FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER

UNDERSTANDING COMPUTER FILES

FILE SYSTEMS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Partitions allow for two or more file systems, such as those for Windows and Linux, on a single computer. (T) or (F)
A
True
B
False
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Yes. Just pick your partitioning tool of choice, slice up the drive in whatever manner you wish and format each partition. Just remember that with MBR drives, you cannot have more than 4 partitions unless you create an extended partition to contain the additional partitions. Yes, it’s very easy to do so.

Detailed explanation-2: -A Linux file system is a structured collection of files on a disk drive or a partition. A partition is a segment of memory and contains some specific data. In our machine, there can be various partitions of the memory. Generally, every partition contains a file system.

Detailed explanation-3: -Linux allows only 4 primary partitions. You can have a much larger number of logical partitions by sub-dividing one of the primary partitions. Only one of the primary partitions can be sub-divided.

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