vfat Microsoft extended FAT (VFAT) file system.
umsdos An MS-DOS file system with extensions to allow features that are similar to UNIX
(including long filenames).
proc Not a real file system, but rather a file system interface to the Linux kernel. You
probably won??™t do anything special to set up a proc file system. However, the /proc
mount point should be a proc file system. Many utilities rely on /proc to gain access
to Linux kernel information.
reiserfs ReiserFS journaled file system. ReiserFS and ext3 are the most common file system
types used with Linux today.
swap Used for swap partitions. Swap areas are used to hold data temporarily when RAM is
currently used up. Data is swapped to the swap area and then returned to RAM when
it is needed again.
squashfs Compressed, read-only file system type. Squashfs is popular on live CDs, where there
is limited space and a read-only medium (such as a CD or DVD).
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Type Description
nfs Network File System (NFS) used to mount file systems on other Linux or UNIX
computers.
hpfs File system used to do read-only mounts of an OS/2 HPFS file system.
ncpfs This relates to Novell NetWare file systems. NetWare file systems can be mounted
over a network.
ntfs Windows NT file system.
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