Introduction

This chapter starts with a discussion of the naming conventions for disk drives. This is followed by a discussion of disk administration, which covers formatting and partitioning disks. Finally, the chapter covers file system administration, which involves creating, checking, and mounting file systems along with monitoring their use.

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