[ale] how many inodes ext2fs?

Eric Z. Ayers eric.ayers at mindspring.com
Mon Oct 22 03:43:48 EDT 2001


jenn at colormaria.com wrote:
>>Yes. The default is to create one inode for every 4k of disk space. So
>>you'll have about 11000 inodes for a 46MB partition (megabyte and not
>>gigabyte right?).
>>
> 
> ARGH.  I have put in 4 20 hour days, so typos are to be expected. :)  Yes,
> 46GB...GIG...not meg. Sorry for the confusion, and thanks for the answer. 
> 
> jenn
> 

With a partition that big, you'd be wise to use a logging filesystem. 
We've been using reiserfs with good results for about a year now.  It's 
relatively easy to use.  See www.namesys.org.




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