Linux Tutorials - Herong's Tutorial Examples - v1.32, by Dr. Herong Yang
File System Types, IDs and Formats
Provides a list of commonly used File System formats and their identification codes on Linux systems
If you receive a storage device from a friend, you may have trouble to mount its partitions on your Linux computer. This is because the storage device could be created with a file system format, which is not recognized by the Linux computer.
To help you dealing with this situation, here is a list of commonly used File System formats and handling suggestions.
1. Linux - "Linux (ID: 83)" is used to identify some old Linux native file systems, like xiafs, ext2, ext3, ext3, reiserfs, etc. It may still be used to hold the /root files on todays Linux systems, like CentOS.
2. Linux LVM - "Linux LVM (ID: 8e)" is used to identify the Linux LVM (Logical Volume Manager) partition. It is used on CentOS systems as the main file system.
3. Linux Swap - "Linux Swap (ID: 82)" is used to identify the Linux swap partition.
4. FAT16 - "FAT16 (ID: 6)" is used to identify the 16-bit FAT (File Allocation Table) partition, which is used by old DOS (Disk Operating System) computers. Most Linux systems supports FAT16 by default.
5. NTFS - "NTFS (ID: 7)" is used to identify the NTFS (New Technology File System) partition, which is used by old Windows NT computers. You may need to install "ntfs-3g" device driver to support it.
6. HPFS - "HPFS (ID: 7)" is used to identify the HPFS (New Technology File System) partition, which is an IFS (Installable File System) used by old OS/2 computers. You need to install special device drivers to support it.
7. exFAT - "exFAT (ID: 7)" is used to identify the exFAT (Extended File Allocation Table) partition, which is used by old Windows Vista computers. You may need to install "fuse-exfat" device driver to support it.
8. W95 Ext'd LBA - "W95 Ext'd LBA (ID: f)" is used to identify the Windows 95 Extended LBA (Logical Block Addressing) partition. Note that "W95 Ext'd LBA" is not a file system partition. It is actually a container to hold sub-partitions. On Windows systems, a hard disk can only be divided up to 4 partitions. "W95 Ext'd LBA" technology allows you create more sub-partitions from those 4 primary partitions.
9. OpenBSD - "OpenBSD (ID: a6)" is used to identify the OpenBSD (Open Berkeley Software Distribution) partition, which is used by OpenBSD computers. You need to install special device drivers to support it.
10. Mac OS-X - "Mac OS-X (ID: a8)" is used to identify the Mac OS-X partition, which is used by Mac OS-X computers. You need to install special device drivers to support it.
Table of Contents
Cockpit - Web Portal for Administrator
"df" - Display Free Space of File System
Mount USB Drive as File System
"fdisk" - Format Disk Partitions
"dd" - Copy Data from/to Storage Devices
Use "dd" Command to Test I/O Speed
"hdparm" - Hard Disk Parameters
"du" - Display Disk Usage of Directories
Mount Windows NTFS File System
Access Persmissions on "ntfs-3g" File System
►File System Types, IDs and Formats
"parted" - Partition Manipulation Program
Reformat NTFS Partition into EXT4 Partition
Unreachable Remote File Systems
SELinux - Security-Enhanced Linux
Software Package Manager on CentOS - DNF and YUM
Running Apache Web Server (httpd) on Linux Systems
Running PHP Scripts on Linux Systems
Running MySQL Database Server on Linux Systems
Running Python Scripts on Linux Systems
vsftpd - Very Secure FTP Daemon
Postfix - Mail Transport Agent (MTA)
Dovecot - IMAP and POP3 Server
Email Client Tools - Mail User Agents (MUA)