Linux Administration/Devices and Filesystems/Partitions

This lesson covers partitions.

Objectives and Skills
Objectives and skills for the partitions portion of Linux+ certification include:
 * Create partitions and file systems
 * Manage MBR partition tables
 * Use various  commands to create various file systems such as:
 * ext4 or deprecated ext2/ext3
 * XFS
 * VFAT
 * Awareness of ReiserFS and Btrfs
 * Basic knowledge of gdisk and parted with GPT
 * The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
 * /fdisk/
 * gdisk
 * /parted/
 * mkfs (mkfs.btrfs mkfs mkfs.bfs mkfs.cramfs mkfs.ext2 mkfs.ext3 mkfs.ext4 mkfs.fat mkfs.minix mkfs.msdos mkfs.ntfs mkfs.vfat mkfs.xfs)
 * mkswap
 * /lsblk/, included in Util-linux package, to identify and list your block devices such as Hard Disks (HDD)

Readings

 * 1)  Disk partitioning

Activities

 * 1) Complete the tutorial IBM: Learn Linux, 101: Create partitions and filesystems
 * 2) Review RedHat 7 Documentation about Creating an ext4 filesystem