How To Format Disk Partitions on Linux

Posted by SCHKN on Nov 6, 2019 1:39 AM EDT
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As a system administrator, you may be asked to manage disks between different operating systems such as Windows, Linux and MacOS. As a consequence, you may have to format your disk partitions accordingly in order for them to be compatible across multiple environments. What filesystems should you use?

As a system administrator, you may be asked to manage disks between different operating systems such as Windows, Linux and MacOS. As a consequence, you may have to format your disk partitions accordingly in order for them to be compatible across multiple environments. What filesystems should you use?

Should you go for an ext2, ext3 or ext4 filesystem for your disks? Or maybe should you stick with FAT filesystems that are more compatible across operating systems?

In this tutorial, we are taking a look at ways to format disk partitions on Linux as well as the thinking process behind choosing the correct filesystem for your partitions.

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