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partitions

Filesystems

  • ext2
  • ext3: journaling function (save metadata im journaling system)
  • ext4: RAM Cash
  • xfs: Journaling and high speed
  • vfat: Windows Filesystem
  • exFat: Flash Memory
  • btrfs: big memory, copy on write, Railsystem, btrfs-convert tool

fdisk

Program to do partitioning

List partitions:

fdisk -l

mkfs

Create file system

sudo mkfs.ext4 -j /dev/sdb1

mkswap

Create swap file system

sudo mkswap /dev/sdb1

add Swap-Partition to filesystem

sudo swapon /dev/sdb1

gdisk

Alternative to fdisk

sudo gdisk /dev/sdc

parted

sudo parteled -l