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Linux File System

  • 21-02-2012 6:05pm
    #1
    adocholiday
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,016 ✭✭✭


    Hi all,

    Just want to check something. Setting up debian 6.0 and need some help with partitioning. I'm very new to Linux and am struggling to understand the different file systems. With Windows you have FAT, FAT32 & NTFS. I basically want the equivalent of a system files partition(FAT32) and a user files partition(NTFS) on Linux Debian.

    Hope I'm making sense. I'm at the point where I have partitioned the drive and it's given me the following summary:

    #1 Primary: 20GB ext3 \
    #5 Logical: 750mb swap swap
    #6 Logical: 50GB ext3 \home

    I want to be able to secure the user files, to be stored in #6. Is ext3 suitable for this? Also might change the Primary to FAT32 or is it better to leave at ext3? Really confused about the whole thing!


Comments

  • #2
    Torqay
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,835 ✭✭✭Torqay


    Just leave it as it is. If you really have to "secure" files, you can always do this through a Linux Live CD (unless the drive is physically damaged).


  • #3
    adocholiday
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,016 ✭✭✭adocholiday


    Thanks!


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