Filesystem

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* [[exFAT]] (Microsoft, for flash memory)
 
* [[exFAT]] (Microsoft, for flash memory)
 
* [[ext]] (developed for Linux, previously used MINIX fs)
 
* [[ext]] (developed for Linux, previously used MINIX fs)
* [[ext2]]
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* [[ext2]], [[ext3]], [[ext4]] (these are all just variants of each other)
* [[ext3]]
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* [[ext4]]
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* [[FAT12]]
 
* [[FAT12]]
 
* [[FAT16]]
 
* [[FAT16]]
 
* [[FAT32]]
 
* [[FAT32]]
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* [[FFS]] (Amiga Fast File System)
 
* [[Files-11]] (VMS)
 
* [[Files-11]] (VMS)
 
* [[Fossil]] (Plan 9)
 
* [[Fossil]] (Plan 9)
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* [[HFS]]
 
* [[HFS]]
 
* [[HFS+]]
 
* [[HFS+]]
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* [[HPFS]] (OS/2 native file system)
 
* [[ISO 9660]]
 
* [[ISO 9660]]
 
* [[JFFS2]]
 
* [[JFFS2]]
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** [[UFS2]]
 
** [[UFS2]]
 
* [[VxFS]]
 
* [[VxFS]]
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* [[WAFL]] (NetApp's commercial file system)
 
* [[Xiafs]] (Linux, dropped in favour of ext2)
 
* [[Xiafs]] (Linux, dropped in favour of ext2)
 
* [[XFS]] (SGI)
 
* [[XFS]] (SGI)
 
* [[YAFFS]]
 
* [[YAFFS]]
 
* [[ZFS]]
 
* [[ZFS]]

Revision as of 00:25, 3 November 2012

File Formats > Electronic File Formats > Filesystem

Filesystems are Electronic Formats that are a prerequisite to being able to read any file off a digital medium -- you have to be able to mount the filesystem, and thus read it, in order to be able to read a file.

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