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  • CentOS 7 Partition Management with fdisk Utility

    CentOS or Red Hat Linux is a popular server operating system to the system administrators. Almost all the system admins or IT guys who play with mail server, file server, proxy server and so on are so known with CentOS or Red Hat Linux and cannot go a single day without this operating system. The guys who are also wish to be a system admin should be familiar with CentOS or Red Hat operating system. In my previous article, I discussed how to install CentOS 7 step by step with GUI mode (GNOME Desktop) or CLI mode (minimal installation). I also discussed how to configure network with nmtui tool as well as editing network files. In this article, I will discuss how to manage CentOS 7 or Red Hat 7 Linux partition with the fdisk tool. But before going to start, we should have some basic idea on the following terms. File System In computer system, a File System defines how data or information is stored and retrieved from a storage disk. In Windows Operating System, the popular file systems are FAT32 and NTFS. On the other hand in Linux Operating System, the popular file systems are ext2, ext3, ext4, [...]

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    Managing Disk Partition with the parted Tool in CentOS 7 |   March 2, 2019

    As a system administrator, sometimes you may require to manage partitions of your CentOS/Red Hat Linux Operating System. Partition management is always a risky task. But there are some useful tools those are so helpful to manage CentOS/Red Hat Linux disk partition easily. In my previous article, I discussed how to manage CentOS/Red Hat 7 HDD partitions with the fdisk utility. The fdisk tool is only eligible to manage MBR partition table. But GPT partition table is now becoming more [...]

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    How to Mount USB Device in CentOS 7 (NTFS and Linux FS) |   February 18, 2019

    USB Hard Disk Drive or USB Flash Drive (Pen drive) is a popular external device that can be used to backup data or transfer data from one device to other device. In GUI (Graphical User Interface) Operating System such as Window or GNOME Desktop in Linux can automatically mount USB device and can show data in it if the File System of that device is supported. But all users do not like or always do not have GUI mode of [...]

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    How to Block VPN Access with MikroTik Router |   May 14, 2019

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    Red Hat/CentOS Network Configuration |   August 4, 2017

    Red Hat/CentOS network configuration or IP configuration is an important task to a Linux system administrator. After completing RedHat 7/ CentOS 7 fresh installation, you have to first configure your system network so that it can communicate to other network devices. In my previous article, I discussed how to install CentOS 7 core packages successfully on your physical machine. If you are a new CentOS 7 user and yet you have not installed CentOS on your machine, feel free to study [...]

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    How to Import SSL Certificate in MikroTik RouterOS |   January 16, 2022

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    How to Install MikroTik CHR on VMware Workstation |   September 9, 2019

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