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swift 12/04/22 10:59:41 |
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Modified: hb-install-filesystems.xml |
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Log: |
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Fix bug #398749 - Improve wording on inode calculation for smaller file systems |
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Revision Changes Path |
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1.10 xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-filesystems.xml |
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file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-filesystems.xml?rev=1.10&view=markup |
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plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-filesystems.xml?rev=1.10&content-type=text/plain |
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diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-filesystems.xml?r1=1.9&r2=1.10 |
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Index: hb-install-filesystems.xml |
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=================================================================== |
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RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-filesystems.xml,v |
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retrieving revision 1.9 |
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retrieving revision 1.10 |
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diff -u -r1.9 -r1.10 |
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--- hb-install-filesystems.xml 17 Sep 2011 12:16:09 -0000 1.9 |
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+++ hb-install-filesystems.xml 22 Apr 2012 10:59:41 -0000 1.10 |
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@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@ |
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<?xml version='1.0' encoding="UTF-8"?> |
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-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-filesystems.xml,v 1.9 2011/09/17 12:16:09 swift Exp $ --> |
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+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-filesystems.xml,v 1.10 2012/04/22 10:59:41 swift Exp $ --> |
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<!DOCTYPE included SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd"> |
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<included> |
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-<version>7</version> |
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-<date>2011-09-17</date> |
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+<version>8</version> |
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+<date>2012-04-22</date> |
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<section id="filesystemsdesc"> |
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<title>Filesystems</title> |
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@@ -88,8 +88,12 @@ |
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filesystems prevent long delays when you boot your system and your filesystem |
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happens to be in an inconsistent state. If you intend to install Gentoo on a |
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very small disk (less than 4GB), then you'll need to tell ext2 to reserve enough |
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-inodes when you create the filesystem by running <c>mke2fs -T small |
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-/dev/<device></c>. |
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+inodes when you create the filesystem. The <c>mke2fs</c> application uses the |
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+"bytes-per-inode" setting to calculate how many inodes a file system should have. |
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+By running <c>mke2fs -T small /dev/<device></c> the number of inodes will |
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+generally quadruple for a given file system as its "bytes-per-inode" reduces from |
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+one every 16kB to one every 4kB. You can tune this even further by using |
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+<c>mke2fs -i <ratio> /dev/<device></c>. |
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</p> |
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<p> |
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full data and ordered data journaling. It uses an HTree index that enables high |
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performance in almost all situations. In short, ext3 is a very good and |
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reliable filesystem. Ext3 is the recommended all-purpose all-platform |
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-filesystem. If you intend to install Gentoo on a very small disk (less than |
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-4GB), then you'll need to tell ext3 to reserve enough inodes when you create the |
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-filesystem by running <c>mke2fs -j -T small /dev/<device></c>. |
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+filesystem. If you intend to install Gentoo on a |
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+very small disk (less than 4GB), then you'll need to tell ext2 to reserve enough |
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+inodes when you create the filesystem. The <c>mke2fs</c> application uses the |
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+"bytes-per-inode" setting to calculate how many inodes a file system should have. |
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+By running <c>mke2fs -j -T small /dev/<device></c> the number of inodes will |
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+generally quadruple for a given file system as its "bytes-per-inode" reduces from |
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+one every 16kB to one every 4kB. You can tune this even further by using |
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+<c>mke2fs -j -i <ratio> /dev/<device></c>. |
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</p> |
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<p test="contains('x86 Alpha MIPS AMD64 arm IA64 SPARC HPPA',func:keyval('arch'))"> |
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