Linux Partition How-To

Anthony Lissot

This Linux Mini-HOWTO teaches you how to plan and create partitions on IDE and SCSI hard drives. It discusses partitioning terminology and considers size and location issues. Use of the fdisk partitioning utility for creating and recovering of partition tables is covered. The most recent version of this document is here . The Turkish translation is here .

• Table of Contents
• 1. Introduction
   
• 1.1. What is a partition?
• 1.2. Other Partitioning Software:
• 1.3. Related HOWTOs
• 1.4. Additional information on your system:


• 2. Devices
   
• 2.1. Device names
• 2.2. Device numbers


• 3. Partition Types
   
• 3.1. Partition Types
• 3.2. Foreign Partition Types
• 3.3. Primary Partitions
• 3.4. Logical Partitions
• 3.5. Swap Partitions


• 4. Partitioning requirements
   
• 4.1. What Partitions do I need?
• 4.2. Discussion:
• 4.3. File Systems
• 4.4. Swap Partitions


• 5. Partitioning with fdisk
   
• 5.1. fdisk usage
• 5.2. Four primary partitions
• 5.3. Mixed primary and logical partitions
• 5.4. Submitted Examples


• 6. Labels
   
• 6.1. Volume Labels
• 6.2. Device Labels


• 7. Formatting an ext2/3 partition
   
• .1. Simple Invocation
• .2. Reserved blocks


• 8. Recovering a Deleted Partition Table
• 9. Setting Up Swap Space
   
• 9.1. Swap Files
• 9.2. Swap Files
• 9.3. Multiple Swap Areas


• 10. Appendix
   
• 10.1. Formating Partitions
• 10.2. Activating Swap Space
• 10.3. Mounting Partitions
• 10.4. Some facts about file systems and fragmentation

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