Formatting File Systems
Before you can assign a drive partition to a mount point in the virtual directory, you must format it using a file system. Linux supports a myriad of different file system types, with each having different features and capabilities. This section discusses the different file systems that Linux supports and how to format a drive partition for the file systems.
Common File System Types
Each operating system utilizes its own file system type for storing data on drives. Linux not only supports several of its own file system types, but it also supports file systems of other operating systems. This section covers the most common Linux and non-Linux file systems that you can use in your Linux partitions.
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