104.1 – Create partitions and filesystems

Weight

2

Description

Candidates should be able to configure disk partitions and then create filesystems on media such as hard disks. This includes the handling of swap partitions.

Key Knowledge Areas

• Manage MBR and GPT partition tables.

• Use various mkfs commands to create various filesystems such as:

  • ext2/ext3/ext4

  • XFS

  • VFAT

  • exFAT

• Basic feature knowledge of Btrfs, including multi-device filesystems, compression and subvolumes.

Files, Terms, and Utilities

• fdisk

• gdisk

• parted

• mkfs

• mkswap