https://wiki.linux.edu/ Mon, 10 Aug 2026 06:58:57 +0000 FeedCreator 1.8 https://wiki.linux.edu/_media/wiki/dokuwiki.svg https://wiki.linux.edu/ https://wiki.linux.edu/handbook/handbook/filesystem/ext2?rev=1271359136&do=diff Ext2 One of the oldest file systems supported by Linux. The ext2 or second extended file system was the standard filesystem used on the Linux operating system for a number of years and remains in wide use. It was initially designed by R my Card based on concepts from the extended file system. It is quite fast, enough so that it is used as the standard against which to measure many benchmarks. Its main drawback is that it is not a journaling file system. Its successor, ext3, has a journal and i… anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) Thu, 15 Apr 2010 19:18:56 +0000 https://wiki.linux.edu/handbook/handbook/filesystem/ext3?rev=1271359136&do=diff Ext3 The Ext3 or third extended filesystem is a journalled filesystem which is coming into increasing use among users of the GNU/Linux operating system. Although its performance and scalability is less attractive than many of itscompetitors such as ReiserFS and XFS it does have the significant advantage that users can upgrade from the popular Ext2 filesystem without having to backup and restore data. anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) Thu, 15 Apr 2010 19:18:56 +0000 https://wiki.linux.edu/handbook/handbook/filesystem/nfs?rev=1271359136&do=diff NFS / Network File System The Network File System (NFS) is a client/server application that lets a computer user view and optionally store and update file on a remote computer as though they were on the user's own computer. The user's system needs to have an NFS client and the other computer needs the NFS server. Both of them require that you also have TCP/IP installed since the NFS server and client use TCP/IP as the program that sends the files and updates back and forth. (However, the User… anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) Thu, 15 Apr 2010 19:18:56 +0000 https://wiki.linux.edu/handbook/handbook/filesystem/ntfs?rev=1271359136&do=diff NTFS (pronounced as separate letters) Short for NT File System, one of the file system for the Windows NT operating system (Windows NT also supports the FAT file system). NTFS has features to improve reliability, such as transaction logs to help recover from disk failures. To control access to files, you can set permissions for directories and/or individual files. NTFS files are not accessible from other anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) Thu, 15 Apr 2010 19:18:56 +0000 https://wiki.linux.edu/handbook/handbook/filesystem/vfat32?rev=1271359136&do=diff VFAT32 The Microsoft Windows 95 and NT version of the FAT file system. Supports long file names. File Allocation Table (FAT) is a file system that was developed for MS-DOS and used in consumer versions of Microsoft Windows up to and including Windows Me. The FAT file system is considered relatively uncomplicated, and because of that, it is a popular format for floppy disks; moreover, it is supported by virtually all existing operating systems for personal computers, and because of that it is o… anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) Thu, 15 Apr 2010 19:18:56 +0000