A customer has a Linux desktop and is installing a 3TB HDD. The customer wants to use only half of its capacity right now, but would like to be able to increase the size of the partition at a later…

The correct answer is B. Ext4. Ext4 is the standard Linux filesystem and natively supports online partition resizing (growing a partition without unmounting it) using tools like resize2fs. This makes it ideal when the user wants to start with a smaller partition and expand it later. NTFS is a Windows…

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A customer has a Linux desktop and is installing a 3TB HDD. The customer wants to use only half of its capacity right now, but would like to be able to increase the size of the partition at a later date. Which of the following filesystem types would the customer's drive require?

Options

ANTFS
BExt4
CHFS
DFAT32

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B
96% (23)
D
4% (1)

Explanation

Ext4 is the standard Linux filesystem and natively supports online partition resizing (growing a partition without unmounting it) using tools like resize2fs. This makes it ideal when the user wants to start with a smaller partition and expand it later. NTFS is a Windows filesystem (though Linux can read/write it, it's not native). HFS/HFS+ is Apple's filesystem. FAT32 is a legacy filesystem with a 2TB maximum volume size limit, making it unsuitable for a 3TB drive entirely. Ext4 also handles large drive sizes well and is the natural choice for a Linux system.

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