One of the most confusing and intimidating parts of installing Linux for dual-booting with Windows is the disk partitioning required.

Conclusion Mastering disk management in Linux unlocks the full potential of your system's storage capabilities. Whether through traditional partitioning or the advanced features of LVM, understanding ...

Corresponding to this, Linux reserves the first four device names on a disk drive to match these four partitions - regardless of how many partitions you actually create.

My windows install was giving me a lot of grief today, (kept freezing while formatting the hard drive) so I popped in a Mandrake 8.0 disc just to see if the install would complete.Anyways, now ...

Partitioning means writing the hard drive sectors that will make up the partition table. It contains information on the partition, including sector size, position with respect to the primary partition ...

I've got a Lacie Big Disk extreme hooked up via FW400 to a Redhat 8 kernel in a cluster. I need more space and am planning to buy more of the disks, as they have worked great for what I need (I ...

Fedora Linux makes sharing data with your workers or between devices at your office simple with "Disks," a partitioning and formatting utility.

Figure D Formatting a LUKS-encrypted partition with GNOME Disks. Once you’ve formatted the partition, it will now easily be accessible (as opposed to having to go through command line hoops).