FreeBSD® Unleashed

Chapter 9. The FreeBSD Filesystem

In This Chapter

• The FreeBSD Directory Structure

• Monitoring Filesystem Usage

• Mounting and Unmounting FreeBSD Filesystems

• Mounting and Unmounting Filesystems from Other Operating Systems

• Mounting and Unmounting CD-ROM and Floppy-Based Filesystems

• Understanding the /etc/fstab File

• Checking and Repairing Filesystems with fsck

• Setting and Enforcing User Filesystem Quotas

To understand how FreeBSD operates, it is essential to have a clear idea of how the system manages files, and the critical differences between FreeBSD's method and the way other operating systems do it.

FreeBSD uses FFS, the BSD Fast File System. It is a common misconception that modern BSD UNIXs use UFS (Universal or UNIX File System, depending on who you ...