[Cialug] mounting filesystem types

[Josh More]

I will let others with more knowledge of Linux internals answer more specifically...

mkfs.[tab] lists the filesystems you can create.  I believe the filesystem format is in the "app", not the kernel, so it should work wherever.

When you mount, the driver can be loaded into the kernel or use a helper "app".  Helpers apps are at mount.[tab].  Those loaded into the kernel are at /proc/filesystems


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From: cialug-bounces at cialug.org [cialug-bounces at cialug.org] on behalf of Nathan C. Smith [nathan.smith at ipmvs.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 10:47
To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group (cialug at cialug.org)
Subject: [Cialug] mounting filesystem types

Is there a way to inventory what filesystem types a given machine supports?

I was able to format a filesystem with ext4 but I seem to be unable to mount it but that does not make any sense to me.  If the tools are on the system to format shouldn't I be able to mount it?


-Nate

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