nightmorph 09/06/14 10:16:25 Modified: hb-install-filesystems.xml Log: ext2/3 filesystems on disks under 4GB in size need to use the -T small option at creation time, otherwise the system runs out of inodes. added the info to the shared filesystems.xml doc so that all the handbooks pick up the note. bug 269035
Revision Changes Path 1.6 xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-filesystems.xml file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-filesystems.xml?rev=1.6&view=markup plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-filesystems.xml?rev=1.6&content-type=text/plain diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-filesystems.xml?r1=1.5&r2=1.6 Index: hb-install-filesystems.xml =================================================================== RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-filesystems.xml,v retrieving revision 1.5 retrieving revision 1.6 diff -u -r1.5 -r1.6 --- hb-install-filesystems.xml 1 Apr 2008 08:53:46 -0000 1.5 +++ hb-install-filesystems.xml 14 Jun 2009 10:16:24 -0000 1.6 @@ -1,11 +1,11 @@ <?xml version='1.0' encoding="UTF-8"?> -<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-filesystems.xml,v 1.5 2008/04/01 08:53:46 nightmorph Exp $ --> +<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-filesystems.xml,v 1.6 2009/06/14 10:16:24 nightmorph Exp $ --> <!DOCTYPE included SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd"> <included> -<version>3</version> -<date>2008-03-03</date> +<version>4</version> +<date>2009-06-14</date> <section id="filesystemsdesc"> <title>Filesystems</title> @@ -86,15 +86,21 @@ journaled filesystems that can be checked for consistency very quickly and are thus generally preferred over their non-journaled counterparts. Journaled filesystems prevent long delays when you boot your system and your filesystem -happens to be in an inconsistent state. +happens to be in an inconsistent state. If you intend to install Gentoo on a +very small disk (less than 4GB), then you'll need to tell ext2 to reserve enough +inodes when you create the filesystem by running <c>mke2fs -T small +/dev/<device></c>. </p> <p> <b>ext3</b> is the journaled version of the ext2 filesystem, providing metadata journaling for fast recovery in addition to other enhanced journaling modes like full data and ordered data journaling. It uses an HTree index that enables high -performance in almost all situations. In short, ext3 is a very good and reliable -filesystem. Ext3 is the recommended all-purpose all-platform filesystem. +performance in almost all situations. In short, ext3 is a very good and +reliable filesystem. Ext3 is the recommended all-purpose all-platform +filesystem. If you intend to install Gentoo on a very small disk (less than +4GB), then you'll need to tell ext3 to reserve enough inodes when you create the +filesystem by running <c>mke2fs -j -T small /dev/<device></c>. </p> </body>
