The Enterprise Linux Administrator: Journey to a New Linux Career

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K. HitchcockThe Enterprise Linux Administratorhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-8801-6_9

9. Disk Configuration

Kenneth Hitchcock¹  

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Hampshire, UK

 

When running any operating system over a long time, one functional thing generally tends to happen. Storage space runs out. In this chapter, we will look at the various methods to manage Linux disk storage from command-line utilities through to graphical or desktop-based utilities.

This chapter will look at how disks are added, extended, removed, and protected using the various tools and options available by default on the Linux distributions used so far. This will include how disks are partitioned and configured ...