Thanks Paul and others. I've had some tell me that you can do the inode increase as you create the drive/format it/partition it if you have a post % % process.. but no one has been able to tell me step by step how to do this!!! If I use the gui to do an install.. can't figure it out.. A workaround (ugly at best) is to create the initial root partition on a small chunk of the drive, and then go in and reformat/repartition the rest of the drive, and then increase the inode ratio.. which is kind of cheating!! But doing it in one step/process.. cant figure it out! Thanks!! On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 5:35 PM, Paul W. Frields <stickster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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 -- 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
