Disk partitioning, filesystem types, and mounting commands used to manage storage on Linux systems.
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- What does MBR stand for in disk partitioning?
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Master Boot Record- What is the maximum number of primary partitions an MBR-partitioned disk can have?
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Four- What disk partition table format supports disks larger than 2 TB?
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GPT (GUID Partition Table)- Which partition table type is required for UEFI systems?
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GPT- What does GPT stand for?
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GUID Partition Table- Name the command-line tool used to create and manage MBR partitions interactively.
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fdisk- Name the command-line tool that can work with both MBR and GPT partition tables.
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parted- What is ext4?
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A journaling filesystem for Linux with support for large files, extents, and extent-based allocation- What is the default filesystem for most modern Linux distributions?
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ext4- What filesystem is commonly preferred for large-scale enterprise deployments and data centers?
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XFS- What is a key advantage of Btrfs over ext4?
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It supports copy-on-write, subvolumes, snapshots, and RAID at the filesystem level- Which filesystem type is commonly used on removable media and Windows-compatible storage?
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FAT32- What package typically provides native NTFS read and write support on Linux?
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ntfs-3g- What key feature did ext3 add that ext2 lacked?
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Journaling- What command displays information about all block devices on the system in a tree-like format?
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lsblk
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