Questions tagged [f2fs]
F2FS (Flash-Friendly File System) is a flash file system initially developed by Samsung Electronics for the Linux kernel.
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What is `BLKSECDISCARD`?
I've been trying to get a "clean" f2fs format on a WD SSD drive. But there is something that bugs me, and I cannot seem to find any specific details on it. When I format the SSD with f2fs:
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Deleted file on ramdisk is not purged while in a loop
I have a ramdisk mounted to /ram which typically holds temporary data that I know don't need saved. The filesystem of the ramdisk is f2fs, created by zram-generator with this configuration:
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Kernel BUG at fs/inode.c:613 during installation of Debian 12.5.0
I used the Debian 12.5.0 ISO DVD image from the official website and wrote it to a USB flash drive via Rufus. During the "Load installer components from installation media" process got stuck,...
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How do you decrypt an f2fs partition?
I have got an encrypted f2fs image, I know the password, I'm able to mount it via sudo mount -t f2fs mmcblk0p64.img /mnt/mmcblk0p64 so it doesn't appear broken or anything, and f2fscrypt recognizes ...
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f2fs corrupted checkpoint
A day ago, my SSD was perfectly usable. Then it suddenly corrupted my home filesystem, resulting in the following fsck output at the most verbose debugging level:
Info: Fix the reported corruption.
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In f2fs (Flash-Friendly Filesystem) what is heap-based allocation?
When creating a new Flash-Friendly Filesystem (f2fs) with mkfs.f2fs, there is a switch to turn on or off what is described as "heap-based allocation". The man page describes the switch as:
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How to enble quota option f2fs filesystem?
I'm trying to use quota option in the f2fs filesystem.
I have created a filesystem with f2fs and have a mounting point.
I have added quota mounting options in /etc/fstab and remounted my device(sd ...
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Error when installing fscrypt latest version 0.3.1
I have downloaded the latest version of the fscrypt v0.3.1, and installed all the runtime dependencies as mentioned in the README of fscrypt. When running make command in the fscrypt source folder, ...
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How can I enable transparent compression on exisitng f2fs partition?
As far as I know it is possible to enable on new partition. Is there any way to enable compression on existing f2fs partition? I don't want to wipe and create a new partition to enable this feature.
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What linux distro support SMR HDD by file system?
According to this Seagate presentation there are some ongoing (?) efforts targeted toward modification of ext4 file system introducing SMRFS -EXT4 - support of hmHDD. The goal is to provide layer that ...
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How to I find F2FS compression ratio
I have f2fs partition formatted with -O extra_attrs,compression. I've applied chattr +c to / before installing Archlinux.
du shows 6.4G used and df shows 6.5G used. Compression algorithm is set in the ...
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How is the maximum volume size supported by the F2FS file system determined?
The maximum volume size supported by the f2fs file system 16TiB.
How is this value determined ?
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Can VFS read/write operations be performed on an unformatted storage device in Linux?
As per my understanding, READ/WRITE etc are file system operations in linux. The file systems registers callbacks with the Kernel (VFS) and are in turn called by it when the particular FS is detected ...
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How to change the filesystem label and UUID of a F2FS filesystem?
How to change the filesystem label and UUID of a F2FS filesystem?
For EXT filesystems tune2fs from e2fsprogs has the -L new_label and -U uuid command-line options, but none of the utilities installed ...
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tune2fs for f2fs
Is there a tool for editing (and viewing) the file system features for f2fs just like tune2fs for ext234?
For instance you can get summarized info about the corresponding extX partition:
# tune2fs -...