102.1 Design Hard Disk Layout and Installation Example) Flashcards
single disk install
linux installed on a
single physical disk consisting of one or more partitions
multi disk install
linux installed on
multiple physical disks each consisting of one or more partitions
device naming conventions
first physical disk drive
/dev/sda
device naming conventions
first physical disk, second partition
/dev/sda2
other device types
IDE drives
hda
/dev/hdc2 - third IDE drive, second partition
other device types
CDROM
scd
/dev/scd0 first CDROM drive
other device types
does not have partitions
CDROM
common filesystem mounting scheme (folders)
root
/
common filesystem mounting scheme (folders)
log files
shared files/directories
runtime info
binary data files
/var
common filesystem mounting scheme (folders)
contains user home directories
/home
common filesystem mounting scheme (folders)
generally third party apps installed here
/opt
common filesystem mounting scheme (folders)
boot loader config and kernel files are contained here
/boot
common filesystem mounting scheme (folders)
dedicated partition for memory swap
swap
Filesystem layout
create scheme for
specific purpose