Linux Partition HOWTO

1. Introduction

1.1. What is a partition?

1.2. Other Partitioning Software:

1.3. Related HOWTOs

1.4. Additional information on your system:

2. Devices

2.1. Device names

2.2. Device numbers

3. Partition Types

3.1. Partition Types

3.2. Foreign Partition Types

3.3. Primary Partitions

3.4. Logical Partitions

3.5. Swap Partitions

4. Partitioning requirements

4.1. What Partitions do I need?

4.2. Discussion:

4.3. File Systems

4.4. Swap Partitions

5. Partitioning with fdisk

5.1. fdisk usage

5.2. Four primary partitions

5.3. Mixed primary and logical partitions

5.4. Submitted Examples

6. Labels

6.1. Volume Labels

6.2. Device Labels

7. Formatting an ext2/3 partition

.1. Simple Invocation

.2. Reserved blocks

8. Recovering a Deleted Partition Table

9. Setting Up Swap Space

9.1. Swap Files

9.2. Swap Files

9.3. Multiple Swap Areas

10. Appendix

10.1. Formating Partitions

10.2. Activating Swap Space

10.3. Mounting Partitions

10.4. Some facts about file systems and fragmentation