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/<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>. +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/<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>. +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/<device></c> (ext2) or <c>mke2fs -j -T small +/dev/<device></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 <ratio> /dev/<device></c> (ext2) or <c>mke2fs -j +-i <ratio> /dev/<device></c> (ext3/ext4). +</p> + </body> <body test="not(func:keyval('arch')='SPARC')">
