On Fri, Aug 09, 2013 at 09:56:38AM +0800, [email protected] wrote:
> Alas,
> $ /sbin/mke2fs -n /tmp/eee
> mke2fs 1.42.8 (20-Jun-2013)
> /tmp/eee is not a block special device.
> Proceed anyway? (y,n) y
> Filesystem label=
> OS type: Linux
> Block size=1024 (log=0)
> Fragment size=1024 (log=0)
> Stride=0 blocks, Stripe width=0 blocks
> 88 inodes, 664 blocks
> 33 blocks (4.97%) reserved for the super user
> First data block=1
> Maximum filesystem blocks=786432
> 1 block group
> 8192 blocks per group, 8192 fragments per group
> 88 inodes per group
>
> No mention of the location of the backup superblocks.
> OK, but at least the output should say so.
> Yes this is a small filesystem.
It seems kind of silly to have mke2fs say, "there are no backup
superblocks, the file system is too small".
So you're pedantically correct, but it's not clear it's worth it to
try to spell out every single corner case in the man page. If you
want to suggest some wording that is better than what we currently
have in the man page, plesae feel free.
- Ted
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