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When I back-up .... Coping my Entire Internal HD to an external HD

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  When I back-up .... Coping my Entire Internal HD to an external HD Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> - 2025-03-11 21:52 +1100
    Re: When I back-up .... Coping my Entire Internal HD to an external HD "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-03-11 13:16 +0100
      Re: When I back-up .... Coping my Entire Internal HD to an external HD Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> - 2025-03-11 23:34 +1100
    Re: When I back-up .... Coping my Entire Internal HD to an external HD "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2025-03-11 08:21 -0400
      Re: When I back-up .... Coping my Entire Internal HD to an external HD "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-03-11 15:57 +0100
        Re: When I back-up .... Coping my Entire Internal HD to an external HD "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2025-03-11 11:23 -0400
          Re: When I back-up .... Coping my Entire Internal HD to an external HD Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-03-12 00:31 +0000
            Re: When I back-up .... Coping my Entire Internal HD to an external HD Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> - 2025-03-12 13:15 +0000
          Re: When I back-up .... Coping my Entire Internal HD to an external HD TJ <TJ@noneofyour.business> - 2025-03-14 11:19 -0400
            Re: When I back-up .... Coping my Entire Internal HD to an external HD "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2025-03-14 16:47 +0100
              Re: When I back-up .... Coping my Entire Internal HD to an external HD TJ <TJ@noneofyour.business> - 2025-03-14 14:47 -0400
                Re: When I back-up .... Coping my Entire Internal HD to an external HD Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-03-14 23:39 -0400
                  Re: When I back-up .... Coping my Entire Internal HD to an external HD "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2025-03-15 07:50 +0100
                  Re: When I back-up .... Coping my Entire Internal HD to an external HD Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-03-15 06:58 +0000
                    Re: When I back-up .... Coping my Entire Internal HD to an external HD Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-03-15 04:02 -0400
                      Re: When I back-up .... Coping my Entire Internal HD to an external HD Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-03-15 22:20 +0000
                        Re: When I back-up .... Coping my Entire Internal HD to an external HD Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-03-15 20:29 -0400
                          Re: When I back-up .... Coping my Entire Internal HD to an external HD Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-03-16 01:18 +0000
                            Re: When I back-up .... Coping my Entire Internal HD to an external HD Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-03-15 22:44 -0400
                              Re: When I back-up .... Coping my Entire Internal HD to an external HD Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-03-16 06:33 +0000
                        Re: When I back-up .... Coping my Entire Internal HD to an external HD Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2025-03-17 08:57 +0000
                          Re: When I back-up .... Coping my Entire Internal HD to an external HD Anssi Saari <anssi.saari@usenet.mail.kapsi.fi> - 2025-03-17 16:05 +0200
                            Re: When I back-up .... Coping my Entire Internal HD to an external HD "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-03-17 19:23 +0100
                              Re: When I back-up .... Coping my Entire Internal HD to an external HD Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-03-17 15:21 -0400
                                Re: When I back-up .... Coping my Entire Internal HD to an external HD "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-03-17 22:04 +0100
                                  Re: When I back-up .... Coping my Entire Internal HD to an external HD Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-03-17 23:19 +0000
                              Re: When I back-up .... Coping my Entire Internal HD to an external HD Anssi Saari <anssi.saari@usenet.mail.kapsi.fi> - 2025-03-19 16:45 +0200
                                Re: When I back-up .... Coping my Entire Internal HD to an external HD ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2025-03-19 16:05 +0000
                                  Re: When I back-up .... Coping my Entire Internal HD to an external HD Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-03-19 21:00 +0000
                                    Re: When I back-up .... Coping my Entire Internal HD to an external HD Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-03-20 03:04 -0400
                                      Re: When I back-up .... Coping my Entire Internal HD to an external HD Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-03-20 22:02 +0000
                                        Re: When I back-up .... Coping my Entire Internal HD to an external HD "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-03-21 11:50 +0100
                                          Re: When I back-up .... Coping my Entire Internal HD to an external HD "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-03-21 12:21 +0100
                                            Re: When I back-up .... Coping my Entire Internal HD to an external HD Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-03-24 00:50 +0000
                                              Re: When I back-up .... Coping my Entire Internal HD to an external HD "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-03-24 14:23 +0100
                                    Re: When I back-up .... Coping my Entire Internal HD to an external HD "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-03-20 12:24 +0100
                                      Re: When I back-up .... Coping my Entire Internal HD to an external HD Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-03-20 22:01 +0000
                                        Re: When I back-up .... Coping my Entire Internal HD to an external HD "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-03-21 11:51 +0100
                                          Re: When I back-up .... Coping my Entire Internal HD to an external HD Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-03-21 10:16 -0400
                                            Re: When I back-up .... Coping my Entire Internal HD to an external HD "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-03-22 13:52 +0100
                                              Re: When I back-up .... Coping my Entire Internal HD to an external HD Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-03-22 14:18 -0400
                                                Re: When I back-up .... Coping my Entire Internal HD to an external HD "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-03-22 23:20 +0100
                                          Re: When I back-up .... Coping my Entire Internal HD to an external HD Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-03-24 23:20 +0000
                                            Re: When I back-up .... Coping my Entire Internal HD to an external HD "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-03-25 12:55 +0100
                                              Re: When I back-up .... Coping my Entire Internal HD to an external HD Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-03-26 00:27 +0000
                                  Re: When I back-up .... Coping my Entire Internal HD to an external HD Anssi Saari <anssi.saari@usenet.mail.kapsi.fi> - 2025-03-20 11:07 +0200
                                    Re: When I back-up .... Coping my Entire Internal HD to an external HD "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-03-20 12:29 +0100
                                Re: When I back-up .... Coping my Entire Internal HD to an external HD Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-03-19 14:14 -0400
                                Re: When I back-up .... Coping my Entire Internal HD to an external HD "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-03-19 21:18 +0100
                                  Re: When I back-up .... Coping my Entire Internal HD to an external HD Anssi Saari <anssi.saari@usenet.mail.kapsi.fi> - 2025-03-20 10:51 +0200
                                    Re: When I back-up .... Coping my Entire Internal HD to an external HD "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-03-20 12:22 +0100
                                  Re: When I back-up .... Coping my Entire Internal HD to an external HD TJ <TJ@noneofyour.business> - 2025-03-20 20:35 -0400
                                    Re: When I back-up .... Coping my Entire Internal HD to an external HD "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-03-21 11:55 +0100
                                      Re: When I back-up .... Coping my Entire Internal HD to an external HD Joerg Walther <joerg.walther@magenta.de> - 2025-03-21 16:24 +0100
                                        Re: When I back-up .... Coping my Entire Internal HD to an external HD Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-03-22 06:58 +0000
                                          Re: When I back-up .... Coping my Entire Internal HD to an external HD Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-03-22 04:29 -0400
                                            Re: When I back-up .... Coping my Entire Internal HD to an external HD Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-03-22 22:00 +0000
                                              Re: When I back-up .... Coping my Entire Internal HD to an external HD Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-03-23 02:01 -0400
                                                Re: When I back-up .... Coping my Entire Internal HD to an external HD Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-03-24 00:43 +0000
                                      Re: When I back-up .... Coping my Entire Internal HD to an external HD TJ <TJ@noneofyour.business> - 2025-03-21 16:37 -0400
                                      Re: When I back-up .... Coping my Entire Internal HD to an external HD Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-03-22 06:57 +0000
                                        Re: When I back-up .... Coping my Entire Internal HD to an external HD "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-03-22 14:00 +0100
                                          Re: When I back-up .... Coping my Entire Internal HD to an external HD TJ <TJ@noneofyour.business> - 2025-03-22 09:42 -0400
                                            Re: When I back-up .... Coping my Entire Internal HD to an external HD "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-03-22 15:20 +0100
                                              Re: When I back-up .... Coping my Entire Internal HD to an external HD Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-03-22 14:00 -0400
                                                Re: When I back-up .... Coping my Entire Internal HD to an external HD "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-03-22 20:34 +0100
                                            Re: When I back-up .... Coping my Entire Internal HD to an external HD Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-03-22 22:02 +0000
                                              Re: When I back-up .... Coping my Entire Internal HD to an external HD "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-03-22 23:22 +0100
                                                Re: When I back-up .... Coping my Entire Internal HD to an external HD Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-03-24 00:42 +0000
                            Re: When I back-up .... Coping my Entire Internal HD to an external HD Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-03-17 23:18 +0000
                    Re: When I back-up .... Coping my Entire Internal HD to an external HD "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2025-03-15 09:08 +0100
                      Re: When I back-up .... Coping my Entire Internal HD to an external HD Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-03-15 13:37 -0400
                        Re: When I back-up .... Coping my Entire Internal HD to an external HD "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2025-03-15 19:22 +0100
                          Re: When I back-up .... Coping my Entire Internal HD to an external HD Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-03-15 14:57 -0400
                            Re: When I back-up .... Coping my Entire Internal HD to an external HD "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2025-03-15 21:06 +0100
      Re: When I back-up .... Coping my Entire Internal HD to an external HD Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-03-11 19:56 -0400
    Re: When I back-up .... Coping my Entire Internal HD to an external HD Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2025-03-11 18:16 +0000
      Re: When I back-up .... Coping my Entire Internal HD to an external HD Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-03-11 20:03 -0400
        Re: When I back-up .... Coping my Entire Internal HD to an external HD "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-03-12 15:12 +0100
          Re: When I back-up .... Coping my Entire Internal HD to an external HD Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-03-12 14:56 -0400
    Re: When I back-up .... Coping my Entire Internal HD to an external HD bad sector <forgetski@_INVALID.net> - 2025-03-17 07:49 -0400
      Re: When I back-up .... Coping my Entire Internal HD to an external HD Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> - 2025-03-18 00:21 +1100
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#81123

FromDan Purgert <dan@djph.net>
Date2025-03-17 08:57 +0000
Message-ID<slrnvtfov7.2ff.dan@djph.net>
In reply to#81117
On 2025-03-15, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> On Sat, 15 Mar 2025 04:02:15 -0400, Paul wrote:
>
>> For a period of time, one of the Windows OSes decided to stop
>> listing filesystems that did not need "Safely Remove" behavior, but
>> the changes to that OS may have been reversed.
>
> That’s the thing. Windows is full of assumptions as to which kinds of 
> devices are allowed to have which kinds of filesystems installed on them, 
> which kinds are to be hot-pluggable and which are not.
>
> For example, are you allowed to put NTFS on a hot-pluggable volume? 
> Somehow, I don’t think so.

Practically every USB stick in existence would like to disagree.

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#81127

FromAnssi Saari <anssi.saari@usenet.mail.kapsi.fi>
Date2025-03-17 16:05 +0200
Message-ID<sm0senbu50k.fsf@lakka.kapsi.fi>
In reply to#81123
Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> writes:

> On 2025-03-15, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

>> For example, are you allowed to put NTFS on a hot-pluggable volume? 
>> Somehow, I don’t think so.
>
> Practically every USB stick in existence would like to disagree.

Those are usually FAT formatted. FAT32 or the newer exFAT. No issue
reformatting to NTFS though.

I've actually found NTFS on a USB SSD to be surprisingly widely
supported on media players and TVs and such. I've used it on Android
too. So NTFS has become my go-to portable FS.

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#81129

From"Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
Date2025-03-17 19:23 +0100
Message-ID<7t5malx9rp.ln2@Telcontar.valinor>
In reply to#81127
On 2025-03-17 15:05, Anssi Saari wrote:
> Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> writes:
> 
>> On 2025-03-15, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> 
>>> For example, are you allowed to put NTFS on a hot-pluggable volume?
>>> Somehow, I don’t think so.
>>
>> Practically every USB stick in existence would like to disagree.
> 
> Those are usually FAT formatted. FAT32 or the newer exFAT. No issue
> reformatting to NTFS though.
> 
> I've actually found NTFS on a USB SSD to be surprisingly widely
> supported on media players and TVs and such. I've used it on Android
> too. So NTFS has become my go-to portable FS.

exFAT is better, but few TV sets support it, while many support NTFS.

-- 
Cheers, Carlos.

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#81130

FromPaul <nospam@needed.invalid>
Date2025-03-17 15:21 -0400
Message-ID<vr9sno$p83v$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#81129
On Mon, 3/17/2025 2:23 PM, Carlos E.R. wrote:
> On 2025-03-17 15:05, Anssi Saari wrote:
>> Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> writes:
>>
>>> On 2025-03-15, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>
>>>> For example, are you allowed to put NTFS on a hot-pluggable volume?
>>>> Somehow, I don’t think so.
>>>
>>> Practically every USB stick in existence would like to disagree.
>>
>> Those are usually FAT formatted. FAT32 or the newer exFAT. No issue
>> reformatting to NTFS though.
>>
>> I've actually found NTFS on a USB SSD to be surprisingly widely
>> supported on media players and TVs and such. I've used it on Android
>> too. So NTFS has become my go-to portable FS.
> 
> exFAT is better, but few TV sets support it, while many support NTFS.
> 

EXFAT requires a license.

NTFS requires a license.

FAT32 requires a license (or at least TomTom may have discovered it did :-) )

One difference is, some applications of EXFAT are
covered by FRAND (where EXFAT is defined in a standards doc,
as the default filesystem for a certain piece of hardware).

In any case, whether license terms are fair and reasonable,
or are the normal kind of license terms, equipment makers
will not pay a penny more for licensing. It does not latter
what the license fee is, they don't want to pay it, whatever it is.

NTFS is journaled. NTFS is slightly harder on a USB stick,
from a wear perspective. You can improve the characteristics
a tiny bit, by disabling "LastAccessed".

FAT32 and EXFAT are not journaled. You can set the cluster
size on FAT32 and EXFAT (make it greater than or equal to
the flash page size).

BTFS supports extra large clusters, but the option is not
backward compatible (a Win11 NTFS partition with one megabyte
clusters, cannot be mounted by Windows XP, or by Windows 7).
And that doesn't include testing the Linux response, as if
an option isn't intended to be compatible, nobody is going to use it.

   Paul

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#81131

From"Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
Date2025-03-17 22:04 +0100
Message-ID<m3rh2cFna8uU1@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#81130
On 2025-03-17 20:21, Paul wrote:
> On Mon, 3/17/2025 2:23 PM, Carlos E.R. wrote:
>> On 2025-03-17 15:05, Anssi Saari wrote:
>>> Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> writes:
>>>
>>>> On 2025-03-15, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>>
>>>>> For example, are you allowed to put NTFS on a hot-pluggable volume?
>>>>> Somehow, I don’t think so.
>>>>
>>>> Practically every USB stick in existence would like to disagree.
>>>
>>> Those are usually FAT formatted. FAT32 or the newer exFAT. No issue
>>> reformatting to NTFS though.
>>>
>>> I've actually found NTFS on a USB SSD to be surprisingly widely
>>> supported on media players and TVs and such. I've used it on Android
>>> too. So NTFS has become my go-to portable FS.
>>
>> exFAT is better, but few TV sets support it, while many support NTFS.
>>
> 
> EXFAT requires a license.
> 
> NTFS requires a license.
> 
> FAT32 requires a license (or at least TomTom may have discovered it did :-) )
> 

I remember that, there was a court case.

> One difference is, some applications of EXFAT are
> covered by FRAND (where EXFAT is defined in a standards doc,
> as the default filesystem for a certain piece of hardware).
> 
> In any case, whether license terms are fair and reasonable,
> or are the normal kind of license terms, equipment makers
> will not pay a penny more for licensing. It does not latter
> what the license fee is, they don't want to pay it, whatever it is.

Ah, I understand.

> 
> NTFS is journaled. NTFS is slightly harder on a USB stick,
> from a wear perspective. You can improve the characteristics
> a tiny bit, by disabling "LastAccessed".

I did not know that.

> FAT32 and EXFAT are not journaled. You can set the cluster
> size on FAT32 and EXFAT (make it greater than or equal to
> the flash page size).

Similar to disabling the journal on ext4. And there is no licensing on it.


> 
> BTFS 

BTFS?

> supports extra large clusters, but the option is not
> backward compatible (a Win11 NTFS partition with one megabyte
> clusters, cannot be mounted by Windows XP, or by Windows 7).
> And that doesn't include testing the Linux response, as if
> an option isn't intended to be compatible, nobody is going to use it.
> 
>     Paul

Right.

-- 
Cheers,
        Carlos E.R.

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#81133

FromLawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
Date2025-03-17 23:19 +0000
Message-ID<vraamf$15c6f$2@dont-email.me>
In reply to#81131
On Mon, 17 Mar 2025 22:04:12 +0100, Carlos E. R. wrote:

> On 2025-03-17 20:21, Paul wrote:
>
>> BTFS
> 
> BTFS?

That’s the thing, Linux is so versatile, one of its supported filesystems 
is actually a K-Pop group.

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#81138

FromAnssi Saari <anssi.saari@usenet.mail.kapsi.fi>
Date2025-03-19 16:45 +0200
Message-ID<sm0cyedt6xp.fsf@lakka.kapsi.fi>
In reply to#81129
"Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> writes:

> exFAT is better, but few TV sets support it, while many support NTFS.

So how is exFAT better then? As a portable FS?

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#81139

Fromant@zimage.comANT (Ant)
Date2025-03-19 16:05 +0000
Message-ID<FDmdnS-41vuvdkf6nZ2dnZfqnPqdnZ2d@earthlink.com>
In reply to#81138
Anssi Saari <anssi.saari@usenet.mail.kapsi.fi> wrote:
> "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> writes:

> > exFAT is better, but few TV sets support it, while many support NTFS.

> So how is exFAT better then? As a portable FS?

exFAT can handle bigger files and partitions. FAT32 can't. See 
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=exfat+vs.+fat32 for the details. Also, exFAT 
is better for portabilities.
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#81142

FromLawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
Date2025-03-19 21:00 +0000
Message-ID<vrfb8k$1lo98$2@dont-email.me>
In reply to#81139
On Wed, 19 Mar 2025 16:05:06 +0000, Ant wrote:

> exFAT can handle bigger files and partitions.

But it doesn’t offer the option for journalling to guard against 
filesystem corruption on crashes or improper removal/shutdown, does it.

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#81143

FromPaul <nospam@needed.invalid>
Date2025-03-20 03:04 -0400
Message-ID<vrgelr$2n8fg$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#81142
On Wed, 3/19/2025 5:00 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> On Wed, 19 Mar 2025 16:05:06 +0000, Ant wrote:
> 
>> exFAT can handle bigger files and partitions.
> 
> But it doesn’t offer the option for journalling to guard against 
> filesystem corruption on crashes or improper removal/shutdown, does it.
> 

I bet most of the SD storage devices you've got in the
house, were abused at one time or another, and how often
do those get corrupted ? I don't have a lot of SDs, but
I've been popping the one I've got in and out of equipment
for years. Never once had an issue. FAT32. 32GB size.

I think journaling is an excellent feature on a HDD or
on an SSD (wear leveling). Journaling is a less good choice
on an SD or on a USB flash stick (because the storage PHY
isn't as sophisticated, and it is easier to burn a hole
in those). If we could have flash sticks with SLC or MLC,
my opinion might change then, but TLC or QLC devices
are pretty sloppy pieces of crap. And those need static
and dynamic wear leveling to give a good lifespan.

I don't think I have any ExFAT partitions here at the moment.
Usually, anything prepared that way, got paved over, through
no fault of their own. Other file systems end up on the devices
instead.

   Paul

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#81150

FromLawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
Date2025-03-20 22:02 +0000
Message-ID<vri39o$4qrh$2@dont-email.me>
In reply to#81143
On Thu, 20 Mar 2025 03:04:27 -0400, Paul wrote:

> If we could have flash sticks with SLC or MLC, my opinion might
> change then, but TLC or QLC devices are pretty sloppy pieces of
> crap. And those need static and dynamic wear leveling to give a good
> lifespan.

Speaking of which, Linux offers one or two filesystems which are 
specifically designed for use on such media, with wear-levelling built 
into the storage allocation algorithms themselves.

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#81154

From"Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
Date2025-03-21 11:50 +0100
Message-ID<3ssvalx2ng.ln2@Telcontar.valinor>
In reply to#81150
On 2025-03-20 23:02, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Mar 2025 03:04:27 -0400, Paul wrote:
> 
>> If we could have flash sticks with SLC or MLC, my opinion might
>> change then, but TLC or QLC devices are pretty sloppy pieces of
>> crap. And those need static and dynamic wear leveling to give a good
>> lifespan.
> 
> Speaking of which, Linux offers one or two filesystems which are
> specifically designed for use on such media, with wear-levelling built
> into the storage allocation algorithms themselves.


I remember one that was very promising, a four letter name that I have 
forgotten; but the support was removed in my distro (openSUSE) because 
the specs changed on every release of the distro, and a stick formatted 
one year would be unreadable the next year or something of the sort.

It was industry designed for sticks and cards.

-- 
Cheers, Carlos.

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#81156

From"Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
Date2025-03-21 12:21 +0100
Message-ID<imuvalx6sl.ln2@Telcontar.valinor>
In reply to#81154
On 2025-03-21 11:50, Carlos E.R. wrote:
> On 2025-03-20 23:02, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>> On Thu, 20 Mar 2025 03:04:27 -0400, Paul wrote:
>>
>>> If we could have flash sticks with SLC or MLC, my opinion might
>>> change then, but TLC or QLC devices are pretty sloppy pieces of
>>> crap. And those need static and dynamic wear leveling to give a good
>>> lifespan.
>>
>> Speaking of which, Linux offers one or two filesystems which are
>> specifically designed for use on such media, with wear-levelling built
>> into the storage allocation algorithms themselves.
> 
> 
> I remember one that was very promising, a four letter name that I have 
> forgotten; but the support was removed in my distro (openSUSE) because 
> the specs changed on every release of the distro, and a stick formatted 
> one year would be unreadable the next year or something of the sort.
> 
> It was industry designed for sticks and cards.
> 

f2fs

-- 
Cheers, Carlos.

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#81177

FromLawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
Date2025-03-24 00:50 +0000
Message-ID<vrqa9i$3ko29$4@dont-email.me>
In reply to#81156
On Fri, 21 Mar 2025 12:21:22 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:

> On 2025-03-21 11:50, Carlos E.R. wrote:
>
>> On 2025-03-20 23:02, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>
>>> Speaking of which, Linux offers one or two filesystems which are
>>> specifically designed for use on such media, with wear-levelling built
>>> into the storage allocation algorithms themselves.
>> 
>> I remember one that was very promising, a four letter name that I have
>> forgotten; but the support was removed in my distro (openSUSE) because
>> the specs changed on every release of the distro, and a stick formatted
>> one year would be unreadable the next year or something of the sort.
>> 
>> It was industry designed for sticks and cards.
>> 
> f2fs

I see it is supported in my current Debian Unstable 6.12.19 kernel. A 
quick search did not turn up any reports of version-incompatibility 
issues. Though the Arch Wiki <https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/F2FS> has a 
comprehensive list of usage tips as well as a pretty detailed version 
history.

I see nilfs2 mentioned as another similar contender.

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#81178

From"Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
Date2025-03-24 14:23 +0100
Message-ID<ku28blxb1p.ln2@Telcontar.valinor>
In reply to#81177
On 2025-03-24 01:50, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> On Fri, 21 Mar 2025 12:21:22 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:
> 
>> On 2025-03-21 11:50, Carlos E.R. wrote:
>>
>>> On 2025-03-20 23:02, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>>
>>>> Speaking of which, Linux offers one or two filesystems which are
>>>> specifically designed for use on such media, with wear-levelling built
>>>> into the storage allocation algorithms themselves.
>>>
>>> I remember one that was very promising, a four letter name that I have
>>> forgotten; but the support was removed in my distro (openSUSE) because
>>> the specs changed on every release of the distro, and a stick formatted
>>> one year would be unreadable the next year or something of the sort.
>>>
>>> It was industry designed for sticks and cards.
>>>
>> f2fs
> 
> I see it is supported in my current Debian Unstable 6.12.19 kernel. A
> quick search did not turn up any reports of version-incompatibility
> issues. Though the Arch Wiki <https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/F2FS> has a
> comprehensive list of usage tips as well as a pretty detailed version
> history.
> 
> I see nilfs2 mentioned as another similar contender.


Archived-At:
  <https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/users@lists.opensuse.org/message/RJAFG564TR3ZYQSAJVJDSJPHDNPKPR35/>


<https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/F2FS>

Warning: The data contained on F2FS partitions can become unusable if
the kernel version on the running machine is older than the kernel
version used to create the partition. For example, this limitation can
manifest if the F2FS partition was created on a mainline kernel provided
by linux yet the system has a need to downgrade to an older series of
kernels provided by linux-lts. See FS#69363.



<https://www.reddit.com/r/openSUSE/comments/enlu5b/speaking_of_lack_of_f2fs_support_by_tumbleweed/>



rbrownsuse • 5y ago
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I'm not sure I like the idea of a booting to a filesystem that is known 
to have very serious flaws, including no protection from causing the 
entire system from crashing if the kernel tries to mount a F2FS 
filesystem created in an older version of the kernel.

Not only is that downright terrifying in general use (just wait till 
those Debian systems patch to a new version of F2FS..) but it's also a 
wonderful denial of service vector..use all the fancy USB or network 
hotplugability you can do with storage devices these days and watch as 
the kernel tries to mount invalid old F2FS filesystems and panic all 
systems....

Yeah..thanks but no thanks.. openSUSE is better off with F2FS disabled 
by default

(See https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1109665 before 
arguing with this comment)

...

xeq937

openSUSE doesn't support F2FS, unless you recompile the kernel manually, 
as far as I know. You might try exFAT with your phone and openSUSE instead.


xeq937 • 5y ago

You can either recompile openSUSE kernel (which is a tremendous pain and 
fraught with pitfalls), or use another distro. I'd go with the latter. 
Unfortunately openSUSE has some sort of vendetta against F2FS.

...


mvribeiro • 5y ago

Thank you!

I think it will be compiled with the m option in the future, so that the 
module gets compiled so it works after disabling the blacklist. Let's 
see if it's there in the next kernel update.

Edit:
https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1173546

...


mvribeiro • 5y ago • Edited 5y ago

No! It's still blacklisted.

But after the next minor kernel update it may be possible to mount F2FS 
after simply removing the blacklist.

This unreleased binary kernel rpm already has it:

https://build.opensuse.org/package/binaries/Kernel:HEAD/kernel-default/standard

I checked the contents of that x86_64.rpm and it does have a f2fs.ko.xz.

I won't install it yet because I need nvidia for two screens, but 
shortly it'll probably be available on TW.

Edit: This brown guy is worse than Linus. People shouldn't let him bark 
around out of his leash tarnishing the name of openSUSE devs. It's gross.






Things got easier later. Archived-At:
  <https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/users@lists.opensuse.org/message/NYSLWKRMM65QY44GRG2RBOHND7EBAO5O/>

Huh?

bor@tw:~> /usr/sbin/modinfo f2fs
filename:       /usr/lib/modules/6.11.0-1-default/kernel/fs/f2fs/f2fs.ko.zst
softdep:        pre: crc32
license:        GPL
description:    Flash Friendly File System
...
suserelease:    openSUSE Tumbleweed
...
signer:         openSUSE Secure Boot CA





-- 
Cheers, Carlos.

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#81146

From"Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
Date2025-03-20 12:24 +0100
Message-ID<nfatalxrg3.ln2@Telcontar.valinor>
In reply to#81142
On 2025-03-19 22:00, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> On Wed, 19 Mar 2025 16:05:06 +0000, Ant wrote:
> 
>> exFAT can handle bigger files and partitions.
> 
> But it doesn’t offer the option for journalling to guard against
> filesystem corruption on crashes or improper removal/shutdown, does it.

Perfect.

You do not want journalling on an usb stick or memory card.

-- 
Cheers, Carlos.

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#81149

FromLawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
Date2025-03-20 22:01 +0000
Message-ID<vri36u$4qrh$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#81146
On Thu, 20 Mar 2025 12:24:07 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:

> On 2025-03-19 22:00, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, 19 Mar 2025 16:05:06 +0000, Ant wrote:
>> 
>>> exFAT can handle bigger files and partitions.
>> 
>> But it doesn’t offer the option for journalling to guard against
>> filesystem corruption on crashes or improper removal/shutdown, does it.
> 
> Perfect.
> 
> You do not want journalling on an usb stick or memory card.

But SSDs are also built on flash memory technology; do you disable 
journalling on those as well?

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#81153

From"Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
Date2025-03-21 11:51 +0100
Message-ID<1vsvalx2ng.ln2@Telcontar.valinor>
In reply to#81149
On 2025-03-20 23:01, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Mar 2025 12:24:07 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:
> 
>> On 2025-03-19 22:00, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>>
>>> On Wed, 19 Mar 2025 16:05:06 +0000, Ant wrote:
>>>
>>>> exFAT can handle bigger files and partitions.
>>>
>>> But it doesn’t offer the option for journalling to guard against
>>> filesystem corruption on crashes or improper removal/shutdown, does it.
>>
>> Perfect.
>>
>> You do not want journalling on an usb stick or memory card.
> 
> But SSDs are also built on flash memory technology; do you disable
> journalling on those as well?

No, they have wear levelling, and an expected lifetime with normal usage 
patterns that is quite long.

-- 
Cheers, Carlos.

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#81157

FromPaul <nospam@needed.invalid>
Date2025-03-21 10:16 -0400
Message-ID<vrjsb8$1nqfi$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#81153
On Fri, 3/21/2025 6:51 AM, Carlos E.R. wrote:
> On 2025-03-20 23:01, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>> On Thu, 20 Mar 2025 12:24:07 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:
>>
>>> On 2025-03-19 22:00, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, 19 Mar 2025 16:05:06 +0000, Ant wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> exFAT can handle bigger files and partitions.
>>>>
>>>> But it doesn’t offer the option for journalling to guard against
>>>> filesystem corruption on crashes or improper removal/shutdown, does it.
>>>
>>> Perfect.
>>>
>>> You do not want journalling on an usb stick or memory card.
>>
>> But SSDs are also built on flash memory technology; do you disable
>> journalling on those as well?
> 
> No, they have wear levelling, and an expected lifetime with normal usage patterns that is quite long.
> 

Exactly. SSDs algorithm and processing power (I read of an
SSD yesterday with a five core ARM processor in it), ensures
that the entire wear life of the device (number of cells times cycles)
is harvested. USB sticks don't even come remotely close to that. Some
USB sticks, don't even seem to follow what technical information
is available for them. Either their flash chips are entire crap
(should have been thrown out at flash factory), or, something
is very wrong with the controller.

   Paul

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#81163

From"Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
Date2025-03-22 13:52 +0100
Message-ID<4eo2blx5q4.ln2@Telcontar.valinor>
In reply to#81157
On 2025-03-21 15:16, Paul wrote:
> On Fri, 3/21/2025 6:51 AM, Carlos E.R. wrote:
>> On 2025-03-20 23:01, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>> On Thu, 20 Mar 2025 12:24:07 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 2025-03-19 22:00, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, 19 Mar 2025 16:05:06 +0000, Ant wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> exFAT can handle bigger files and partitions.
>>>>>
>>>>> But it doesn’t offer the option for journalling to guard against
>>>>> filesystem corruption on crashes or improper removal/shutdown, does it.
>>>>
>>>> Perfect.
>>>>
>>>> You do not want journalling on an usb stick or memory card.
>>>
>>> But SSDs are also built on flash memory technology; do you disable
>>> journalling on those as well?
>>
>> No, they have wear levelling, and an expected lifetime with normal usage patterns that is quite long.
>>
> 
> Exactly. SSDs algorithm and processing power (I read of an
> SSD yesterday with a five core ARM processor in it), ensures
> that the entire wear life of the device (number of cells times cycles)
> is harvested. USB sticks don't even come remotely close to that. Some
> USB sticks, don't even seem to follow what technical information
> is available for them. Either their flash chips are entire crap
> (should have been thrown out at flash factory), or, something
> is very wrong with the controller.

I just realized I have an nvme with 72713 hours of use. Probably the first one I bought.


=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Model Family:     SandForce Driven SSDs
Device Model:     KINGSTON SMS200S3120G
Serial Number:    ...
LU WWN Device Id: 5 0026b7 26901494e
Firmware Version: 608ABBF0
User Capacity:    120,034,123,776 bytes [120 GB]
Sector Size:      512 bytes logical/physical
Rotation Rate:    Solid State Device
TRIM Command:     Available
Device is:        In smartctl database 7.3/5528
ATA Version is:   ATA8-ACS, ACS-2 T13/2015-D revision 3
SATA Version is:  SATA 3.0, 6.0 Gb/s (current: 6.0 Gb/s)
Local Time is:    Sat Mar 22 13:14:02 2025 CET
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Enabled

...

SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 10
Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME          FLAG     VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE      UPDATED  WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
   1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate     0x0032   095   095   050    Old_age   Always       -       0/38481593
   5 Retired_Block_Count     0x0033   100   100   003    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
   9 Power_On_Hours_and_Msec 0x0032   017   017   000    Old_age   Always       -       72713h+43m+19.000s
  12 Power_Cycle_Count       0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       184
171 Program_Fail_Count      0x000a   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
172 Erase_Fail_Count        0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
174 Unexpect_Power_Loss_Ct  0x0030   000   000   000    Old_age   Offline      -       134
177 Wear_Range_Delta        0x0000   000   000   000    Old_age   Offline      -       1
181 Program_Fail_Count      0x000a   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
182 Erase_Fail_Count        0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
187 Reported_Uncorrect      0x0012   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
189 Airflow_Temperature_Cel 0x0000   045   113   000    Old_age   Offline      -       45 (Min/Max 0/113)
194 Temperature_Celsius     0x0022   045   113   000    Old_age   Always       -       45 (Min/Max 0/113)
195 ECC_Uncorr_Error_Count  0x001c   120   120   000    Old_age   Offline      -       0/38481593
196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0033   100   100   003    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
201 Unc_Soft_Read_Err_Rate  0x001c   120   120   000    Old_age   Offline      -       0/38481593
204 Soft_ECC_Correct_Rate   0x001c   120   120   000    Old_age   Offline      -       0/38481593
230 Life_Curve_Status       0x0013   100   100   000    Pre-fail  Always       -       100
231 SSD_Life_Left           0x0000   094   094   011    Old_age   Offline      -       34359738368
233 SandForce_Internal      0x0032   000   000   000    Old_age   Always       -       40546
234 SandForce_Internal      0x0032   000   000   000    Old_age   Always       -       14524
241 Lifetime_Writes_GiB     0x0032   000   000   000    Old_age   Always       -       14524
242 Lifetime_Reads_GiB      0x0032   000   000   000    Old_age   Always       -       8232
244 Unknown_Attribute       0x0000   090   090   010    Old_age   Offline      -       20906303


I just run a short test, but it doesn't show - or they count hours differently:

SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
Num  Test_Description    Status                  Remaining  LifeTime(hours)  LBA_of_first_error
# 1  Short offline       Completed without error       00%      7178         -
# 2  Extended offline    Completed without error       00%      7168         -
# 3  Short offline       Completed without error       00%      7166         -



-- 
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