Questions tagged [ext3]
ext3, or third extended filesystem, is a journaled file system that is commonly used by the Linux kernel. It is the default file system for many popular Linux distributions.
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Hard drive size 'loss' using EXT3 Filesystem
We have an Ubuntu backup server with removeable hard drives in caddys.
They are standard IDE/PATA, it came to light that although the drives in the caddys are 160GB in size they where only ...
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How to extend a Linux ext3 partition?
I have the following partitions on my HDD:
I want to extend my Linux partition /dev/sda6 with the unallocated space of ~1GB above it.
But when I right click on this partition the option to „resize/...
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How can I format an SD card with a more robust Linux-usable filesystem with a specific cluster size for better write performace?
Goal: microSD card formatted...
for best write performance
for use only with embedded Linux
for better reliability (random power failures may occur)
using an 64kB cluster size
I'm using an 8GB ...
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How can I get access to EXT2, EX3 and EXT4 partitions on Windows 7?
I tried all programs recommended to mount Linux partitions like EXT2 or EXT3 or even EXT4 but no one can do well on Windows 7 32 bit.
I want to access read-write, is there a program that can do this?
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Fsck says read block too short
Yesterday I left my Ubuntu laptop alone for a bit, and the power cable got knocked out, so the computer got shut down. Upon starting it up, it insisted on running fsck, which failed, asking me to run ...
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How to convert ext3 partition to use encrypted file system without losing data?
My embedded Linux device have 2 partitions:
small root partition containing OS
big data partition which uses ext3
I want to encrypt the data partition by using an encrypted file system. I don't want ...
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How to see recent file changes on ext3 file system?
Looks like I don't understand the journaling facilities of ext3fs.
I use a Linux server system with a lot of other users having sudo rights. The problem is that often config files are getting changed ...
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Linux - how to format multiple file systems within one file?
I need to create a disk image with two empty file systems. I have created it using
dd if=/dev/zero of=./disk.img bs=1MiB count=1024
Next, I have created 2 primary partitions using fdisk disk.img; ...
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How can I mount ext3 with restricted permissions, like setting uid, gid and umask?
I want to mount an ext3 filesystem on a device with uid, gid, umask options set. When I use these options during mount, I get an error.
Below is the command I am using to mount:
mount -t ext3 -o uid=...
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Shrink EXT3 and Expand NTFS
I have a partition table that looks like this:
[root@tower ~]# fdisk /dev/sda
WARNING: DOS-compatible mode is deprecated. It's strongly recommended to
switch off the mode (command 'c') and ...
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Read ext3 filesystem on Mac OS X Snow Leopard
I want to read and copy an ext3 file system on mac os x snow leopard.
Search points to using macfuse (MacFUSE-2.0.3,2) with fuse ext2 (0.0.7)
Which seems to work, but copy stops with:
unexpected ...
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Calculate minimum ext3 partition size for certain amount of data
These following ext3 partitions contain identical data. As we can see, the larger the partition size, the more space is required for the same files:
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available ...
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How to mount Ext3 drive in Cygwin?
I want to mount and fully operate an Ext3-formatted USB drive in Cygwin under Windows XP. How can I do this?
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Command: How to format Ext2/Ext3 with Cygwin? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to format Ext2 in WinXP?
I just installed Cygwin, then i want to format my usb drive to Ext2/3/4 or any other Linux FS.
What do i need?
And, what is the command?
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Stuck choosing between ext4 and ext3 for the file system
I was in the process of installing Ubuntu 11.10, but got stuck choosing which file system to use.
ext3 and ext4; which is better for a personal desktop?
If ext4 is better, will it work well on my ...
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