Changes between Version 23 and Version 24 of BadBlockHowto


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Jun 12, 2021, 10:34:45 AM (3 years ago)
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ttsiodras
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Information about ext filesystems hosted inside LUKS-encrypted partitions.

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    9696and (int) denotes the integer part.
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     99''NOTE: If you are hosting your ext filesystem in a LUKS-encrypted container, the "(L-S)" part of the formula becomes "(L-S-4096)".
     100LUKS reserves 16MB at the beginning of the partition, so the actual location where your filesystem starts is 4096 4K blocks **after** the partition starts.''
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    99102In our example, `L=23421417`, `S=5269320`, and `B=4096`. Hence the ''problem'' LBA is in block number