On Tue, Apr 08, 2008 at 09:45:08PM +0200, supersud501 wrote: > Eric Sandeen wrote: >> supersud501 wrote: >>> i get this when trying to run e2fsck on my ext4dev filesystem (kernel >>> 2.6.25-rc8), extents enabled: >>> >>> e2fsck 1.40.8 (13-Mar-2008) >>> /dev/loop2 has unsupported feature(s): huge_file >>> e2fsck: Get a newer version of e2fsck! >>> >>> just updated to the git-version of e2fsprogs, same error. i know e2fsck >>> worked once with the drive (~2 months ago). >>> >>> what can i do? >> Do you in fact have any very large files on the disk? > > yeah, i have (> 5.5gb). > > i know it worked a few months (1-2) ago, even with extents enabled. at this > time there where those large files too. The old 1.39-interim-tyt3 e2fsprogs patch claimed it supported huge files, but it didn't, actually. It lied. :-( (So if you needed to repair a filesystem, e2fsck would screw up the i_blocks field.) I'm working on fixing that. - Ted -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
