Basil Chupin wrote:
One most confusing thing I found when reading the Admin Manual - Encrypting Partitions and Files - is the somewhat ambigious use of the terms "partition" "file system" and "files" in this sentence quoted from the Manual,"As well as using a partition, it is possible to create enctypted files systems within single files for holding confidential data." Nice to get a translation of that.
File system = the entire Linux file structure, from "/" down. Partition = an area of the disk I don't agree 100% with your definition. A Partition is, as you say, an area of the disk. This is more of a physical definition. A File System is more confusing because the terminology can refer to a type of a file system, such as ext3 or reiserfs or to the logical information
On Tuesday 30 August 2005 9:39 am, James Knott wrote: that you place on a partition or floppy. In Unix/Linux terminology, you mount a file system. For instance, there is the root ('/') file system. If you have created 4 partitions: 1. /dev/hda1 - allocated as '/' (root) 2. /dev/hda2 - allocated as /home 3. /dev/hda3 - allocated as /usr/local 4. /dev/hda4 - allocated as swap Then you have the root file system, the /home file system and the /usr/local file system. -- Jerry Feldman <gaf@blu.org> Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9