Questions tagged [filesystems]
A file system (or filesystem) is a means to organize data expected to be retained after a program terminates by providing procedures to store, retrieve and update data, as well as manage the available space on the device(s) which contain it.
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Kickstart %ksappend Filepath
I'm trying to modularize my kickstart file; in particular, I'd like the %pre section to live in a separate file brought in using the %ksappend statement. However, this consistently fails with the ...
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What's the difference between /dev/dsk and /dev/sda?
I was researching about block devices and character devices. I found an article that mentions how block devices are assigned as /dev/sd[a-z]. But then I read a different article that mentions how ...
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how to delete a xfs file system from logical volume (lvm2), to achieve the goal being this logical volume without any file system?
I have LVM RedHat 8 intall and there's one Volume Group there.
Fri May 19 [michal@Ora2 ~]$ sudo vgdisplay
--- Volume group ---
VG Name ol
System ID
Format lvm2
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Delete folders asynchronously
I have a large file system in which I have to delete certain directories from time to time. Currently I have a script which amongst other things, deletes a folder and subsequently generates an email ...
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How are files routed through the network when using a copy command with UNC paths as the source and destination?
Given a command like robocopy "\\UNC1" "\\UNC2" /E /MT:128 /R:0 /W:0 executed from a workstation.
Do files move like this
or more like
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Discrepancy in file usage after rsync
I copied files from an exFAT filesystem to an ext4 filesystem:
sudo rsync -avz /media/user/1TB-SD-EX/ -e ssh example.com:/data/pc/sd1tb
After successful run I check source and destination size with ...
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Storing 100 million files in the same "directory" under S3-compatible storage?
I have > 100 million image files (book covers) as a flat list of files under a single "directory":
/images/000000093e7d1825b346e9fc01387c7e449e1ed7
/images/...
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/dev/md0 - wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/md0, missing codepage or helper program, or other error
I recently had issues with a raid filesystem I created and had some bad luck.
I started creating a raid0 one one disk with the intent to expend it afterwards. I had data on two drives and had only one ...
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deleted files doesn't free up space on nfs volume
I would like to hear your suggestion on why space is not released after files deletion.
Jira application uses nfs volume as shared jira home. 12 gb indexes snapshot is created per hour (oldest one is ...
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RHEL + what could be the reason that FSTYPE not defined from lablk , in spite filesystem was created on disk in the past
I want to share the following very strange behavior , that for me it's not make sense but its a a fact on our production RHEL 7.2 server
disks are VMDK
from df -h we can see the following:
sdb ...
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Borg asking for key file when upgrading unencrypted repository
Evening,
So i have an unencrypted borg backup repository which im trying to upgrade. The problem is, when running the borg backup command borg replies with "no key file found for repository"....
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Windows Images created with dd cannot be restored
I used a live USB Linux system to create images of Windows Installations (Win 8 and 10) on hard drives like this:
dd if=/dev/sdb bs=64k conv=noerror, sync | gzip -c > /dev/sdc1/win.img.gz
However,...
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Linux file system(s) with ACID guarantees? [closed]
What could I do, to obtain a Linux file system, with the same guarantees as ACID guarantees for databases?
It seems file systems haven’t advanced to this point that I had assumed would be industry ...
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Copied data to LVM-Thin pool by mistake
I'm here today because of a big mistake that I have made.
I created an LVM-Thin data pool (and not on a LVM-Thin LV) on my Proxmox server and (don't ask why) ran a mkfs.ext4 on the pool then mounted ...
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Expanding XFS file system from another device?
I have two virtual devices on a fedora system. Both are in a raid 5 configuration. No LVM is in place. The system it’s self is installed on one of the devices. That same device is also the one with ...
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Permission for Users group successfully modified via code, but change is not reflected in Security tab for the Users group
I have C# code (at the end) which:
Creates a file
Prints the current ACL
Gives the builtin users group "write permissions" to the previously created file
Prints the current modified ACL
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Creating a ramdisk with lvmvdo persistent across reboot?
I am trying to create a persistent ramdisk with lvmvdo with the below unit file but it does not seem to work.I have not added the --type vdo option to the lvcreate command yet ( this is for RHEL9 )
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how can i increase OS FS on CentOS?
we have CentOS server installed on 83GB FS size while the OS disk size is 480gb
how can we increase the FS to use the whole disk (sda, 480gb)?
[root@server ~]# df -kh
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fsck last check for vfat and other filesystem (other than ext)
Is it possible to find the last check for vfat or other filesystem. since tune2fs can only be used for ext file system. Can someone address me with this?
Advanced Thanks..
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LVM Resize Failing
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I'm attempting to extend partition with LVM on it and its failing... All Googles and Bings have failed so unsure where the issue lies. Here is what's happened so far.
This is a virtual server ...
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Is there any Linux mechanism to emergency-flush filesystem buffers on power loss?
A common "gotcha" with computers can happen when power gets cut to the computer without warning. Because the system loses power suddenly, it doesn't have a chance to flush cached filesystem ...
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How do I figure out what is filling up my AWS EC2 file system? [duplicate]
Elastic Beanstalk is telling me that my root file system is 96% full. When I SSH into the EC2 instance and run df, I can see that my root file system is 7.95GB/8GB used:
Filesystem 1K-blocks ...
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Is there a remote filesystem for Linux that's encrypted and resilient against unreliable servers?
I've tried many combinations of sshfs and SMB, with autofs and/or manual mounts in a Cron job, and I've always had freezing / long timeout issues when servers become unavailable or weren't available ...
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AIX 7.1/ AIX 7.2 filesystem not persistently mounted across reboots and appears corrupted
OS: AIX 7.1 / AIX 7.2
Arch: ppc-64
I have created a custom (non-root) volume group homevg
bash-5.1# lsvg homevg
VOLUME GROUP: homevg VG IDENTIFIER: ...
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how to delete a file by a inode in linux kernel
I got the inode of a file in linux kernel, I want to delete the file by the inode.
Do I need to unlink every dentry of the inode? or do I need to unlink any dentry?
Which locks should I use to protect ...
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Does number of static pages on a web server's storage affect it's performance?
Imagine Website A Running on server A has 100 Static Pages and Website B Running on server B has 1000000 Static Pages, Both use the same tech (Software, Hardware E.T.C.) to run.
Does Server B use more ...
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Extend /var partition on Centos Stream 8
During the installation of my centos stream 8 OS I gave /var a size of 10GB thinking it would be more than enough, but after I started using docker I found of that it takes too much space on the /var ...
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How to enable password policy on readonly filesystem?
I'm using a read-only filesystem (squashfs). I've used the overlays file system to mount /etc directory. I can change the password using passwd command.
I've included libpam & libpwquality ...
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File and Printer Sharing disable config
I disabled the File and Printer Sharing feature over the firewall on the windows server to which my abc.com website is connected. This server only hosts website and mail.
When I ping abc.com on cmd ...
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Linux server power outage - data integrity and OS corruption checks
What are the best practice steps to check for / recover from potential Linux OS corruption, in the event of unexpected power outage (or VM host failure)?
Of course it "depends" on the ...
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RHEL 7 extend xfs partition/filesystem size without affecting data?
Excuse me,
I'm trying to enlarge space for a directory in a RHEL 7.5 host and the partition is not managed by LVM.
This host is virtual machine and I would like to increase size for /home/ext to use, ...
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Cache basic files properties of a disk?
I have a large BTRFS disk on my Linux Samba server. The content of the disk is rarely accessed, so most of the time the disk is sleeping. When I need to check if to see basic properties, not the file ...
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Windows Server 2019 Domain Controller: the operating system partition grows until it is full
I have a Windows Server 2019 (Standard Edition) operating system whose partition runs out of space in a few days (C: has 100GB total) crashing the operating system. It works as a Domain Controller (DC)...
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xfs: difference between block size and sector size
mkfs.xfs has two following options among others:
-b block_size_options
This option specifies the fundamental block size of the filesystem. The valid
block_size_options are: ...
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After deleting a big file the space isn't freed even after rebooting the system:
So I have that problem. The space hasn't been freed, either checking by GUI (Nautilus or Disks utility) or by TUI(df). I've read that it could be because another process was still handling the file ...
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Shrink one of the disks in a multi device BTRFS filesystem
My root partition is running out of space and I have no other SATA slots. I have a BTRFS raid0 and I would like to shrink one of the partitions I used for the BTRFS-raid0 and add it to the root ...
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How do you Defrag an XFS file system
My old workstation, has /var /usr and /home mounted on an xfs file system, and it seems to spend most of its time grinding away, and getting slower and slower, much like windows used to 20 years ago, ...
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Running xfs_repair on hardware raid while still rebuilding?
Should I allow a hardware raid5 array rebuild to complete after swapping out a drive PRIOR to running an xfs_repair on the volume?
Currently xfs_repair keeps failing in Phase 7 at the same spot:
Phase ...
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Why can't I ls a directory that I own and has the sticky bit set
Suppose I have directory
/home/john/dir/, that has the sticky bit set. I am running as user john and the directory dir is owner by user john and group john. Why can't I ls -la the directory? Shouldn't ...
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Share files via a shared disc across multiple VM's running Ubuntu 18?
I am trying to share a single disk across multiple VM's (Ubuntu 18). The VM's are hosted in Azure and the disk is an Azure Managed Disk. I've attached the disk to both VM's and have mounted them. I ...
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Why is a filesystem created with mkfs not available immediately
Why are file systems created with mkfs not immediately available after creation?
The following command line probably best describes what I'm seeing:
/sbin/mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdc && lsblk -o uuid --...
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Delete files from /tmp/ CentOS6
I'm running Centos6 and inside mt /tmp/ folder I see these files
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 Jan 14 2016 fileinstall-1059639640221211034
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 Jan 30 2021 ...
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Restore disk with btrfs
I need an assistance with restoring HDD where was BTRFS after I tried to install Windows on SSD within the same PC. So, my PC has 3 disks:
SSD with Fedora under BTRFS - /dev/sda{x}
SSD without any FS ...
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Mount remote file system permanently or not
From a web application I want to copy files in a directory in which there are a huge amount of files (this is an Azure container, by the way).
I would like to know if I should mount the remote ...
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SOLARIS 10 ZFS, I want to add spare with rpool but it gives me this error "cannot label 'c1t4d0': EFI labeled devices are not supported on root pools"
#zpool status
pool: rpool
state: ONLINE
scan: resilvered 8.09G in 0h2m with 0 errors on Wed Sep 21 14:10:40 2022
config:
NAME STATE READ WRITE CKSUM
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In SOLARIS 10 ZFS, I want Hot spare pool and want to associate its 1st disk with rpool and 2nd disk with the xpool. What will be the complete method?
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This is the Current two pools that I have, and now want to associate Hot Spare disks with it, so please help
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Any idea for shared files and code in Ubuntu server?
I have developed an Ubuntu server and work with a small team, developing code and sharing some other files we use for general purposes. By now we were working with Google Drive and was working fine ...
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Are there any distributed transactional filesystem implementations that I can actually use?
I've been searching for distributed transactional filesystems so I don't have to make my own subpar implementation.
I've only come across two:
Warp Transactional Filesystem - The website is no longer ...
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How to install Ubuntu on ReiserFS?
I prepared a drive for installing Ubuntu on it and formatted it as ReiserFS using GParted.
But there is no ReiserFS option in the ubuntu installer, so I have to choose a different file system type, ...
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touch, why I get file name too long error
I have the file with name /home/lenka/Translations/Ф-119-Д/заключение об аннулировании, исправлении и-или дополнении акта о гражданском состоянии_рум-русс.docx
echo -n "/home/lenka/Translations/Ф-...
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