File-system types supported

The mount(8) man page provides a detailed description of all the various filesystem types which can be used in /etc/fstab. The man pages are very good so I won't go into much detail;

However here is a summary:

• affs - I have know idea what this is, if anyone else does please enlighten me.
• coherent.
• ext - Don't use this. ext has been superseded by ext2.
• ext2 - The standard Linux filesystem. (NB, this has nothing to do with extended partitions.)
• fat - DOS.
• hpfs - OS/2 High Performance File System.
• iso9660 - CD-ROM's. Supports Rock Ridge extensions by default.
• minix - can be useful for floppy disks.
• msdos - Just fat with some addtional error checking.
• nfs - Network FileSystem. Dealt with later.
• proc - The process psudeo-filesystem now standard in Linux.
• smb - Another network filesystem. Compatable with WFW, and NT. See Samba.
• ufs - Unix FileSystem.
• unsdos - Unix filesystem on a FAT partition.
• vfat - MS's kludge of FAT to provide long filenames.
• xenix
• xiafs

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