Chapter 17: Storage and file systems

Partition disks, create and mount XFS, ext4 and swap, make them permanent with fstab, and find and fix space and busy-mount problems.

What you will learn

• Identify disks and partitions and create a GPT table and partitions with parted.
• Create XFS, ext4 and swap, and mount and unmount file systems.
• Write safe /etc/fstab entries by UUID with options, and test them before rebooting.
• Diagnose full file systems, inode exhaustion, deleted-but-open files and busy mounts, and use the repair and label tools.

Sections

1. Disks and partitions
2. Exercise: Partition a new disk
3. File systems and mounting
4. Exercise: Create file systems and mount them
5. Making mounts permanent with /etc/fstab
6. Exercise: Make the storage permanent
7. When the disk is full, and keeping file systems healthy
8. Exercise: Hunt the missing space
9. Exercise: Storage review
10. Linux storage quiz
11. Linux storage cheat sheet