete the tutorial IBM: Learn Linux, 101: Create partitions and filesystems
- Review RedHat 7 Documentation about Creating an ext4 filesystem [1]