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Copying or restoring crtime for files/directories on ext4fs filesystem
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We use https://github.com/matt-wu/Ext3Fsd mount ext4 partition. Then the ext partition is mounted on the windows system just like the local partition and accesses normally as with NTFS,
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SSD initially mounts correctly, but disappears from lsblk after a few days
Your problem is not with the disk, it is with the disk cable adapter.
The 174C code identifies it as ASMedia, which has some history of problems with the kernel driver.
Some people have had good ...
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SSD initially mounts correctly, but disappears from lsblk after a few days
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The syslog you posted might give us a clue: systemd
Please see this answer and check if your problem looks similar. Primarily, is your USB disk mount handled by systemd or is it a ...
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In EXT4, are "extent" and "block group" the same thing?
The ext4 block groups are how ext4 is managing block allocation. There is a bitmap to manage the allocated/freed blocks for every group.
In archaic terminology this is a "cylinder group", ...
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First 32GB of a 4TB ext4 filesystem overwritten. How to recover?
You should make a full "dd" copy of the partition to another device, just for safekeeping in case something goes wrong.
In general, e2fsck should be able to recover from such an issue, ...
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How do I know if a partition is ext2, ext3, or ext4?
You can mount the partitions and then use findmnt. (Doesn't require root.)
findmnt # to lists all
findmnt /dev/sda1 # to specify a partition
See: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/...
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