Introduction

This test image is an EXT3FS file system with several ASCII strings. There are only 4 strings to search for, so this one is quite simple and short. It only tests the basic features of EXT3FS.

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This test image is a 'raw' partition image (i.e. 'dd') of an EXT3FS file system. The file system is 5MB and is compressed to 4MB. The MD5 of the image is 30e7f792cc853e34e17335b243605d3a. This image is released under the GPL, so anyone can use it.

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Search Terms

These should all be performed case sensitive and not as regular expressions. Results Form

Num	String	Sector - Offset	Fragment - Offset	File	Note
1	first	330 - 100	165 - 100	/, /., /.., /lost+found/..	File Name
	first	392 - 100	196 - 100	inode #8	Journal entry
	first	432 - 100	216 - 100	inode #8	Journal entry
	first	2416 - 181	1208 - 181	/file1	Allocated file
2	second	2419 - 509	1209 - 1021	/file2	Fragmented String
3	third	2420 - 80	1210 - 80	/file3 (deleted)	Unallocated file
4	slacker	2417 - 179	1208 - 691	/file1	Slack space of file1

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Disclaimers

Neither Purdue University or CERIAS sponsor this work.

These tests are not a complete test suite. These were the first ones that I thought of and no formal theory was put into their design.

Passing these tests provides no guarantees about a tool. Always use additional test cases (and email them to me so we can all benefit!).