When it comes to system administration, one of the earliest decisions to be made is how to configure swap space. Many readers already are thinking they know what to do: throw in as much RAM as you can ...

I'll be installing Linux soon on my W2k box (I'll be dual booting) and I'll need to access a data partition from both OSes.<P>What's the best file system for that partition?<P>FWIW, I'll be reading ...

In the comments on my recent posts about installing Linux on a netbook for a novice user (see my recommendations and my own results), someone mentioned that figuring out the disk partitioning was very ...

There are a number of Linux commands that will display file system types along with the file system names, mount points and such. Some will also display sizes and available disk space. The df command ...

System administration is a vital necessity of any computer system. However, most universities don't teach system administration. So where do people learn how to become system administrators? Basically ...