f3fix(1)
π f3fix β the manual page, but make it make sense π
okay bestie, welcome to f3fix(1), aka the glow-up tool for your lying little flash drive. this page is section 1 of the manual, and yes, we're doing the whole thing, no skips. π«Ά
β¨ NAME β¨
f3fix β edit the partition table of a fake flash drive
π SYNOPSIS π
f3fix [-bnks?V] [-a SEC-NUM] [-d TYPE] [-f TYPE] [-l SEC-NUM]
[--first-sec=SEC-NUM] [--boot] [--disk-type=TYPE] [--fs-type=TYPE]
[--last-sec=SEC-NUM] [--no-boot] [--list-disk-types]
[--list-fs-types] [--help] [--usage] [--version] <DISK_DEV>
π¦ DESCRIPTION π¦
so, F3 stands for Fight Flash Fraud, or if you're feeling spicy, Fight Fake Flash. either way, it's on a mission. π₯
f3fix is lowkey the main character when you need to edit the partition table of a fake flash drive so it has a single partition that fully covers the real capacity of the drive. like, one partition. the real one. no cap. π
Warning: THIS COMMAND IS EXPERIMENTAL. fr fr, it's giving "we're still cooking." treat it with respect, bestie. π
πΈ OPTIONS πΈ
-a,--first-sec=SEC-NUMβ the sector where the partition starts. π-b,--bootβ mark the partition for boot. boot it, queen. π-d,--disk-type=TYPEβ the disk type of the partition table. π§-f,--fs-type=TYPEβ the type of the file system of the partition. π-l,--last-sec=SEC-NUMβ the sector where the partition ends. π-n,--no-bootβ do not mark the partition for boot. not today, boot flag. π-k,--list-disk-typesβ list all supported disk types. window shopping, but for disk types. ποΈ-s,--list-fs-typesβ list all supported types of file systems. same energy, file system edition. β¨-?,--helpβ give this help list. hi, you asked, here it is. π--usageβ give a short usage message. the TL;DR. β‘-V,--versionβ print program version. the receipts. π
π₯ SEE ALSO π₯
f3brew(1), f3probe(1), f3read(1), f3write(1)
go read those too, the whole squad is iconic. π
π AUTHOR π
The F3 was written by Michel Machado <michel@digirati.com.br>. π
This manual page was written by Joao Eriberto Mota Filho <eriberto@debian.org> for the Debian project (but may be used by others). π«Ά
and that's the whole page, bestie β F3FIX version 6.0, dated Jan 2016, and you read every single line of it. slay. periodt. π
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π¦ where this page comes from
- debian bookworm: f3 8.0-2 Β· GPL-3.0-only
- debian trixie: f3 9.0-1 Β· GPL-3.0-only
- ubuntu jammy: f3 8.0-1 Β· GPL-3.0-only
- ubuntu noble: f3 8.0-2build2 Β· GPL-3.0-only
- ubuntu questing: f3 9.0-1
- ubuntu resolute: f3 9.0-1build1 Β· GPL-3.0-only
- ubuntu stonking: f3 9.0-1build1 Β· GPL-3.0-only
- π girlified by deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash on : a language model's rewrite of the original, under its terms