Partitions-Mass-Storage-Definitions-Naming-HOWTO
Jean-Daniel Dodin
| Revision History | ||
|---|---|---|
| Revision V0.1 | 2009-05-09 | Revised by: jdd |
- Table of Contents
- 1.
- 2. Copyright and Licence
- 3. Mass Storage Involved Here
- 4. Definitions
- 4.1. Warning
- 4.2. Bytes
- 4.3. Sectors
- 4.4. Heads
- 4.5. Tracks
- 4.6. Cylinders
- 4.7. Disks
- 4.8. Partitions
- 4.9. Partition Table
- 4.10. File Systems
- 4.11. Files and Nodes
- 5. Drive Naming in Linux
- 5.1. Naming Convention
- 6. Partition Naming in Linux
- 6.1. Numbers
- 6.2. Meaning of the Numbers
- 7. Device Major and Minor Numbers
- 8. Partition Types
- 8.1. Linux Partition Types
- 8.2. Foreign Partition Types
- 8.3. Swap Partitions
- 8.4. Complete List
- 9. How Many Partitions