ok... but given that I've asked for how to be able to install centos/fedora so I can increase the inode count!!!!! still trying to figure this part out! ie, where/how does one do the cmdline/level install and where would the attribute for increasing the inode count occur.. thanks On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 3:48 PM, jd1008 <jd1008@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 08/14/2014 12:29 PM, bruce wrote: >> >> Hi guys/list. >> >> Looking into installing centos/fedora and I'd like to increase the >> inodes on the partitions. So I'm trying to find a step by step process >> to accomplish this. >> >> As far as I can tell, the GUI/Anaconda doesn't have any place for me >> to insert the increased inode count. >> >> Comments would be appreciated. >> >> ps. >> >> I know I can take a partition offline, reformat it, and increase the >> nodes, but I don't see how one can do this with the primary/root >> portion of the drive on the same system.. >> >> thanks > > The installer will not provide any interface where you specify the number of > inodes. > IMHO, it is for the good or the overwhelming majority of users, who do not > understand > the consequences of specifying their own inode count. > > The short of the long is: Fewer inodes are normally used for filesystems > that > will contain very large or huge files and hardly any small files. Thus most > of the > disk space is used for file storage. > The converse is that a considerably larger number of inodes would be used > for filesystems that will contain mostly small files, thus allow a larger > number of such small files. > But with the increasing size of disks, this issue becomes less and less > of a concern for most users. > -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
