On Sat, 2005-04-09 at 19:39 -0700, Peter Gordon wrote:
> Try running `tune2fs -O dir_index /dev/<partition>` on your Ext2/Ext3
> partition(s) to enable this. You'll need to unmount the partition before doing
> this (booting from a LiveCD if needed). To re-optimize a Ext2/Ext3
> filesystem's
> directory structure, you'll then need to run `e2fsck -D /dev/<partition>` (as
> previously mentioned, this should be done while the filesystem is not
> mounted).
dir_index
Use hashed b-trees to speed up lookups in large directories.
Can you explain to me this feature? It's the first I've heard of it.
>
> If you're further interested, I've posted a thread[1] in Gentoo's DT&T forum
> that has more information.
>
>
> [1] http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-305871.html
If this has explanation to the above, I will look at it. But since no
I-net access currently, so....
>
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