[gentoo-doc-cvs] gentoo commit in xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook: hb-install-filesystems.xml

[gentoo-doc-cvs] gentoo commit in xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook: hb-install-filesystems.xml

[Joshua Saddler (nightmorph)]

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

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1.6                  xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-filesystems.xml

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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/&lt;device&gt;</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/&lt;device&gt;</c>.
 </p>
 
 </body>

[gentoo-doc-cvs] gentoo commit in xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook: hb-install-filesystems.xml

[Sven Vermeulen (swift)]

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.xml

file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-filesystems.xml?rev=1.10&view=markup
plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-filesystems.xml?rev=1.10&content-type=text/plain
diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-filesystems.xml?r1=1.9&r2=1.10

Index: hb-install-filesystems.xml
===================================================================
RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-filesystems.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 @@
 <?xml version='1.0' encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-filesystems.xml,v 1.9 2011/09/17 12:16:09 swift Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-filesystems.xml,v 1.10 2012/04/22 10:59:41 swift Exp $ -->
 <!DOCTYPE included SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd">
 
 <included>
 
-<version>7</version>
-<date>2011-09-17</date>
+<version>8</version>
+<date>2012-04-22</date>
 
 <section id="filesystemsdesc">
 <title>Filesystems</title>
@@ -88,8 +88,12 @@
 filesystems prevent long delays when you boot your system and your filesystem
 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/&lt;device&gt;</c>.
+inodes when you create the filesystem. The <c>mke2fs</c> application uses the
+"bytes-per-inode" setting to calculate how many inodes a file system should have.
+By running <c>mke2fs -T small /dev/&lt;device&gt;</c> the number of inodes will
+generally quadruple for a given file system as its "bytes-per-inode" reduces from 
+one every 16kB to one every 4kB. You can tune this even further by using
+<c>mke2fs -i &lt;ratio&gt; /dev/&lt;device&gt;</c>.
 </p>
 
 <p>
@@ -98,9 +102,14 @@
 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. 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/&lt;device&gt;</c>.
+filesystem. 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. The <c>mke2fs</c> application uses the
+"bytes-per-inode" setting to calculate how many inodes a file system should have.
+By running <c>mke2fs -j -T small /dev/&lt;device&gt;</c> the number of inodes will
+generally quadruple for a given file system as its "bytes-per-inode" reduces from 
+one every 16kB to one every 4kB. You can tune this even further by using
+<c>mke2fs -j -i &lt;ratio&gt; /dev/&lt;device&gt;</c>.
 </p>
 
 <p test="contains('x86 Alpha MIPS AMD64 arm IA64 SPARC HPPA',func:keyval('arch'))">

[gentoo-doc-cvs] gentoo commit in xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook: hb-install-filesystems.xml

[Sven Vermeulen (swift)]

swift       12/04/22 11:00:49

  Modified:             hb-install-filesystems.xml
  Log:
  Fix bug #398749 - For ext3, its ext3 :-)

Revision  Changes    Path
1.11                 xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-filesystems.xml

file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-filesystems.xml?rev=1.11&view=markup
plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-filesystems.xml?rev=1.11&content-type=text/plain
diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-filesystems.xml?r1=1.10&r2=1.11

Index: hb-install-filesystems.xml
===================================================================
RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-filesystems.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.10
retrieving revision 1.11
diff -u -r1.10 -r1.11
--- hb-install-filesystems.xml	22 Apr 2012 10:59:41 -0000	1.10
+++ hb-install-filesystems.xml	22 Apr 2012 11:00:49 -0000	1.11
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 <?xml version='1.0' encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-filesystems.xml,v 1.10 2012/04/22 10:59:41 swift Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-filesystems.xml,v 1.11 2012/04/22 11:00:49 swift Exp $ -->
 <!DOCTYPE included SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd">
 
 <included>
 
-<version>8</version>
+<version>9</version>
 <date>2012-04-22</date>
 
 <section id="filesystemsdesc">
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
 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 ext2 to reserve enough
+very small disk (less than 4GB), then you'll need to tell ext3 to reserve enough
 inodes when you create the filesystem. The <c>mke2fs</c> application uses the
 "bytes-per-inode" setting to calculate how many inodes a file system should have.
 By running <c>mke2fs -j -T small /dev/&lt;device&gt;</c> the number of inodes will

[gentoo-doc-cvs] gentoo commit in xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook: hb-install-filesystems.xml

[Sven Vermeulen (swift)]

swift       13/12/17 10:15:36

  Modified:             hb-install-filesystems.xml
  Log:
  Bug #489782 - Duplicate instructions for ext2, ext3 and possibly ext4 now separate

Revision  Changes    Path
1.14                 xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-filesystems.xml

file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-filesystems.xml?rev=1.14&view=markup
plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-filesystems.xml?rev=1.14&content-type=text/plain
diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-filesystems.xml?r1=1.13&r2=1.14

Index: hb-install-filesystems.xml
===================================================================
RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-filesystems.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.13
retrieving revision 1.14
diff -u -r1.13 -r1.14
--- hb-install-filesystems.xml	23 Feb 2013 18:38:22 -0000	1.13
+++ hb-install-filesystems.xml	17 Dec 2013 10:15:36 -0000	1.14
@@ -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 1.13 2013/02/23 18:38:22 swift Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-filesystems.xml,v 1.14 2013/12/17 10:15:36 swift Exp $ -->
 <!DOCTYPE included SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd">
 
 <included>
 
-<version>11</version>
-<date>2013-02-23</date>
+<version>12</version>
+<date>2013-12-17</date>
 
 <section id="filesystemsdesc">
 <title>Filesystems</title>
@@ -86,14 +86,7 @@
 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. 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. The <c>mke2fs</c> application uses the
-"bytes-per-inode" setting to calculate how many inodes a file system should have.
-By running <c>mke2fs -T small /dev/&lt;device&gt;</c> the number of inodes will
-generally quadruple for a given file system as its "bytes-per-inode" reduces from 
-one every 16kB to one every 4kB. You can tune this even further by using
-<c>mke2fs -i &lt;ratio&gt; /dev/&lt;device&gt;</c>.
+happens to be in an inconsistent state.
 </p>
 
 <p>
@@ -101,14 +94,7 @@
 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. 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. The <c>mke2fs</c> application uses the
-"bytes-per-inode" setting to calculate how many inodes a file system should have.
-By running <c>mke2fs -j -T small /dev/&lt;device&gt;</c> the number of inodes will
-generally quadruple for a given file system as its "bytes-per-inode" reduces from 
-one every 16kB to one every 4kB. You can tune this even further by using
-<c>mke2fs -j -i &lt;ratio&gt; /dev/&lt;device&gt;</c>.
+reliable filesystem.
 </p>
 
 <p test="contains('x86 Alpha MIPS AMD64 arm IA64 SPARC HPPA PPC PPC64',func:keyval('arch'))">
@@ -125,6 +111,19 @@
 filesystem. Ext4 is the recommended all-purpose all-platform filesystem.
 </p>
 
+<p>
+If you intend to install Gentoo on a very small disk (less than 4GB), then you'll
+need to tell ext2, ext3 or ext4 (if available) to reserve enough inodes when you
+create the filesystem. The <c>mke2fs</c> application uses the "bytes-per-inode"
+setting to calculate how many inodes a file system should have. By running
+<c>mke2fs -T small /dev/&lt;device&gt;</c> (ext2) or <c>mke2fs -j -T small
+/dev/&lt;device&gt;</c> (ext3/ext4) the number of inodes will generally
+quadruple for a given file system as its "bytes-per-inode" reduces from 
+one every 16kB to one every 4kB. You can tune this even further by using
+<c>mke2fs -i &lt;ratio&gt; /dev/&lt;device&gt;</c> (ext2) or <c>mke2fs -j
+-i &lt;ratio&gt; /dev/&lt;device&gt;</c> (ext3/ext4).
+</p>
+
 </body>
 <body test="not(func:keyval('arch')='SPARC')">
 

[gentoo-doc-cvs] gentoo commit in xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook: hb-install-filesystems.xml

[Sven Vermeulen (swift)]

swift       14/01/23 19:16:04

  Modified:             hb-install-filesystems.xml
  Log:
  Fix bug #498580 - inode count needs to be higher on at least 5Gb as well, move it to 8

Revision  Changes    Path
1.15                 xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-filesystems.xml

file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-filesystems.xml?rev=1.15&view=markup
plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-filesystems.xml?rev=1.15&content-type=text/plain
diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-filesystems.xml?r1=1.14&r2=1.15

Index: hb-install-filesystems.xml
===================================================================
RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-filesystems.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.14
retrieving revision 1.15
diff -u -r1.14 -r1.15
--- hb-install-filesystems.xml	17 Dec 2013 10:15:36 -0000	1.14
+++ hb-install-filesystems.xml	23 Jan 2014 19:16:03 -0000	1.15
@@ -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 1.14 2013/12/17 10:15:36 swift Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-filesystems.xml,v 1.15 2014/01/23 19:16:03 swift Exp $ -->
 <!DOCTYPE included SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd">
 
 <included>
 
-<version>12</version>
-<date>2013-12-17</date>
+<version>13</version>
+<date>2014-01-23</date>
 
 <section id="filesystemsdesc">
 <title>Filesystems</title>
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
 </p>
 
 <p>
-If you intend to install Gentoo on a very small disk (less than 4GB), then you'll
+If you intend to install Gentoo on a small partition (less than 8GB), then you'll
 need to tell ext2, ext3 or ext4 (if available) to reserve enough inodes when you
 create the filesystem. The <c>mke2fs</c> application uses the "bytes-per-inode"
 setting to calculate how many inodes a file system should have. By running