Managing Partitions

Managing partitions involves organizing a storage device into separate, manageable sections called partitions. Each partition acts as an independent volume, allowing different file systems, operating systems, or data to be stored separately. Tools like parted, fdisk, and gparted are used to create, resize, and delete partitions. For systems using Logical Volume Manager (LVM), partitions are further abstracted into physical volumes, volume groups, and logical volumes, providing flexibility in managing disk space. Effective partition management ensures efficient use of disk space, better data organization, and easier system maintenance.

"Partition management in Linux: Because sometimes, organizing your disk is like organizing your closet — it’s messy at first, but eventually, you’ll find a place for everything (and hopefully, not lose anything important)!" 😅💾

Linux Partition Basics :

vishvam@ubuntu:~$ lsblk
sda                         8:0    0   25G  0 disk 
├─sda1                      8:1    0    1M  0 part 
├─sda2                      8:2    0  1.8G  0 part /boot
└─sda3                      8:3    0 23.2G  0 part 
  └─ubuntu--vg-ubuntu--lv 253:0    0 23.2G  0 lvm  /
sdb                         8:16   0    5G  0 disk 
└─sdb1                      8:17   0    5G  0 part /mnt/extended
sr0                        11:0    1    2G  0 rom  

The default path where all the disks are mounted is /dev/

• sda , sdb, sdX : They are all the physical disks

• sdaN : ex: (sda1, sda2) : They are all partitions inside the corresponding disks

• sr0 : It is the ram installed on the machine

Now we got some insights how to read the file system & now we will jump into partition management.

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We will learn some basic tools & framerwork used for partition management in linux file systems in the upcoming sections so please stay tuned ....