(Late reply due to busy week, just want to clarify a small detail) On Sun, May 19, 2013 16:34, Peter Stuge wrote: > J. Roeleveld wrote: >> I don't see how this will avoid the issue of a limited amount of >> inodes. >> That is what I usually run out of before the disk is full when >> storing lots of smaller files. > > I guess the number of unit files is on the order of hundreds, as long > as you haven't configured an INSTALL_MASK to avoid installing them. > (Why haven't you?) > > Are you saying that a few hundred inodes more will break many systems? > > It doesn't seem very likely to me.
Peter, I agree, it is not likely, but this was in relation to embedded devices where diskspace is often at a premium. I will probably start a new thread on gentoo-user about inodes and filesystems configuration later this year. -- Joost ps. no need to reply to this :)
