OSWeekly: File System Demystified

[ Thanks to Michael J. for this link. ]

"A file system 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.

"There are two kinds of major partitions on a Linux system:

• "Data partition: normal Linux system data, including the root partition containing all necessary data to startup and run the system.
• "Swap partition: expansion of the computer's physical memory, extra memory on hard disk. It's generally kept double the capacity of system memory..."

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