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Understanding filesystem types



Managing filesystem types
        The relationship between the filesystem and the storage device
                Formatting the storage device
                        Partitions on the storage device
                        Size limitations on a filesystem
                Data integrity and caching disk controllers
                        Avoiding filesystem damage
                        Administering filesystems on caching disk devices
                        Do you suspect filesystem damage?
        The s5 filesystem type
                The s5 boot block
                The s5 superblock
                s5 inodes
                        What does an s5 inode contain?
                s5 storage blocks
                s5 free blocks
        The ufs filesystem type
                The ufs cylinder group map
                The ufs boot block
                The ufs superblock
                ufs inodes
                        What does a ufs inode contain?
                ufs storage blocks
                ufs free blocks
                Quotas on the ufs filesystem
                        Using quotas
                        What effect do quotas have on the user?
                Time and space optimization
        The sfs filesystem type
                The sfs inodes
        The vxfs filesystem type
                Fast filesystem recovery for vxfs
                Extent-based allocation on a vxfs filesystem
                Enhanced data integrity on a vxfs filesystem
                vxfs disk space allocation
                vxfs disk layout
                        The vxfs Version 1 disk layout
                        The vxfs version 2 disk layout
                        The vxfs version 3 disk layout
                        The vxfs version 4 disk layout
        The bfs filesystem type
                The bfs superblock
                bfs inodes
                bfs storage blocks
                        Managing bfs data blocks
                        Compaction
        The memfs filesystem type
        The dosfs filesystem type
                The boot sector
                The file allocation table
                The root directory
                The files area
        Administering filesystems
                The generic administrative commands
                        Invoking the administrative commands
                The vfstab filesystem table
                        What does the vfstab filesystem table do?
                Commands for sfs filesystems
                Listing installed filesystem types
                Identifying the type of an unmounted filesystem
                Choosing a logical block size
                        What to consider when choosing a logical block size
                Creating a filesystem with mkfs
                Using mkfs to create an s5 filesystem
                Using mkfs to create a ufs filesystem
                Using mkfs to create an sfs filesystem
                        Using mkfs to create a vxfs filesystem
                Using mkfs to create a bfs filesystem
                        Defining a new boot filesystem on a bootable disk
        Moving and copying filesystems
                Step 1: copying the source filesystem
                        Copying a filesystem with cpio
                        Copying a filesystem with volcopy
                Steps 2 and 3: Removing the source filesystem and editing vfstab
        Mounting and unmounting filesystems
                Examples of mounting filesystems
                Mounting filesystems from a diskette
                Unmounting a filesystem
                Choosing a mount mode
                        The mincache=closesync mode
                        The blkclear mode
        Quick reference guide to managing filesystem types

Overview of VERITAS product documentation on UnixWare 7 systems
        Which VERITAS products are licensed on your system?
        Where to read about the VERITAS filesystem (VxFS)
        Where to read about Visual Administrator (VxVA)
        Where to read about Volume Manager (VxVM)
                Topics that do not apply to the VxVM ``basic'' and Mirroring products