From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1SLuWE-0001lx-OM for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 22 Apr 2012 10:59:51 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id AF536E0BF2; Sun, 22 Apr 2012 10:59:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 72FD5E0BF2 for ; Sun, 22 Apr 2012 10:59:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from flycatcher.gentoo.org (flycatcher.gentoo.org [81.93.255.6]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A72091B4007 for ; Sun, 22 Apr 2012 10:59:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: by flycatcher.gentoo.org (Postfix, from userid 617) id 632E02004B; Sun, 22 Apr 2012 10:59:41 +0000 (UTC) From: "Sven Vermeulen (swift)" To: gentoo-commits@lists.gentoo.org Reply-To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org, swift@gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-commits] gentoo commit in xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook: hb-install-filesystems.xml X-VCS-Repository: gentoo X-VCS-Files: hb-install-filesystems.xml X-VCS-Directories: xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook X-VCS-Committer: swift X-VCS-Committer-Name: Sven Vermeulen Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf8 Message-Id: <20120422105941.632E02004B@flycatcher.gentoo.org> Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2012 10:59:41 +0000 (UTC) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-commits@lists.gentoo.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 6180efac-f4f1-4e16-9a38-c97bb373456d X-Archives-Hash: 5d60f58eb5913b50e33c81c5060fd8fe swift 12/04/22 10:59:41 Modified: hb-install-filesystems.xml Log: Fix bug #398749 - Improve wording on inode calculation for smaller file= systems Revision Changes Path 1.10 xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-filesystems.xm= l file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/hand= book/hb-install-filesystems.xml?rev=3D1.10&view=3Dmarkup plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/hand= book/hb-install-filesystems.xml?rev=3D1.10&content-type=3Dtext/plain diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/hand= book/hb-install-filesystems.xml?r1=3D1.9&r2=3D1.10 Index: hb-install-filesystems.xml =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-files= ystems.xml,v retrieving revision 1.9 retrieving revision 1.10 diff -u -r1.9 -r1.10 --- hb-install-filesystems.xml 17 Sep 2011 12:16:09 -0000 1.9 +++ hb-install-filesystems.xml 22 Apr 2012 10:59:41 -0000 1.10 @@ -1,11 +1,11 @@ - + =20 =20 -7 -2011-09-17 +8 +2012-04-22 =20
Filesystems @@ -88,8 +88,12 @@ filesystems prevent long delays when you boot your system and your files= ystem 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 reserv= e enough -inodes when you create the filesystem by running mke2fs -T small -/dev/<device>. +inodes when you create the filesystem. The mke2fs application use= s the +"bytes-per-inode" setting to calculate how many inodes a file system sho= uld have. +By running mke2fs -T small /dev/<device> the number of inod= es will +generally quadruple for a given file system as its "bytes-per-inode" red= uces from=20 +one every 16kB to one every 4kB. You can tune this even further by using +mke2fs -i <ratio> /dev/<device>.

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@@ -98,9 +102,14 @@ full data and ordered data journaling. It uses an HTree index that enabl= es 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. If you intend to install Gentoo on a very small disk (less t= han -4GB), then you'll need to tell ext3 to reserve enough inodes when you cr= eate the -filesystem by running mke2fs -j -T small /dev/<device>. +filesystem. If you intend to install Gentoo on a +very small disk (less than 4GB), then you'll need to tell ext2 to reserv= e enough +inodes when you create the filesystem. The mke2fs application use= s the +"bytes-per-inode" setting to calculate how many inodes a file system sho= uld have. +By running mke2fs -j -T small /dev/<device> the number of i= nodes will +generally quadruple for a given file system as its "bytes-per-inode" red= uces from=20 +one every 16kB to one every 4kB. You can tune this even further by using +mke2fs -j -i <ratio> /dev/<device>.

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