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How to determine, with certainty, the filesystem type of a partition from the outputs of the Linux "file -s" command?
My problem is to decode the output of the command file -s /dev/sdX on my system (where /dev/sdX is the device file associated to a USB key). Below I'll show the output of the command file -s /dev/sdX ...
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In a yocto distribution the ntfs file system of a USB key is mounted read-only?
To enable the mount of USB key formatted with file system ntfs I have created the following configuration fragment file: CONFIG_NTFS_FS=m # CONFIG_NTFS_DEBUG is not set CONFIG_NTFS_RW=y This file ...
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Ntfsfix "Volume is corrupt. You should run chkdsk." even after chkdsk
Recently on my NTFS drive I encountered that I can't do any write: remove or create things. I ran ntfsfix /dev/sda3. Not mounted Mounting volume... Error opening read-only '/dev/sda3': Permission ...
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Why is the ext4 file system so sensitive to crashes? [closed]
I've been using Linux on ext4 file systems for many years - before that I used Windows on NTFS for many years. The ext4 file system strikes me as much more sensitive to crashes than NTFS. If I had a ...
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Current Linux support for symbolic links (symlinks) for NTFS 3.1
Symbolic links have been expanded in Windows, previously available only through administrative privileges. Linux is documented as supporting NTFS 3.1, the version shipped in Windows 10. What ...
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File timestamps on different OSes
Are file timestamps (Created/birth, accessed and modified) the same on different OSes? Particularly on Windows and Linux. I downloaded a file which is modified on Windows and its timestamps looked ...
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SSD doesn't respond to anything after trying to reformat broken NTFS on it
A week ago or so my windows 10 completely died and took my windows apps partition with it. I was however able to access all data from within my linux, so I did what any person would do and copied any ...
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No space left on device in Linux although enough disk space and inode available
I ran into this problem when copying a lot of files using tar -cf - * | (cd ../bar; tar -xf - );. I did search on the issue, and found the below suggestions, none of which worked for me. This problem ...
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Allow all users to use chmod on a NTFS file system
Issue: I have a dual-boot PC, Ubuntu / Windows 10, that share access to a NTFS disk partition (mounted as /DATA/ in Ubuntu). I need to avoid the "Permission denied" error when a chmod ...
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What am I doing wrong when formatting my flash drive to NTFS?
Before the attempt to format a flash drive: $ sudo fdisk -l ... ... Disk /dev/sdc: 7.32 GiB, 7864320000 bytes, 15360000 sectors Disk model: DataTraveler 3.0 Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes ...
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Mount Optane NVMe SSD for data recovery
Environment: MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMmds+. shawn@shawn-P67A-UD5-B3 MMm----::-://////////////oymNMd+` ----------------------- MMd /++ -sNMd: OS: Linux Mint 19.2 ...
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Would it be useful to convert NTFS to EXT4 with this system setup? [duplicate]
Consider the following system: Distribution: Devuan Beowulf. DRAM Memory: 16 GB. Linux kernel version: 5.10.0. Secondary storage: One SDD and one HDD. Used as a desktop, including software ...
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FileSystem that supports multiple datastreams per file
I've heard that NTFS supports having multiple datastreams in a single file. Where you can specify a stream to read or write from other than the main one. I see quite a bit of potential here, for ...
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Dont have write permission on a mounted ntfs drive
I have a dual boot system and multiple drives created in SSD. One partition is "Data" partition created from windows system and is of type ntfs. While accessing this drive from my Ubuntu OS, ...
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Can Linux corrupt the data on an NTFS partition?
I have read contradictory statements about NTFS support in Linux, for example here they say that NTFS is stable in Linux, while here they say that your NTFS data may get corrupted in Linux. So can ...
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