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Can I access data from single HDD of RAID-1 (Software based RAID)?
I had a machine running Linux Server (Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS) on a M.2 NVMe SSD, and have connected 2 four TB NAS HDD with software based RAID-1 configuration (Linux RAID1 and formatted as EXT4 partition)....
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What happens (how to control what happens) to the unused part (unused tail) of a block when writing a small file to a larger block?
When I write a new, small file (a few hundreds of bytes) to my ext4 filesystem, if I understand well (I am not a specialist of filesystems):
i) a 4KiB block (with my present filesystem and filesystem ...
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Formatting/permanently mounting an nvme1n1 type drive on Ubuntu 22.04
I have an EC2 instance (Ubuntu 22.04), that I would like to add an additional 20 GB drive to. I used the AWS console to create a new 20GB drive, and attached to my instance.
When I do lsblk:
NAME ...
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code=exited, status=1/FAILURE on mkfs.ext4 in Ubuntu
I stopped this service and now when I attempt to start it I get the following error:
Is there a way I can find out why the first process is failing?
systemctl status crmpicco-admin.service
● crmpicco-...
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Creating automatic backups with rsync from ext4 file system to afps file system on another device (local network)
I shared an external hard drive (AFPS file format) on my macosx via local file sharing to my ubuntu server (ext4 file format). I would like to use rsync to automatically sync folders from the ext4 ...
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Resizing Ubuntu partition with resize2fs
I have an AWS EC2 instance running on Ubuntu 16.04.
It has a 2TB ext4 partition which I am trying to resize to 6TB. I have updated the AWS volume to 6TB without difficulties.
On the instance I used ...
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What causes a filesystem to get corrupted?
I just went through the following: When rebooting my Ubuntu PC, I got a message that welcomed me to emergency mode. Following the instructions from another stackoverflow post, I ended up running fsck....
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ext4 vs EXFAT: Storage size difference
I have 2 hard drives, one is EXT4 and one is EXFAT. Both are 8TB, and both contain the same files.
However, if I look at the amount of space being used in Gparted on Ubuntu, there is a big difference. ...
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Resizing ext4 partition of a guest Ubuntu on vmdk on ESXi 6.0
I have rather old ESXi 6.0 that hosts a vm with Ubuntu. I need to increase the disk for it.
I don't have vmware-vdiskmanager as advised in https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/1004047
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system generally slow when hard disk is nearly full
I am using Ubuntu. I have a root partition and a separate, large ext4 data partition. The data partition has ~2GB free according to df and with that, things are fine.
I experience a repeatable ...
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Why do disk errors appear in dmesg output even though fsck has not been run?
I have an 8TiB disk attached via UBS3 and formatted into 3 EXT3 partitions which I use as a backup drive (it's plugged into a SATA cradle).
The disk has been attached and mounted for several days ...
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NTFS vs Ext4 - Reliability [closed]
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I have an NTFS formatted external drive attached to my Ubuntu 18.04LTS system that I use for temporary staging of files - some video files, some large archives receive from clients, lots ...
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How do I Edit ext4 filesystem data file
I have an ext4 filesystem data file myfile.bin
file myfile.bin gives
Linux rev 1.0 ext4 filesystem data, UUID=...... (needs journal recovery) (extents) (large files) (huge files)
I am able to ...
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Recover secondary drive
I haven't been able to mount my secondary hard drive, and I am unsure as to the error. This happens when I try mounting through Nautilus:
I tried sudo fsck.ext4 -y /dev/sdb1 and sudo fsck /dev/sdb ...
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Filesystem immediately stops working after hotswap disk inserted in secondary controller
I have a computer with one 250GiB SSD disk connected to first onboard SATA connector which holds one EFI partition and one root partition (ubuntu 19.04).
The computer also has a second discrete SAS ...
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