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Filesystem Types
A filesystem is the methods and data structures that an operating system uses to keep track of files on a disk or partition; that is, the way the files are organized on the disk.
Filesystem | Description |
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ext2 |
Linux native filesystem. |
ext3 |
ext2 plus journaling. |
reiserfs |
Robust and journaling filesystem. |
iso9660 |
The standard CD-ROM filesystem. |
fat and vfat |
Microsoft Windows fat |
ntfs |
Microsoft Windows (NT, ...) |
sync
- Flush filesystem buffers to disk.
- The Linux System Administrator's Guide - http://tldp.org/LDP/sag/html/
- Filesystems HOWTO - http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Filesystems-HOWTO.html
- File system - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_system