How to determine which sd* is usb?
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How to know if /dev/sdX is a connected USB or HDD?
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Can I create a software RAID 1 with one device
I have a single disk that I want to create a mirror of; let’s call this disk sda. I have just bought another identically-sized disk, which we can call sdb. sda and sdb have one partition called sda1 and sdb1 respectively.
Btrfs RAID1: How to replace a disk drive that is physically no more there?
I have a btrfs RAID1 system with the following state:
What are the pros and cons of badblock’s two non-destructive tests?
I use badblocks to test my 32GB class-10 microSD card that I use to boot my RPi. I already have a functioning file system on it, so I don’t want to scan it with the -w option (destructive read-write test).
What’s the difference between creating mdadm array using partitions or the whole disks directly
Can someone please explain to me, what the difference is between creating mdadm array using partitions or the whole disks directly? Supposing I intend to use the whole drives.
How to use DD to clone a partition off a disk image?
I have a disk image, it’s a “whole” disk image, e.g., contains multiple partitions, and I want to clone just one of them (not the first one..) onto a partition on an external drive with multiple partitions on it (I’m also not cloning it onto the first partition of the disk…)