Questions tagged [filesystems]
A filesystem is a way to organize and store computer files with their data.
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Why is this FAT filesystem recording access time?
FAT isn't meant to record file access time, but the FAT filesystem I have in a VeraCrypt container file does. Why is this?
This was before I opened the file /run/media/veracrypt1/test:
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Check if unallocated space contains data
I have a HDD with an un-allocated section, likely reserved to later add a partition for backups. I want to know if there is data in said section, or if i can flatten it.
A few years ago some windows ...
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Overlayroot behaving differently on Debian 13
I've got a problem with overlayroot in conjunction with Debian13
(everything was fine under Debian12)
The issue can be reproduced within a VM and a fresh installation of Debian12 or Debian13 ...
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"Input/output error" on wake from suspend
I have an Asus ExpertBook P5.
I've had Fedora installed on my laptop for the past couple of days. I've found that when the system is suspended, while I can log in after it wakes up, I am unable to ...
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Linux: prevent filesystem remount
Is there on Linux any mount options or anything else (that I can specify in /etc/fstab) that prevent the possibility for a filesystem to be remounted via mount -o remount,... ?
For example, let's ...
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Already deleted files on other system suddely show up in wastebin after new install
I am confronted with the following situation:
I have had a Manjaro System on my ASUS Vivobook installed for the past 2 years. On that, I was tidying up my external hard drive last February. In the ...
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Why is ext3 superblock data seemingy not updated after mount?
I had the idea to compare the system clock with the data of the last superblock update when booting (as traditional UNIX systems did).
However it seems the superblock (or at least it's write time) is ...
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Is there a way to link or mount a directory such that writing to the target goes to one destination, but reading from it grabs from another?
In my case, there are two NASes that I want some very large files written to, one with a fast connection and small storage, and another with a slower connection but large storage (let’s call them NAS ...
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How much disk space is occupied by a filesystem's metadata?
My disk is partitioned like this:
# fdisk -l /dev/nvme0n1
Device Start End Sectors Size Type
/dev/nvme0n1p1 2048 411647 409600 200M EFI System
/dev/nvme0n1p2 ...
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How can I see how much space was freed by trim on an SSD?
In my current setup, I have three different filesystems on two different SSDs: A FAT partition and a BTRFS partition on one drive, and ext4 on a second drive. When running fstrim, the output is ...
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Is there any kernel filesystem extension that can recognize uri paths?
Is there any extension of linux filesystems that can solve uri paths in terminal to avoid doing things like:
cat https://example.com/file.txt
cat file:///some-file-path/file.txt
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curl -vs ...
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Cannot access files to delete
I currently use freefilesync on ubuntu 24.04 to back up my data. A couple of months ago I started to get errors on the external backup disk that a quick (and ineffective) look didn't resolve so I just ...
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Linux Mint: /var/log shows 165GB disk usage but no large files found
My Linux Mint system reports that /var/log occupies 165 GB of space, but all subdirectories and files within it are small (total <100 MB). This is causing the root partition (/) to fill up, ...
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Why does the Use% shown by the df command not reflect the correct value? [closed]
On our RHEL 7.9 systems, we have noticed some strange behavior.
Each machine has 4 disks, each with an 8TB capacity, but we are only using about 1.9TB on a partition.
What doesn’t make sense is that ...
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Is enlarging XFS file system heavy operation? [closed]
If there is some data in the file system does it has to be moved?
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wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda1
I'm new to Linux (just over 1 month) and I’ve encountered a problem with my drive.
I have the main drive (SSD) and a secondary drive (HDD).
The HDD was working fine, but now I’m getting this error ...
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How can I fix badly broken permissions on root directory [duplicate]
I accidentally changed the permissions of everything in my root directory with
sudo chown -R martin:www-data /
by hitting enter too early. I stopped this command is it starting throwing errors about /...
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How can I update a mount point currently in my home directory to a path outside of it without losing the files?
I mounted /home/ubuntu/data to my volume /dev/vdb1. I made a mistake when I did this and I should have mounted /data instead. I don't have the space to move the data to a different partition ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Why does inode usage go from 1% to 100% on a single file creation?
Inode usage go from 1 to 100% on a single file creation in a raid array on Debian.
First, clean boot, then:
sudo cryptsetup luksOpen /dev/RaidVG/LVMVol CVol
sudo mount /dev/mapper/CVol /mnt/raid/
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