On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 02:31:03PM -0400, bruce wrote: > On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 2:18 PM, Steven Stern > <subscribed-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 10/14/2014 12:00 PM, bruce wrote: > >> hi. > >> > >> got a test drive, single partition > >> > >> i'm trying to figureout how to increase the inode count > >> > >> the drive is formatted, single root partition, fixed inode count > >> > >> trying to figure out how to increase the inode count > >> > >> i can do that/increase the inode if i have a partition, and i > >> unmount,reformat/ use -T news to increase the inode ratio, etc.. > >> > >> but I can't figure out how to accomplish this on a single drive/root partition > >> > > Boot off a live CD/DVD? > > > and how does booting off a separate device allow you to change the > root partition /dev/sda inode count????? > > > you still have to then format the dev/sda drive, partition it, place > the os on it, but you're back in the same place! > > unless there's a way to use the os install gui, to somehow increase > the inode count at this step.. and there might be if you do a post on > the kickstart, but I haven't found any step by step process on how to > accomplish this.. > > thanks Typically needing more inodes means that you are using the drive to store many small files. Typically this has to be planned into your file systems when you create them. The ext3/ext4 file system IIRC doesn't let you change number of inodes once the file system has been laid down. A file system like XFS might be more useful for your case storing many small files since it manages inodes in a different way. -- Paul W. Frields http://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 http://redhat.com/ - - - - http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/ The open source story continues to grow: http://opensource.com -- 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