Create partitions and filesystems

Question 1

What command will show the space used in a directory?

Answer 1

du

Question 2

What is the traditonal tool for partitioning a disk in Linux?

Answer 2

fdisk (fixed disk)

Question 3

What tool can create and resize partitions?

Answer 3

parted

Question 4

What command will low level format a floppy disk?

Answer 4

fdformat

Question 5

Which Linux file system does not have journaling?

Answer 5

ext2

Question 6

Which Linux file system is uses journaling and is suitable for disks over 32TB and files over 2TB?

Answer 6

ext4

Question 7

Which linux file system is suitable for a large number of small files?

Answer 7

ReiserFS

Question 8

What is a good file system for exchanging data between OS on a common disk?

Answer 8

fat or vfat

Question 9

What is file system ISO-9660 used for?

Answer 9

CDs

Question 10

What device uses file system UDF?

Answer 10

DVD

Question 11

What command will create a file system on a partion?

Answer 11

mkfs

Question 12

What command will mount a partition?

Answer 12

mount /dev/path /mountpoint

Question 13

What file system by Silicon Graphics is very sophisticated and a has a repution for robustness and speed?

Answer 13

xfs

Question 14

What command will list all the partitons?

Answer 14

fdisk -l

Question 15

What command will convert a disk into a swap space?

Answer 15

mkswap

Question 16

What command will activate a partition used for swap space?

Answer 16

swapon

Question 17

What fat file system does not have the lmitations of 8.3 filenames?

Answer 17

vfat