[ 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…”