Linux (and Unix) have generally referred to disk partitions by their "traditional" device name, such as /dev/sda2 or /dev/hda5. However, this kind of name for a particular partition can (and will ...

Managing Linux disks and the file systems that reside on them is something of an art – from setup to partitioning to monitoring performance.

Linux systems provide many ways to look at disk partitions. Here's a look at commands you can use to display useful information -- each providing a different format and with a different focus.

1. Device name: Linux disks are named sda, sdb and so on, with the partition's number added to the disk's device, so /dev/sda2 is the second partition on the first disk. 2.

It’s very likely that in a virtualized environment you will over/under provision resources to a VM. When it comes to shrinking or expanding a virtual hard disk things get a little complicated.

I could use diskutil to shrink the partition and then create a new partition, and copy the iso image (via dd) into that partition, and then boot Linux from the internal HD and do the upgrade.

If someone wants to run Linux while their current OS is Windows or macOS, the usual approach is dual-booting. That means partitioning the disk, installing Linux on it, shutting down your computer, and ...

I posted on here yesterday about my boot disk messing up when I upgraded to RH 7.3 from 7.2. Well I dual boot with WinXP, so I was unable to get into Linux after I discovered there was something ...

For years, I struggled with this problem—needing files from my Linux partition while working on Windows and having to reboot my system to get them.

If you decide that you want to run Linux exclusively (congratulations!) you can skip the next step and proceed directly to partitioning and allocating the disk space.