Fight Flash Fraud - testing performance of flash / disks.
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unzip f3-x.x.zip
make
make install
f3write [OPTION...] <PATH>
f3read [OPTION...] <PATH>
Usage: f3write [OPTION...] <PATH>
F3 Write -- fill a drive out with .h2w files to test its real capacity
-e, --end-at=NUM Last NUM.h2w file to be written
-p, --show-progress=NUM Show progress if NUM is not zero
-s, --start-at=NUM First NUM.h2w file to be written
-w, --max-write-rate=KB/s Maximum write rate
-?, --help Give this help list
--usage Give a short usage message
-V, --version Print program version
Mandatory or optional arguments to long options are also mandatory or optional
for any corresponding short options.
Usage: f3read [OPTION...] <PATH>
F3 Read -- validate .h2w files to test the real capacity of the drive
-e, --end-at=NUM Last NUM.h2w file to be read
-p, --show-progress=NUM Show progress if NUM is not zero
-s, --start-at=NUM First NUM.h2w file to be read
-?, --help Give this help list
--usage Give a short usage message
-V, --version Print program version
Mandatory or optional arguments to long options are also mandatory or optional
for any corresponding short options.
f3write /media/b/1GB-USB
F3 write 7.2
Copyright (C) 2010 Digirati Internet LTDA.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.
Free space: 948.76 MB
Creating file 1.h2w ... OK!
Free space: 0.00 Byte
Average writing speed: 15.97 MB/s
f3read /media/b/1GB-USB
F3 read 7.2
Copyright (C) 2010 Digirati Internet LTDA.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.
SECTORS ok/corrupted/changed/overwritten
Validating file 1.h2w ... 1942960/ 0/ 0/ 0
Data OK: 948.71 MB (1942960 sectors)
Data LOST: 0.00 Byte (0 sectors)
Corrupted: 0.00 Byte (0 sectors)
Slightly changed: 0.00 Byte (0 sectors)
Overwritten: 0.00 Byte (0 sectors)
Average reading speed: 835.91 MB/s
$ f3write -e 3 /media/b/DISK
F3 write 7.2
Copyright (C) 2010 Digirati Internet LTDA.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.
Removing old file 1.h2w ...
Removing old file 2.h2w ...
Removing old file 3.h2w ...
Free space: 433.51 GB
Creating file 1.h2w ... OK!
Creating file 2.h2w ... OK!
Creating file 3.h2w ... OK!
Free space: 430.51 GB
Average writing speed: 60.21 MB/s
$ f3read -e 3 /media/b/DISK
F3 read 7.2
Copyright (C) 2010 Digirati Internet LTDA.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.
SECTORS ok/corrupted/changed/overwritten
Validating file 1.h2w ... 2097152/ 0/ 0/ 0
Validating file 2.h2w ... 2097152/ 0/ 0/ 0
Validating file 3.h2w ... 2097152/ 0/ 0/ 0
Data OK: 3.00 GB (6291456 sectors)
Data LOST: 0.00 Byte (0 sectors)
Corrupted: 0.00 Byte (0 sectors)
Slightly changed: 0.00 Byte (0 sectors)
Overwritten: 0.00 Byte (0 sectors)
Average reading speed: 1.09 GB/s