f3probe(1)

📦 version 9.0, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 f3probe(1) — probe a block device for counterfeit flash memory 💖

okay bestie, sit down, hydrate, because we're about to talk about the absolute villain arc of flash memory 🕵️♀️✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

f3probe — probe a block device for counterfeit flash memory 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

f3probe [-lnt?V] [-b ORDER] [-s TYPE] [--block-order=ORDER]
         [--min-memory] [--destructive] [--reset-type=TYPE] [--time-ops]
         [--help] [--usage] [--version] <DISK_DEV>

like, you hand it a disk and it goes to work, no notes 🫶

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so first of all, what even is F3? F3 stands for Fight Flash Fraud, or Fight Fake Flash. iconic name, honestly, it ate 🔥

f3probe probes a block device for counterfeit flash memory. and if it is counterfeit, f3probe identifies the fake type and real memory size — exposing the lies, one block at a time 💀✨

⚠️ Warning: THIS COMMAND IS EXPERIMENTAL. like, it's giving science experiment, main character energy, proceed with awareness bestie 😭

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

  • -b, --block-order=ORDER — force the block size of the drive to be 2^ORDER Bytes. yes, it's a power of two situation, we love a math moment 🧚
  • -l, --min-memory — trades speed for using less memory. slower but lighter on RAM, a whole trade-off vibe 💜
  • -n, --destructive — do not restore the blocks of the device after probing it. destructive, bestie, the name is not playing around 🙈
  • -s, --reset-type=TYPE — the reset method to use during the probe. you're picking the reset type, be specific 🎯
  • -t, --time-ops — times reads, writes, and resets. clocking everything like a nosy friend with a stopwatch ⏱️
  • -?, --help — gives this help list. your little rescue map 🗺️
  • --usage — gives a short usage message. the tl;dr version, we love her 🌸
  • -V, --version — prints the program version. know who you're dealing with 👑

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the whole squad, the friend group, the ensemble cast 🫶✨

👑 AUTHOR 👑

The F3 was written by Michel Machado <michel@digirati.com.br>. thank you king 💖

This manual page was written by Joao Eriberto Mota Filho <eriberto@debian.org> for the Debian project (but may be used by others). sharing is caring, fr fr 🎀

and that's the whole page bestie!! F3PROBE 6.0, dating all the way back to Jan 2016 — vintage, lowkey a classic, still slaying 💅⭐ go forth and catch those fake flash chips, iykyk 🦋💜

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