f3probe
f3probe
TLDR
Probe a block device
$ sudo f3probe [path/to/block_device]
Use the minimum about of RAM possible
$ sudo f3probe --min-memory [path/to/block_device]
Time disk operations
$ sudo f3probe --time-ops [path/to/block_device]
SYNOPSIS
f3probe [-lnt?V] [-b ORDER] [-s TYPE] [--block-order=ORDER]
[--min-memory] [--destructive] [--reset-type=TYPE] [--time-ops]
[--help] [--usage] [--version] <DISK_DEV>
DESCRIPTION
F3 stands for Fight Flash Fraud, or Fight Fake Flash.
f3probe probes a block device for counterfeit flash memory. If counterfeit, f3probe identifies the fake type and real memory size
Warning: THIS COMMAND IS EXPERIMENTAL.
OPTIONS
- -b, --block-order=ORDER
-
Force block size of the drive to 2^ORDER Bytes.
- -l, --min-memory
-
Trade speed for less use of memory.
- -n, --destructive
-
Do not restore blocks of the device after probing it.
- -s, --reset-type=TYPE
-
Reset method to use during the probe.
- -t, --time-ops
-
Time reads, writes, and resets.
- -?, --help
-
Give this help list.
- --usage
-
Give a short usage message.
- -V, --version
-
Print program version.
SEE ALSO
AUTHOR
The F3 was written by Michel Machado <michel@digirati.com.br>.
This manual page was written by Joao Eriberto Mota Filho <eriberto@debian.org> for the Debian project (but may be used by others).