Create Partitions and Filesystems Flashcards
What does the command lsblk do
used to list out block devices (such as hard drives)
What does the command fdisk do
Legacy command used to create partitions of the MBR (DOS) type
What does the command parted do
Modern command used to create partitions of MBR or GPT types
What does the Partition ID 83 stand for
standard Linux filesystems
What does the Partition ID 82 stand for
Linux swap partitions
What does the partition ID 8e stand for
Linux LVM volumes `
What does the gdisk command
Creates GPT partitions on disks
What does the command parted do
used to create both MBR and GPT disk partitions
What commands can you use to create swap partitions
fdisk, gdisk, parted
What does the command mkswap do
used to format a partition to be used as swap space
What does the command swapon do
Enables a swap partition or file
What does the command swapoff do
Disables a swap partition or file
Describe a journaling filesystem
Uses a journal to keep track of changes that have not yet been written to the filesystem
What is an example of non-jornaling file system
ext2
What are some journaling file systems examples
ext3, ext4, XFS
