Disk Management

Question 1

What is a partition?

Answer 1

A partition is the result of dividing a hard disk into multiple “pieces”, pieces here are the partitions.

Without partitions one would have to buy more hard disk to have multiple OS in the same machine.

Question 2

What’s the point of partitioning?

Answer 2

One of the main reasons is to separate the system related data from the user related data.

Question 3

What does GPT stands for?

Answer 3

GUID Partition Table

Question 4

How many partitions can GPT support by default

Answer 4

128 partitions

Question 5

How much storage can GPT support in disk sizes

Answer 5

up to 9.4 zettabyte (ZB)

Question 6

is root (/) always a mount point?

Answer 6

Yes

Question 7

how many primary partitions does MRB support?

Answer 7

4 partitions.

Question 8

What’s the default type of a partition when is being created with fdisk?

Answer 8

Linux (Option #83)

Question 9

what does EXT means?

Answer 9

Extend File System

Question 10

Can you name another File System apart from EXT?

Answer 10

JFS, XFS, ZFS, ReiserFS