Linux has several filesystem drivers for the File Allocation Table (FAT) filesystem format. These are commonly known by the names used in the mount command...
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Comparison of file systems Drive letter assignment exFAT Extended Boot Record (EBR) FAT filesystem and Linux List of file systems Master Boot Record (MBR) Partition...
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File Allocation Table (redirect from FAT filesystem)
for VFAT long filenames began with version 3.5. Linux provides a VFAT filesystem driver to work with FAT volumes with VFAT long filenames. For some time...
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File system (redirect from Linux filesystems)
In computing, a file system or filesystem (often abbreviated to FS or fs) governs file organization and access. A local file system is a capability of...
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between Windows, Linux and macOS platforms for files in excess of 4 GB. Other specifications, features, and requirements of the exFAT file system include:...
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the case of a LTSP fat client, the root filesystem is not a rudimentary chroot but a full Linux installation as a chroot. The fat client uses LDM to authenticate...
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NTFS (redirect from New Technology FileSystem)
security and other limitations with FAT. NTFS adds several features that FAT and HPFS lack, including: access control lists (ACLs); filesystem encryption;...
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Fstab (section Filesystem-specific options)
filesystems. Some file systems such as XFS enable ACLs by default. Default file system mount attributes can be overridden in /etc/fstab. owner (Linux-specific)...
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specializes in booting full Linux installations from FAT filesystems. It is often used for boot or rescue floppy discs, live USBs, and other lightweight boot...
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TestDisk (section Filesystem repair)
TestDisk is a free and open-source data recovery utility that helps users recover lost partitions or repair corrupted filesystems. TestDisk can collect...
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SSDs on Ubuntu and Other Distributions". sites.google.com. "Linux_2_6_32 - Linux Kernel Newbies". kernelnewbies.org. "JFS Filesystem can now handle trim"...
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August 5, 2020. Retrieved July 12, 2010. "Mac OS X Ext2 Filesystem | Download Mac OS X Ext2 Filesystem software for free at". SourceForge.net. October 14,...
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Tomsrtbt (category Light-weight Linux distributions)
Tom's Root Boot) is a very small Linux distribution. It is short for "Tom's floppy which has a root filesystem and is also bootable." Its author, Tom...
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Device file (redirect from Dev filesystem)
Management and Administration". Linux Journal. Daniel Robbins (2001-10-01). "Part 4: Introduction to devfs". Common threads: Advanced filesystem implementor's...
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Comparison of file systems (redirect from Comparison of filesystems)
System drivers and operating systems may not support extended attributes, access control lists or security labels on these filesystems. Linux kernels prior...
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Unix, Microsoft Windows, and other operating systems. Linux has full support for XFS and JFS, FAT (the DOS file system), and HFS, the main file system...
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Slackware (redirect from Slackware Linux)
complete Linux system as a Zip file. The installation will fit on a FAT formatted Zip disk, or works on any FAT or FAT32 filesystem in a \LINUX directory...
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Extended file attributes (section Linux)
by the filesystem, whereas regular attributes have a purpose strictly defined by the filesystem (such as permissions or records of creation and modification...
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Virtual file system (redirect from Virtual filesystem)
Ultrix, and the VFS in Linux. In OS/2 and Microsoft Windows, the virtual file system mechanism is called the Installable File System. The Filesystem in Userspace...
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Disk partitioning (section DOS, Windows, and OS/2)
editor to create, resize, delete, and manipulate the partitions. Partitioning allows the use of different filesystems to be installed for different kinds...
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Limine (bootloader) (category Linux stubs)
boot protocols are also supported. Limine supports the ISO-9660 and FAT filesystems. Limine aims to provide a more robust alternative to bootloaders...
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ISO 9660 (redirect from Romeo (filesystem))
0xEF. The record is expected to be a disk image containing a FAT filesystem, the filesystem being an EFI System Partition containing the usual \EFI directory...
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List of file systems (redirect from List of filesystems)
journaled filesystem with support for extents. ext3cow – A versioning file system form of ext3. FAT – File Allocation Table, initially used on DOS and Microsoft...
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File system API (redirect from Filesystem interface)
has file system APIs for NTFS and several FAT file systems. Linux systems can include APIs for ext2, ext3, ReiserFS, and Btrfs to name a few. Some early...
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File attribute (section Linux)
availability of most file attributes depends on support by the underlying filesystem (such as FAT, NTFS, ext4) where attribute data must be stored along with other...
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Debian (redirect from Debian GNU/Linux)
and containing kernel-level support for exFAT filesystems. Debian 12 (Bookworm) was released on June 10, 2023, including various improvements and features...
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High Performance File System (redirect from HPFS filesystem)
improve upon the limitations of the FAT file system. It was written by Gordon Letwin and others at Microsoft and added to OS/2 version 1.2, at that time...
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SYSLINUX (category Linux software)
different bootloaders: The eponymous SYSLINUX, used for booting from the FAT filesystem ISOLINUX, used for booting from the ISO 9660 file system PXELINUX, used...
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"dir.c\fat\fs - kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree". git.kernel.org. Retrieved 2018-06-25. "mount(8): mount filesystem – Linux man...
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ZipSlack (category Light-weight Linux distributions)
UMSDOS filesystem under Linux, which ran on top of the FAT filesystem. The FAT filesystem was originally used by Microsoft operating systems and can be...
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