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D. BothUsing and Administering Linux: Volume 1https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-9618-9_19

19. Filesystems

David Both1  
(1)
Raleigh, NC, USA
 

Objectives

In this chapter you will learn

Three definitions for the term “filesystem”
  • The meta-structures of the EXT4 filesystem

  • How to obtain information about an EXT4 filesystem

  • To resolve problems that prevent a host from booting due to errors in configuration files

  • To detect and repair filesystem inconsistencies that might result in data loss

  • To describe and use the Linux Filesystem Hierarchical Standard (FHS)

  • To create a new partition and install an EXT4 filesystem on it

  • Configure /etc/fstab to mount a new ...

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