partition: A (hard) disk can be divided into sections called partitions. In dos/Windows, each partition can be treated as a separate logical drive, with its own drive letter (like C:, D:, E:, etc.). In the Linux file organization, drive letters are not used, but a disk can still be divided into partitions. Each partition can (will) have its own filesystem.

See AboutThesePages.

Resources:

• (rhk) Disk Partitions, OS/2, & Multiboot FAQ; 2002/07/08; Felix Miata -- looks good on it's own, plus it has links to some promising sounding sites for information on partitioning and so forth.

Note: There are several pages about partioning on WikiLearn -- I need to reorganize them somehow -- maybe one main one with pointers to others -- for now I'll include an inline search for partition:

• FAQ: Summary

• ActivePartition: See BLT . active partition : The active participation is the partition that is bootable, in other words, the one that will boot if the system is booted up. Must ...

• AllowingAccessToFat32Partitions: To allow read and write access to a fat32 partition in Linux, modify the entry for that partition in the fstab file to include the following options: ..,user,umask ...

• BltTermsPartitionsAndPartitioning: See BLT . Partitions Partitioning, Anita Lewis boot partition extended partition filesystem logical partition mountpoint primary partition ...

• BootPartition: See BLT . boot partition : The boot partition (or directory /boot) contains Linux kernel images that can be used to start a Linux system. A boot manager (like ...

• DisplayingThePartitionTable: Commands to display the contents of the partition table: fdisk /dev/hda l See AboutThesePages. Currently, no significant content below this line. Contributors ...

• ExtendedPartition: See BLT . extended partition : See primary partition . The extended partition is the (optional) primary partition that points to the data (definition??) block ...

• FaqAccessWindowsPartitions: See Faq . Q: How do you access a fat32 windows partion? A: overview You have to mount the partition, then you can do whatever you want (with the right commands ...

• FilesystemsPartitionsAndDirectories: See BLT . I have sometimes been confused by the words: filesystem partition directory (or subdirectory ) They can sometimes be correctly ...

• LinuxOnATinyPartition: Want to think of a better name. Basically what I'm doing is trying to create a very small Linux installation on a hard drive, so I can run lilo and use it as a boot ...

• LogicalPartition: See BLT . logical partition : See primary partition . A logical partition is a partition (section) of a disk which is not one of the primary partitions, and ...

• MyPartitionStrategy: Thinking on paper about my partioning strategy for Linux. Although I like my strawman proposal, and will probably head in that direction, I dislike the extra level ...

• Partition: See BLT . partition : A (hard) disk can be divided into sections called partitions. In dos/Windows, each partition can be treated as a separate logical drive, with ...

• PartitionADisk: Some Linux and non Linux tools for partitioning a disk. See AboutThesePages. Contents %TOC% Linux Partitioning Tools The distinction between Linux and non Linux ...

• PartitionImage: Partition Image is an imaging tool that works in Linux. See: AboutThesePages Contents %TOC% Notes I have not tried it yet, but understand the following: ...

• PartitionRescueHOWTO: This is a page created to receive comments about the Partition Rescue HOWTO I (JeanDanielDodin) write for the ldp. Of course right now nobody knows of this page : ...

• PartitionTable: See BLT . partition table : A table, stored on a disk, that describes how the disk is divided into sections called partitions. The partition table stores the starting ...

• PrimaryPartition: See BLT . primary partition : At one point in time, hard disks were designed such that they could be divided into only four sections ("partitions"). When the need ...

• Repartition: See BLT . repartition: See partition . Repartitioning is the process of changing the size and sequence of partitions on a disk. Apparently there is a repartition ...

• RootPartition: See BLT . root partition : (See filesystems, partitions, and directories ). The root partition (or directory) is denoted by / and is the "parent" directory for ...

• SwapPartition: See BLT . swap partition : See partition . The swap partition is a partition used in conjunction with RAM. When there is not enough physical RAM in a system ...

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