Ever wondered how Linux filesystems work? In this episode of Into the Terminal we will be starting with a command toolset to help you troubleshoot file system problems. Then, we will walk through how filesystem operations work. Finally we will use our understanding of operations and the tools we started the episode with to troubleshoot several common misconfigurations or issues people have with filesystems on Linux!
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Filesystem Hierarchy Standard
https://refspecs.linuxfoundation.org/FHS_3.0/fhs/index.html
Commands used:
lsblk, blkid, mount, df, du, lsof,
Chapters
00:00 Stream start
00:15 Introduction
00:55 File System Tools
07:23 Welcome
08:35 What is a filesystem?
12:46 Accessing my files
18:56 Minimal storage requirements
20:54 Troubleshooting inodes
29:09 Troubleshooting deleted files
35:48 Overmounted filesystems
43:16 Read-only filesystems
50:37 Wrap up