Questions tagged [ext]
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Opening DD image in 7zip
For some time, i have used DD images at work to quickly transfer a linux image to a new harddrive in case the old one broke. It works great, no complains.
But, i needed to get a file from the image a ...
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BIOS doesn't recognize ext3 drive
I made a bootable usb with linux mint installed onto it, I tried formatting it as ext3 and ext4 but no luck, on my laptop's bios at least. It works on my main rig, but not my laptop, yet to try any ...
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How to read a Mac or Linux hard drive on Windows? [duplicate]
I have a Hard Drive. But I don't remember what is there. I think is Linux File System or MacOS File System.
How I can see what is on that Hard Drive using Windows or some LiveCD ?
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debugfs does not stat filename with spaces
I'm using debugfs to stat a filename with spaces. The file exists, but I get this message (same message if I change spaces by \ or write the filename between simple quotes):
$ sudo debugfs -R "stat /...
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why is my kernel/grub/fstab mounting my partition as EXT2 when its EXT4?
so i am confused i recentl did full upgrade and since then i am unable to properly automatically mount my / partition yet /home partition mounts succsefully
here is some info before we start, this is ...
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How do filesystems support "legacy" style booting?
I am in the process of writing a simple OS bootloader (first booting in legacy mode). After understanding the boot process (MBR loading the VBR, etc) I began looking into the specifications for ...
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Is it safe to convert NTFS to ext2 with anyconvertfs?
I want to convert an NTFS filesystem (never used with Windows, and no use of any special features - just a bunch of files. Not even any hard links / symlinks / etc.) to ext2.
I know it's possible to ...
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how to delete the partition after mkfs
we created the ext file system on new sdd disk as the follwing
mkfs.ext4 -j -m 0 /dev/sdd -F
in order to get the disk as was before mkfs
I guess we need to delete the partition that created by ...
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Opposite of the `mkfs.ext4` command [duplicate]
is it possible to reverse after make mkfs.ext4 ?
mkfs.ext4 -j -m 0 /dev/sdb -F
for example we create file system on new device - sdb ( no any data on sdb )
mkfs.ext4 -j -m 0 /dev/sdb -F
now we ...
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Is there a way to recover deleted files after removing NTFS partitions?
I have windows disk. I accidentally remove its partitions and created Linux ext3 partition. I know that there is recovery software. I don't know before using software should I delete that volume or I ...
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How do I identify the cause of e2fsck abort
After a recent system failure several of my filesystems are broken. And even e2fsck fails to repair them.
Surprisingly e2fsck lacks the so called debug or verbose mode and just writes e2fsck: ...
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How do I modify an ext filesystem item given its inode number?
How do I modify a file/directory given their inode numbers?
Those inodes do not appear on a mounted filesystem as traversable directories / readable files and as such are undiscoverable by find ...
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When will fsck run if maximum mount count is -1?
I am trying to determine if fsck will run on reboot. I run this command dumpe2fs -h /dev/(diskname) and get this result:
Mount count: 13
Maximum mount count: -1
AFAIK fsck will run ...
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Why DD output image file is larger than the source partition/runs out of space while copying partition to a file
DD output image file is larger than the source partition and DD runs out of space on the target partition(where the image is created) despite it being larger than the source partition.
I am trying ...
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How can I use my Android partitions for Windows?
I have a dual-boot Android/Windows mini PC.
How can I make I use the Android partitions for Windows, without breaking the Android to much?
(I have external disks, but there are some things like SWAP ...
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