Tables G-7 and G-8 show differences in Linux and Solaris disk and filesystem management and configuration tasks.
Task
Solaris
Linux
Create device files for new device
devfsadm
udev
Create partitions on the disk
format or fmthard
fdisk or parted
Display partition table
prtvtoc
Maximum usable partitions
7
15 for SCSI 63 for IDE
[*] Table A-14 of IBM Redbook
Run multiple tasks in a GUI environment
N/A
Format a disk
format
fdisk
Check a file system
fsck
Mount a filesystem
mount
Display available filesystem space
df
Partition a disk
List a volume's table of contents
Format a filesystem
newfs or mkfs
mkfs
Unmount a filesystem
umount
Back up filesystems, files, directories
ufsdump
dump
Restore filesystems, files, directories
ufsrestore
restore
Change a filesystem
tunefs
RHEL and SLES: resize2ext SLES: resize_reiserfs
Display filesystem information
cat /etc/vfstab
cat /etc/fstab
Display filesystem mount table
/etc/mtab
[*] Table A-15 of IBM Redbook