21 - Chapter 14 - Managing Storage

UNDERSTANDING MBR AND GPT PARTITIONS
UNDERSTANDING THE MBR PARTITIONING SCHEME
UNDERSTANDING THE NEED FOR GPT PARTITIONING
UNDERSTANDING STORAGE MEASUREMENT UNITS
DISK SIZE SPECIFICATIONS
MANAGING PARTITIONS AND FILE SYSTEMS
CREATING MBR PARTITIONS WITH FDISK
USING EXTENDED AND LOGICAL PARTITIONS ON MBR
CREATING GPT PARTITIONS WITH GDISK
CREATING GPT PARTITIONS WITH PARTED
CREATING FILE SYSTEMS
CREATING FILE SYSTEM PROPERTIES
MANAGING EXT4 FILE SYSTEM PROPERTIES
MANAGING XFS FILE SYSTEM PROPERTIES
ADDING SWAP PARTITIONS
ADDING SWAP FILES
MOUNTING FILE SYSTEMS
MANUALLY MOUNTING FILE SYSTEMS
USING DEVICE NAMES, UUIDS, OR DISK LABELS
AUTOMATING FILE SYSTEM MOUNTS THROUGH /ETC/FSTAB