Filesystem

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* [[btrfs]]
 
* [[btrfs]]
 
* [[CP/M file system]]
 
* [[CP/M file system]]
* [[exFAT]]
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* [[exFAT]] (Microsoft, for flash memory)
* [[ext]]
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* [[ext]] (developed for Linux, previously used MINIX fs)
 
* [[ext2]]
 
* [[ext2]]
 
* [[ext3]]
 
* [[ext3]]
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* [[Files-11]] (VMS)
 
* [[Files-11]] (VMS)
 
* [[Fossil]] (Plan 9)
 
* [[Fossil]] (Plan 9)
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* [[HAMMER]] (DragonflyBSD)
 
* [[HFS]]
 
* [[HFS]]
 
* [[HFS+]]
 
* [[HFS+]]
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* [[squashfs]]
 
* [[squashfs]]
 
* [[UDF]]
 
* [[UDF]]
* [[UFS]]
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* [[UFS]] (Unix Files System, Solaris and BSD)
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** [[UFS2]]
 
* [[VxFS]]
 
* [[VxFS]]
 
* [[Xiafs]] (Linux, dropped in favour of ext2)
 
* [[Xiafs]] (Linux, dropped in favour of ext2)
* [[XFS]]
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* [[XFS]] (SGI)
 
* [[YAFFS]]
 
* [[YAFFS]]
 
* [[ZFS]]
 
* [[ZFS]]

Revision as of 23:14, 27 October 2012

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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