Re: ext2 sparse superblocks

2000-11-19 Thread Andreas Dilger
Michael Rothwell write: > I'm looking for documentation on Ext2's support for sparse superblocks. > What it the method uses to reduce the number of superblocks? How are > they laid out before vs after sparse_super is enabled? Any caveats? In an old-style (non-sparse) filesystem, every block gro

ext2 sparse superblocks

2000-11-18 Thread Michael Rothwell
I'm looking for documentation on Ext2's support for sparse superblocks. Canvasing search engines gets me the same two references to tune2fs and the dac960. I've also looked in /usr/doc and /usr/src/linux/Documentation without success. What it the method uses to reduce the number of superblocks? H