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10. Filesystems

10.1 Minix fs support(minix.o).


Load command:
        /sbin/insmod minix.o

        No module parameters.

10.2 Extended fs support (ext.o).


Load command:
        /sbin/insmod ext.o

        No module parameters.

10.3 Second extended fs support (ext2.o).


Load command:
        /sbin/insmod ext2.o

        No module parameters.

10.4 xiafs filesystem support (xiafs.o).


Load command:
        /sbin/insmod xiafs.o

        No module parameters.

10.5 DOS FAT fs support (fat.o).


Load command:
        /sbin/insmod fat.o

        No module parameters.

10.6 MSDOS fs support (msdos.o).


Load command:
        /sbin/insmod msdos.o

        No module parameters.
        Depends on fat.o.

10.7 VFAT (Windows-95) fs support (vfat.o).


Load command:
        /sbin/insmod vfat.o

        No module parameters.
        Depends on fat.o.

10.8 UMSDOS: Unix like fs on top of std MSDOS FAT fs (umsdos.o).


Load command:
        /sbin/insmod vfat.o

        No module parameters.
        Depends on fat.o and msdos.o.

10.9 NFS filesystem support (nfs.o).


Load command:
        /sbin/insmod nfs.o

        No module parameters.

10.10 SMB filesystem support (to mount WfW shares etc..) (smbfs.o).

smbfs is a filesystem which understands the SMB protocol. This is the protocol Windows for Workgroups, Windows NT or Lan Manager use to talk to each other. smbfs was inspired by samba, the program written by Andrew Tridgell that turns any unix host into a file server for DOS or Windows clients. See ftp://nimbus.anu.edu.au/pub/tridge/samba/ for this interesting program suite and lots of more information on SMB and NetBIOS over TCP/IP. There you also find explanation for concepts like netbios name or share.

To use smbfs, you need a special mount program, which can be found in the ksmbfs package, found on sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/system/Filesystems/smbfs.


Load command:
        /sbin/insmod smbfs.o

        No module parameters.

10.11 NCP filesystem support (to mount NetWare volumes) (ncpfs.o).

ncpfs is a filesystem which understands the NCP protocol, designed by the Novell Corporation for their NetWare(tm) product. NCP is functionally similar to the NFS used in the tcp/ip community. To mount a Netware-Filesystem, you need a special mount program, which can be found in ncpfs package. Homesite for ncpfs is ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/misc/ncpfs, but sunsite and its many mirrors will have it as well.

Related products are linware and mars_nwe, which will give Linux partial NetWare Server functionality.

Linware's home site is: klokan.sh.cvut.cz/pub/linux/linware,

Mars_nwe can be found on ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/misc/ncpfs.


Load command:
        /sbin/insmod ncpfs.o

        No module parameters.

        Depends on ipx.o

10.12 ISO9660 cdrom filesystem support (isofs.o).


Load command:
        /sbin/insmod isofs.o

        No module parameters.

10.13 OS/2 HPFS filesystem support (read only) (hpfs.o)


Load command:
        /sbin/insmod hpfs.o

        No module parameters.

10.14 System V and Coherent filesystem support (sysv.o).

This is the implementation of the SystemV/Coherent filesystem for Linux.

It implements all of


Load command:
        /sbin/insmod sysv.o

        No module parameters.

10.15 Amiga FFS filesystem support (affs.o).


Load command:
        /sbin/insmod affs.o

        No module parameters.

10.16 UFS filesystem support (read only) (ufs.o).

Apparently for mounting disks with FreeBSD and/or Sun partitions. No documentation exists, apart from The Source.


Load command:
        /sbin/insmod ufs.o

        No module parameters.


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