Re: default ext3 options

2006-11-15 Thread Theodore Tso
On Tue, Nov 14, 2006 at 12:35:30PM +, Sam Morris wrote: As far as I know, neither the resize_inode nore the dir_index ext3 option can be securely added after the file system is created. According to http://groups.google.co.uk/group/linux.debian.devel/msg/4d987ea414438e70, it should be

default ext3 options (was: Re: Debian Installer etch RC1 released)

2006-11-14 Thread Bastian Venthur
On 14.11.2006 05:19 schrieb Frans Pop: * The installer will now create ext3 partitions with important options like resize_inode and dir_index enabled by default; the first means that on-line resizing of ext3 partitions is supported. And since some users might be happily running

Re: default ext3 options (was: Re: Debian Installer etch RC1 released)

2006-11-14 Thread Frans Pop
On Tuesday 14 November 2006 09:44, Bastian Venthur wrote: And where can I get the full list of ext3-options which are enabled now by default? Enabled by default when creating a new file system: $ less /etc/mke2fs.conf Cheers, FJP pgphSiVM6R856.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: default ext3 options

2006-11-14 Thread Sam Morris
On Tue, 14 Nov 2006 13:10:06 +0100, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: [Bastian Venthur] And since some users might be happily running Debian for years without needing the Debian installer -- what can we do to let those users benefit from enhancements a new Debian Installer brings? As far as I

Re: default ext3 options

2006-11-14 Thread Frans Pop
On Tuesday 14 November 2006 13:35, Sam Morris wrote: filesystem. However, to get the benefit of the indexing for already-created directories, e2fsck -D should be run after dir_index has been added; therefore it's probably best to just document the procedure in the release notes. If you'd

Re: default ext3 options

2006-11-14 Thread Andreas Barth
* Sam Morris ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [061114 13:36]: http://groups.google.co.uk/group/linux.debian.devel/msg/4d987ea414438e70, it should be perfectly safe to add dir_index to an existing filesystem. However, to get the benefit of the indexing for already-created directories, e2fsck -D should be

Re: default ext3 options

2006-11-14 Thread Petter Reinholdtsen
[Bastian Venthur] On 14.11.2006 05:19 schrieb Frans Pop: * The installer will now create ext3 partitions with important options like resize_inode and dir_index enabled by default; the first means that on-line resizing of ext3 partitions is supported. And since some users might be

Re: default ext3 options

2006-11-14 Thread Darren Salt
I demand that Petter Reinholdtsen may or may not have written... [snip] As far as I know, neither the resize_inode nore the dir_index ext3 option can be securely added after the file system is created. I've done the latter, though while the file system was unmounted, and I ran fsck -D on it

Re: default ext3 options

2006-11-14 Thread Andreas Barth
* Darren Salt ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [061114 19:54]: I demand that Petter Reinholdtsen may or may not have written... [snip] As far as I know, neither the resize_inode nore the dir_index ext3 option can be securely added after the file system is created. I've done the latter, though while

Re: default ext3 options

2006-11-14 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 11/14/06 12:28, Darren Salt wrote: I demand that Petter Reinholdtsen may or may not have written... [snip] As far as I know, neither the resize_inode nore the dir_index ext3 option can be securely added after the file system is created.