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RHCSA 8 - CH14
Managing Storage
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Computer Science
Undergraduate 3
01/01/2022

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Basic Input Output System (BIOS)
Definition
The first software that is started when a computer starts on older IBM-compatible computers.
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BtrFS
Definition
A general-purpose Linux file system that is expected to become the default file system on Red Hat Enterprise Linux in a future release.
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Ext2 and 3
Definition
Older versions of the Ext file system. Were default file systems up to RHEL 6
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Ext4
Definition
Older version of the Ext file system. Was replaced by XFS in RHEL 7
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extended partition
Definition
A solution to create more than four partitions on an MBR disk.
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fstab
Definition
A configuration file that is used on Linux to mount file systems automatically when the system starts.
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GUID Partition Table (GPT)
Definition
A modern solution to store partitions on a hard disk, as opposed to the older MBR partition table.
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label
Definition
A name that can be assigned to a file system.
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logical partition
Definition
A partition that is created in an extended partition.
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Master Boot Record (MBR)
Definition
On a BIOS system, the first 512 bytes on the primary hard disk.
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mount
Definition
A connection that is made between a device and a directory.
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partition
Definition
A subdivision of a hard disk on which a file system can be created to mount it into the directory structure.
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primary partition
Definition
In MBR, one of a maximum of four partitions that can be created in the Master Boot Record.
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unmount
Definition
The command that is used to decouple a file system from the directory on which it is mounted.
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universally unique ID (UUID)
Definition
An identification number consisting of a long random hexadecimal number that is globally unique.
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VFAT
Definition
The Linux kernel driver that is used to access FAT-based file systems.
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XFS
Definition
A high-performance 64-bit file system that was created in 1993 by SGI and which in RHEL 8 is used as the default file system.
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