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220-1002 · Question #654

An administrator is loading a new Linux server. Which of the following filesystems will the administrator MOST likely select for the primary partition?

The correct answer is C. ext3. ext3 (Third Extended Filesystem) is the correct choice for a Linux primary partition. It is a mature, journaling Linux-native filesystem with broad compatibility and stable performance. ExFAT (A) is a Microsoft format designed for flash/removable drives and cross-platform use…

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Question

An administrator is loading a new Linux server. Which of the following filesystems will the administrator MOST likely select for the primary partition?

Options

  • AExFAT
  • BNTFS
  • Cext3
  • DSwap

How the community answered

(19 responses)
  • C
    95% (18)
  • D
    5% (1)

Explanation

ext3 (Third Extended Filesystem) is the correct choice for a Linux primary partition. It is a mature, journaling Linux-native filesystem with broad compatibility and stable performance. ExFAT (A) is a Microsoft format designed for flash/removable drives and cross-platform use - not a Linux OS partition. NTFS (B) is the Windows filesystem; Linux can read/write it but would never use it as a native install target. Swap (D) is not a user-data filesystem at all - it is a dedicated partition used as virtual memory overflow and cannot host an OS installation.

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#Linux filesystem#ext3#partition types#file systems

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