Linux File Systems
Published on 16. August 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
512 pages
978-0-07-212955-7 (ISBN)
Description
Written by renowned Linux expert Moshe Bar, this high-end resource explains how to configure and implement the file systems now available in the Linux 2.4 kernel, including Ext2fs, VFAT, NTFS, VFS, and the Journaling file systems. The book also covers the Logical Volume Manager (LVM) now incorporated into the kernel. The bonus CD-ROM contains the source code to the file systems discussed in the book.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
60 illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 231 mm
Width: 185 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
760 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-07-212955-7 (9780072129557)
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Person
Moshe Bar (Milan, Italy) is the Linux columnist for Byte.com and one of the creators of Kha0s, a secure version of Linux. H is also a regular columnist for Linux Journal and contributes to Dr. Dobbs.
Content
1 Introduction 2 Compiling a Kernel 3 What's a File System? 4 The Linux VFS 5 LVM (Logical Volume Manager) 6 RAID with Linux 7 The Second Extended File System (ext2) 8 IBM's JFS Journaling File System for Linux 9 ReiserFS for Linux 10 XFS A The Software-RAID HOWTO B References C The Loopback Root Filesystem HOWTO D Linux Partition HOWTO