Wolfgang Denk wrote: > > How come the lost+found directory is large, or even has a > > single entry to begin with? I thought it was used by fsck > > to collect file data lost due to file system corruption > > over time; so in a freshly built embedded image, there > > shouldn't be any of that. Did I miss something? > > When the filesystem is created (by mke2fs) special care is taken to > create a big directory that allows for many entries to be reconnected > without need to grow the directory which could be dangerous on an > already corrupted filesystem. Have a look: > > [...] > > to "blow up" the lost+found/ directory to allow for a sufficiently > large number of directory entries. Today mke2fs does this > automagically (and people forget why it needs to be done).
Count me out of there: I didn't have the faintest idea about it to begin with, let alone forget that idea. :) However, I was dumb not to think of risking corruption while fsck-ing the filesystem. :) Thank you wolfgang for your explanation! Albert. ** Sent via the linuxppc-embedded mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/
