How is filesystem information stored on the hard disk
When we format a partition in a hard disk with a file system using mkfs -t ext4 /dev/sdb1, what's the data that is written on to /dev/sdb1.?
Some data identifying the filesystem type has to be written on to the partition. What is this data and to which area of the partition this data will be written.? I think that this data about the filesystem is required by other computers to identify what is the filesystem on a partition.
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When we format a partition in a hard disk with a file system using mkfs -t ext4 /dev/sdb1, what's the data that is written on to /dev/sdb1.?
Some data identifying the filesystem type has to be written on to the partition. What is this data and to which area of the partition this data will be written.? I think that this data about the filesystem is required by other computers to identify what is the filesystem on a partition.
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what research have you done? ...... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disk_partitioning
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When we format a partition in a hard disk with a file system using mkfs -t ext4 /dev/sdb1, what's the data that is written on to /dev/sdb1.?
Some data identifying the filesystem type has to be written on to the partition. What is this data and to which area of the partition this data will be written.? I think that this data about the filesystem is required by other computers to identify what is the filesystem on a partition.
linux filesystems hard-disk
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When we format a partition in a hard disk with a file system using mkfs -t ext4 /dev/sdb1, what's the data that is written on to /dev/sdb1.?
Some data identifying the filesystem type has to be written on to the partition. What is this data and to which area of the partition this data will be written.? I think that this data about the filesystem is required by other computers to identify what is the filesystem on a partition.
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linux filesystems hard-disk
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what research have you done? ...... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disk_partitioning
– jsotola
6 mins ago
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what research have you done? ...... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disk_partitioning
– jsotola
6 mins ago
what research have you done? ...... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disk_partitioning
– jsotola
6 mins ago
what research have you done? ...... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disk_partitioning
– jsotola
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what research have you done? ...... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disk_partitioning
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