CS615 System Administration, Week 02, Segment 5 - Partitions

summary

• Partition , By one or more cylinder groups Composed of continuous areas ;
• Different partition schemes , Allow different numbers and types of partitions . Such as MBR And GPT, Primary and extended partitions , wait .
• Different OS Use different tools , But the basic concepts are consistent .
• BIOS Zoning and OS Partitions are different .
• OS Partitions describe different areas of the disk , And these areas may overlap .
• OS Use partitions to , Separate system data from user data ; Allow different file systems ; Allow different mount options .