Creating a file system writes information to the device and creates order of the empty space. This file system–related data consumes a small percentage of the space. The remaining space on the disk drive is split into small, consistently sized segments called blocks. Linux supports a number o...
Run fsck Command to Repair Linux File System Errors In order to runfsck, you will need to ensure that the partition you are going to check is not mounted. For the purpose of this article, I will use my second drive/dev/sdbmounted in/mnt. Here is what happens if I try to runfsckwhe...
XFS isnot the default file system for Debian or Ubuntu Linuxbased system. XFS featureincludes scalable and high-performance design. This guide shows youhow to install XFS and create an XFS file system on Debian or UbuntuLinux based system using the command line. ...
Using tmpfs to Create a Ramdisk in Linux In Linux, the “tmpfs” file system is often used for creating a RAM disk. The “tmpfs” file system in Linux is a special file system that stores all its data in memory. It is often used to create a RAM disk because it is very fast and ...
In this chapter, we’ll discuss in detail how to work with disks on a Linux system. You’ll learn how to partition disks, create and maintain the filesystems that go inside disk partitions, and work with swap space. 在第三章中,我们讨论了内核提供的一些顶层磁盘设备。 在本章中,我们将...
In this chapter, we’ll discuss in detail how to work with disks on a Linux system. You’ll learn how to partition disks, create and maintain the filesystems that go inside disk partitions, and work with swap space. 在第三章中,我们讨论了内核提供的一些顶层磁盘设备。 在本章中,我们将...
fdiskorpartedto create partitions. Once you create a partition, you’ll usemkfs commandto create ext2, ext3, or ext4 partition. Once you create a partition, you should use mount command to mount the partition into a mount point (a directory), to start using the filesystem. ...
Next, let’s see how to mount various devices and filesystems. 3.1. USB Drive/Stick To mount a USB drive in Linux, first of all, we have to find out the name of the USB device we want to mount. After we plug in a USB device, the Linux system adds a newblock devicefile into ...
fdiskorpartedto create partitions. Once you create a partition, you’ll usemkfs commandto create ext2, ext3, or ext4 partition. Once you create a partition, you should use mount command to mount the partition into a mount point (a directory), to start using the filesystem. ...
Mounting a file system on Linux is generally a straightforward two-step process: create a mount point directory, and use the mount command to mount the device at the mount point. Unless the file system is in use, unmounting is even simpler, requiring only the umount command. File system mou...