Questions tagged [ext2]
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Is there a way to make ext-filesystems use less space for themselves in Linux?
I have a bunch of external and internal HDDs that I use on a Linux system. I only have Linux systems, so using a Linux file-system would only make sense, right? However I'm currently using NTFS ...
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Ubuntu Server: Cannot delete file "x", Structure needs cleaning
I have a game server hosted on my Ubuntu Server 16.04 and out of the blue I cannot start/restart it because of the following file:
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Accessing EXT2 drive from "Bash on Ubuntu on Windows"
I am wondering if it is possible to access a EXT2 formatted partition from Bash in Windows 10. I already have "Ext2 IFS For Windows", so I am able to read/write to this partition from Windows explorer ...
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Two identical discs differ in allocated/free space
I have two discs labeled T1 and T2 with ext2 filesystem on them connected through USB port into computer.
They are identical copies, I synchronize them regularly with rsync -ahvt --delete --progress ...
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Creating Ext2 partition using free windows tool
I want to intsall Linux on my hard drive on a seperate patition. Unfortunately, I can't find a free tool that will format a partition to ext2/3/4, and I can't access the windows made partition from an ...
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On a FAT32 filesystem there was a file with ext2 filesystem image. Now it's truncated. How do I restore?
How do I restore ext2 filesytem that was stored on FAT32 volume in a file which got truncated? Is there analogue of reiserfs's --rebuild-tree option to restore filesystem from content?
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"cannot create hard link X to Y: Operation not permitted" on ext2 drive from cygwin cp -al
/cygdrive/d/ is a USB hard disk formatted as ext2 and mounted with ext2fsd.
When I try cp -al /cygdrive/d/X /cygdrive/d/Y where X is a file, I get the error in the title.
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Using a memory stick containing multiple Ext2 filesystems in Windows?
I have a memory stick which I have formatted to contain two ext2 partitions on my Ubuntu computer, one 2 GB and one 6 GB. I would like to use them on my Windows 7 computer now.
I am aware of Ext2Fsd ...
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Running fsck from cygwin shell?
I need to be able to check / fix file system errors on SD cards from a win7 box. I had hoped to use e2fsck from cygwin but am having some issues getting this to work. (SD cards are used to boot ...
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Accesing EXT3 partition form WIN XP
I have WIN XP partition on my PC. It is used from time to time, but I need access to one particular EXT3 formatted Linux filesystem in read/write mode.
Sourceforge offers Ext2Fsd. Nice, but it works ...
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How to create ext2 image without superuser rights?
I need to generate several ext2 images.
The obvious way to do that is to create an image, mount it & copy the content. But it requires root permissions twice (to chown the files and to mount the ...
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ext4 integration in windows 8 - access through explorer
I know there are similar questions; however none I could find that addressed accessing ext4 through explorer, most others simply use a third party application.
However, my question is; is there a way ...
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FreeNAS 8 and ext fs
i'm trying out freenas8 for my personal NAS, i have lots of data that was in an ubuntu server, but somehow i never got the file sharing right. on freenas things just worked. i installed on usb, tried ...
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Bad blocks detected by fsck. SMART says disk is good
Using Ubuntu 12.04, I booted into maintenance mode and selected fsck from the menu. This ran a filesystem check on all my volumes (all ext2), mounting them read/write by default. After the tests ...
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Which file-system is good for movable disk between many different OSs?
I often use movable disk (USB) to change data between different OSs, almost four kinds -- Linux, Windows, Mac OS X, FreeBSD. Obviously, VFAT is supported in all kinds of OSs. But the short is: It ...
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