# Disk Management

| Command                                                             | Description                                               | Example                                                                 |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| <mark style="color:red;">**lsblk**</mark>                           | List information about block devices (disks, partitions). | lsblk → Displays block devices and their mount points.                  |
| <mark style="color:red;">**fdisk**</mark>                           | Partition table manipulator for Linux.                    | sudo fdisk -l → Lists all partitions on all devices.                    |
| <mark style="color:red;">**mount \[device] \[mount\_point]**</mark> | Mount a file system to a directory.                       | sudo mount /dev/sda1 /mnt → Mounts /dev/sda1 to \* /mnt\*.              |
| <mark style="color:red;">**umount \[mount\_point]**</mark>          | Unmount a file system.                                    | sudo umount /mnt → Unmounts \* /mnt\*.                                  |
| <mark style="color:red;">**chroot**</mark>                          | Change the root directory for the current process.        | sudo chroot /mnt → Changes root to \* /mnt\*.                           |
| <mark style="color:red;">**resize2fs**</mark>                       | Resize ext2/ext3/ext4 file systems.                       | sudo resize2fs /dev/sda1 → Resizes the file system on \* /dev/sda1\*.   |
| <mark style="color:red;">**fsck**</mark>                            | File system consistency check.                            | sudo fsck /dev/sda1 → Checks and repairs file system on \* /dev/sda1\*. |
| <mark style="color:red;">**swapoff**</mark>                         | Disable swapping on devices.                              | sudo swapoff /dev/sda2 → Disables swapping on \* /dev/sda2\*.           |
| <mark style="color:red;">**swapon**</mark>                          | Enable swapping on devices.                               | sudo swapon /dev/sda2 → Enables swapping on \* /dev/sda2\*.             |
| <mark style="color:red;">**mount -o loop \[iso] \[dir]**</mark>     | Mount an ISO file as a loop device.                       | sudo mount -o loop image.iso /mnt → Mounts image.iso to \* /mnt\*.      |
| <mark style="color:red;">**lsof**</mark>                            | List open files and processes using them.                 | lsof → Lists all open files and the processes using them.               |


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