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    Format partition as ext4 and setting overhead to 0%

    Need to format an external hard drive partition. It's not a system drive/partition so no system log files will be written to it. (who uses an external hard drive to write system log files anyway?) By default when you format a partition as ext4, the system reserves 5% of the disk space. So, only...
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    How to copy files and directories fully preserving nanosecond precision for timestamps

    Purchased a new laptop recently, so need to copy files from old laptop to new. Used the tar command to create an archive, then copied the tar file across to external hard drive, afterwards copied the tar file from external drive to new laptop, then extracted archive on new laptop. Once...
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