Questions tagged [filesystems]
A filesystem is a way to organize and store computer files with their data.
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Not able to modify inode metadata
I am working on a ext4 file-system tool that aims to delete files such that they are not recoverable later on. My goal is to clear the inode metadata of a deleted file, but despite my efforts, the ...
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Moving the Desktop folder (Linux Mint 22.1 Cinnamon)
Recently, I accidentally dragged my "Desktop" folder into another folder (/home/[name]/Programs/). I have been trying to return the Desktop folder to its proper place, /home/[name]/. However,...
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Adding a Label to XFS devlog partition
Situation I am setting up a XFS filesystem with an external "devlog" partition. The reason I'm doing this is to save on costs a bit by making a large slow drive for data storage and a small ...
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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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How to find the filesystem type of the partition of an USB before mount it?
I have to mount a old USB key formatted with FAT filesystem. The mount must be executed automatically by a udev rule which executes a bash script. When the USB key is inserted in the USB port, the ...
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I am having BTRFS error. Does not know what it is?
I am using Parrot OS and doing just regular stuff (web surfing etc) and encounter this error. It is a File system error but could not figure out what this mean and how to resolve it. This is my first ...
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Mapping two users to host with user namespaces
I'm trying to understand whether it's possible to map two users from a user namespace to two different users on the host. The goal is to replicate the same permissions I have on my host inside a ...
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How to prioritize SSD page cache eviction over HDD with slower speed?
I have a large slow HDD and a small fast SSD. This is about reads not RAID. My desktop grinds to a near-halt when switching back to Firefox or man pages after (re/un)-loading 12+ GiB of Linux kernel ...
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fsck on a faulty disk terminates with Error writing file system info: Remote I/O error
I'm trying to read old IDE disks through an USB adapter on my Linux Mint machine. One issues a "Can't read superblock on /dev/sdb1" when I try to mount it. I use dumpe2fs to get the ...
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HDD Write Performance: Pre-allocate vs. Append (Inode Impact?)
When writing a large (10GB) file to an HDD, I'm considering two approaches for writing the data: Pre-allocate: Create a 10GB file upfront and then write data sequentially (e.g., using fallocate on ...
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why does isn't the crtime preserved even when specifying it should? [duplicate]
I'm on Ubuntu Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS with Ext4 and I'm trying to copy file to an external drive on /media/<user>/<Drive>. Which I have formatted with ext4, to have compatibility. I have ...
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Determine used space of a block device with no filesystem
How can I determine used space of a block device that has no filesystem on it? If it helps, such device is managed via lvm. I understand that the concept of "used space" on a device without ...
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Running Linux in AARCH64 QEMU with XFS Filesystem
I'm stuck trying to run Linux in QEMU with a few requirements. Any help or ideas is greatly appreciated! My goal, the problem, and how I setup everything up is shown below. Goal I am trying to setup ...
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find output is different from ls - what could be the reason for this?
On a MacBook, I tried to access one of the system apps, Maps.app which is normally a folder stored in /System/Applications on a separate volume (here mounted as /System/Volumes/Data). What I found odd ...
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