Questions tagged [ext]
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use windows boot to restore files permissions
Accidently, I have done sudo chown to all my files - recursively, from the root directory. so my ubuntu is no longer bootable.
I'm trying to be creative, and as my computer has a dual boot windows ...
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My Nas made a JBOD on 2 drives
Thank you for reading this message and helping me.
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I recently had a NAS (DNS320L) that was faulty and I sent it back.
It was a 2 bay NAS and I has a WD Green 1TB drive and a WD Red 4TB ...
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Speed Comparison Hard Drive( Speficilally NTFS and EXT Linux)
How would I measure the speed of my hard drive for tons of different files?
(I would like to create a chart for the NTFS and the ext file systems)
I'm planning to use NTFS for my home directory so I ...
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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 does Windows use an ext4 filesystem in a VirtualBox?
I run Windows XP in a Virtual Box on my Ubuntu 14.04 laptop. I've set the shared folder access so I can access (read and write) the files on my ext4 /home partition.
However, I've often wondered ...
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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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Speedup SMB by changing NTFS to ext4
I'm using a RaspberryPi with SMB and an external USB HDD for storage.
I have only 2MB/s upload on it (via Ethernet/WiFi).
After investigating, I think NTFS on the storage drive is the bottleneck, ...
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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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How can I prevent Windows 8 from trying to format my external ext3-format hard disk? [duplicate]
How can I prevent Windows 8 from trying to format my external ext3-format hard disk?
Every time I connect my ext3-format hard disk for the guest virtual machine(ubuntu), Windows(host) shows the ...
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Is there a way to store a slash in a filename?
Is there a way to have a slash "/" in a filename? The "real" slash, not some other Unicode symbol. The file system should be FAT16/32 and Ext4.
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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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