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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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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 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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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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Is there a way to edit files on a Linux ext partition in Windows? [duplicate]
Many times one wants to edit files on a Linux ext partition from Windows. Is there a way to view and edit files in Linux partitions in Windows 7 or 8?
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What does a "Copy/Cut & Paste" operation exactly consist of?
I understand the purpose of these operations. What I'd like to know is
1.What happens at the File System Level ? Does a new MFT entry for the copy get created in the
destination volume's MFT and ...
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How to solve mounted partition error in Debian 7
I installed MATE on Debian 7 (LXDE), and encountered problems with both ntfs and ext4 partitions when I mount any partitions (ntfs, ext) using MATE file manager (Caja). I don't recall how it was with ...
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Is there an archive flag in ext2/ext3/ext4 or how does incremental backup works in Linux?
I am wondering, does an ext2/ext3/ext4 file system (and Linux) support "archive flags". At Windows it is quite convenient to do an incremental backup because the archive flag is automatically set if a ...
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Fixing lost symbolic link status [closed]
I have a couple of soft symbolic links that have lost their link status and have become normal files containing
link TARGET_FILE_LOCATION
I searched quite a bit to find a way to restore their link ...
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How to mount ext partitions on Windows 8 [duplicate]
I have Linux installed on my PC along with Linux (Ubuntu). How can I access files from Windows 8 which are present on the Linux's partition?
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What are good permissions for a USB disk when security does not matter?
I have an ext4 formatted usb hard disk, I want to use to move between different computers with different users. How should I set its directories' permissions it, so that every user can r/w? What ...
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Making a computer with a single storage-device and bad supply of power more reliable [closed]
If you were willing to sacrifice the effective performance and capacity of a storage-device, can you get extra reliability somehow?
All help appreciated.
Edit: I found this wikilink: http://en....
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Can a hard drive be spinned down when using ext3 filesystem?
Recently a buddy of mine has pointed out in his blog (in Russian) that hard drives that use the ext3 filesystem can not be spun down because of the need to frequently write data. According to him, it ...
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ext3 disk space problems
I ran out of disk space the other day (quite common on this particular computer). As usual I started to delete files and directories to restore a bit of space.
However this time the file system still ...
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