Basic Linux Filesystems tutorial : ext2,ext3,ext4,JFS,XFS & Reiser | Linux Today

Basic Linux Filesystems tutorial : ext2,ext3,ext4,JFS,XFS & Reiser

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Pradeep Kumar
May 12, 2014

The original filesystem introduced with the Linux operating system is called the extended filesystem (or just ext for short). It provides a basic Unix- like filesystem for Linux, using virtual directories to handle physical devices, and storing data in fixed-length blocks on the physical devices.

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Pradeep Kumar

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