Tag Archives: EXT

Some Brief Opinions On FileSystems On Linux

Posted on 10 June 2018 by E.M.Smith

My USB stick based home directory died. In the process of recovering it and restructuring my data storage pool, I contemplate file system choices. Continue reading →

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Using Loop and Sparse File for EXT on NTFS File System

Posted on 7 September 2015 by E.M.Smith

An interesting way to put a nice Linux EXT file system (or any other kind of file system) inside a big file on some other file system. Such as NTFS. This can avoid doing things like resizing an NTFS partition just to get a desired kind of Linux file system available. Continue reading →

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