Filesystems
Whether you’re using Microsoft Windows or Linux, you must format a partition before you can store can store data on it. When you format a partition, Linux writes special data, called a filesystem, On the partition. The filesystem organizes the available space and provides a directory that lest you assign a name to each file, which is a set of stored data. You also group files into directories, which function much like the folders you create using the Microsoft windows Explorer: directories store information about the files they contain.
Every DVD-ROM, CD-ROM and floppy diskette must also have a filesystem .The filesystem of a DVD-ROM, CD- ROM is written when the disk is created; the filesystem of a floppy diskette is rewritten each time you format it. Microsoft Windows lets you choose to format a partition as a FAT or FAT32 or NTFS. Linux supports a wider variety of filesystem types; summarizes the most common ones. The most important filesystem types are ext 2,ext 3,ext 4; which is used for Linux native partitions, msdos, which is used for FAT or NTFS partitions (and floppy diskettes) of the sort created by MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows; and is iso9660, which is used for DVD-ROM, CD-ROMs. Linux also provides the vfat filesystem, which is used for FAT32,NTFS partitions of the sort created by Microsoft Windows. Linux also supports reading of windows NT NTFS filesystems; however, the support for writing such partitions is not yet stable.
Common Filesystem Types
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Filesystem |
Description |
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Coherent |
A filesystem compatible with that used by Coherent Unix |
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Ext |
The predecessor of the ext 2 filesystem ; supported for compatibility |
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Ext4 |
The standard Linux filesystem |
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Ext3 |
The standard Linux filesystem |
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Ext2 |
The standard Linux filesystem |
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Hpfs |
A filesystem compatible with that used by IBM’s OS/2 |
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Iso9660 |
The standard filesystem used on CD-ROMs |
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Minix |
An Old linux filesystem, still occasionally used on floopy diskettes |
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Msdos |
A Filesystem compatible with Microsofts FAT filesystem, used by MS-DOS and windows. |
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Nfs |
A Filesystem compatible with Sun`s Netwotk File system |
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Ntfs |
A Filesystem compatible with that used by Microsofts Windows NT’s NTFS filesystem |
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Sysv |
A filesystem compatible with that used by AT&T’s System V Unix |
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Vfat |
A filesystem compatible with Microsoft’s FAT32 filesystem. Used by Windown 9x |
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Xenix |
A filesystem compatible with that used by Xenix |
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