Questions tagged [ext4]

The ext4 or fourth extended filesystem is a journaling file system for Linux, developed as the successor to ext3.

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How do I format a drive as EXT4 on Windows 7?

I'm trying to create an ext4 file system on an external drive. The partition manager I usually use, EASEUS Partition Master, doesn't support ext4. What are some free alternatives? Edit: It turns out MiniTools Partition Wizard supports ext4.
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Not able to drag an application into new sda1 HD?

My primary HD (sdb) is a SDD (Solid State Drive). I installed and formatted a new 300 GB drive (sda) to ext4. I am not able to drag an application.run file into the new sda1. Why? Because it need a file system? I checked to see that it is already…
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how do i convert a file + offset in ext4 to a block device number?

I am writing a block device driver and I have mounted ext4 file system on it. When i run fio verify on a file from ext4 , I get a verify error. How does one convert the file,offset in ext4 to a block device number?