Some Other Supported File Systems - Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE DESKTOP 10 SP2 - DEPLOYMENT GUIDE 08-05-2008 Deployment Manual

22.3 Some Other Supported File
Systems
Table 22.1, "File System Types in Linux"
supported by Linux. They are supported mainly to ensure compatibility and interchange
of data with different kinds of media or foreign operating systems.
Table 22.1 File System Types in Linux
cramfs
hpfs
iso9660
minix
msdos
ncpfs
nfs
smbfs
sysv
ufs
(page 477) summarizes some other file systems
Compressed ROM file system: A compressed read-only file sys-
tem for ROMs.
High Performance File System: The IBM OS/2 standard file
system—only supported in read-only mode.
Standard file system on CD-ROMs.
This file system originated from academic projects on operating
systems and was the first file system used in Linux. Today, it is
used as a file system for floppy disks.
fat, the file system originally used by DOS, is today used by
various operating systems.
File system for mounting Novell volumes over networks.
Network File System: Here, data can be stored on any machine
in a network and access may be granted via a network.
Server Message Block is used by products such as Windows to
enable file access over a network.
Used on SCO UNIX, Xenix, and Coherent (commercial UNIX
systems for PCs).
Used by BSD, SunOS, and NeXTSTEP. Only supported in read-
only mode.
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