Re: [arch-releng] [archiso] handle number of inodes

On 12/06/2012 10:18 AM, Christian Hesse wrote:

Dave Reisner on Thu, 2012/12/06 08:14:

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On Thu, Dec 06, 2012 at 02:05:13PM +0100, Christian Hesse wrote:

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Hello everybody,

I came across a problem with my own live media. When placing directories with a lot of directories and small files inside a dedicated filesystem it is created with about 50% used size, but more than 90% indoes are used. This triggers errors when updating or installing software inside the live system.

I have created a small patch that calculates the number of inodes, so about 50% are used. This fixes my problem, additionally this should decrease size of media if a lot less than 50% inodes were used otherwise.

This is quick and dirty, so feel free to modify it to your preferences. I think you got the idea. ;) -- main(a){char*c=/* Schoene Gruesse */"B?IJj;MEH" "CX:;",b;for(a/* Chris get my mail address: */=0;b=c[a++];) putchar(b-1/(/* gcc -o sig sig.c && ./sig */b/42*2-3)*42);}

You may want to attach the patch if you want it reviewed.

Hmm, I did, just checked in my outbox. But no problem, you can get it from my website as well:

http://www.eworm.de/download/linux/archiso_inodes.patch

Hello Thanks for the patch. But I do not think that should be a good idea to change the defaults. Maybe for your case can be a good idea to make another custom.fs.sfs for this structure, and use a custom mke2fs.conf. I guess XFS will fit much better for your case, with defaults. Warning: the patch introduced a cosmethical change, that I want to keep. (ext2 vs ext3) -- Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi \cos^2\alpha + \sin^2\alpha = 1