Red Hat Fedora 5 Unleashed

Chapter 38. Managing the File System

IN THIS CHAPTER

• The Fedora File System Basics

• Working with the ext3 File System

• Other File Systems Available to Fedora

• Creating a File System

• Mounting File Systems

• Relocating a File System

• Logical Volume Management

• File System Manipulation

• Managing Files for Character Devices, Block Devices, and Special Devices

• Reference

A Linux file system is more than just a format for your hard drive or floppy disk and more than just the disk itself or the formatting process. The file system is the structure and organization of data on a data storage device. In other words, it is how your data is organized and stored in files, disk drives, and removable media.

In this chapter, you learn about the structure of the disks themselves, the ...