Thanks, the resize inode was indeed the large file reporting at about 4.2 GB. Edmond Rodriguez --- Andreas Dilger <adilger@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Apr 04, 2007 10:57 -0700, edmond rodriguez wrote: > > I am checking a file system (ext3) as shown below. It is actually a fresh > file > > system, as I had deleted all partitions and created an ext3 file system. > But > > when I run the check with the verbose option, it says I have one large > file. > > Am I missing something here, or is it odd that I cannot find this large > file it > > is reporting? I reviewed some documentation on ext3 file systems, and > > experimented with different sizes and formats, but finally decided to post > > (after reviewing archives). Is this "large file" just a private file used > by > > the file system itself, or maybe the journal? It is a large drive (500GB), > so > > maybe a large file got generated which normally might appear smaller on a > > smaller drive. > > > > I tried ls -sal and other flags with ls looking for the large file. I also > ran > > dump2fs, although the output can be somewhat complex. > > "find /mount/point -size +2G -ls" > > Also, "debugfs -c -R stat <7>" - it might be the resize inode. > > Cheers, Andreas > -- > Andreas Dilger > Principal Software Engineer > Cluster File Systems, Inc. > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Expecting? Get great news right away with email Auto-Check. Try the Yahoo! Mail Beta. http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta/newmail_tools.html _______________________________________________ Ext3-users mailing list Ext3-users@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ext3-users
