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/<device></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/<device></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 <ratio> /dev/<device></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/<device></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/<device></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 <ratio> /dev/<device></c>. </p> <p test="contains('x86 Alpha MIPS AMD64 arm IA64 SPARC HPPA',func:keyval('arch'))">
