Re: [gentoo-user] ext4 inode limit reached

2011-12-13 Thread Daniel Troeder
On 13.12.2011 01:44, Frank Steinmetzger wrote: > On my system, /usr/portage currently contains 127000 files. But for reason of > increased performance I put it into a squashfs file. (There was a nice howto > on this ML some months ago). You could try that, which will free those inodes > up and id

Re: [gentoo-user] ext4 inode limit reached

2011-12-12 Thread Michael Orlitzky
On 12/12/2011 06:15 AM, Daniel Troeder wrote: $ fsck -vf /dev/sda5 [..] 655360 inodes used (100.00%) [..] $ find /gentoo -xdev | wc -l 655338 That's really disappointing. I was using reiser3fs and XFS before, and they didn't have that kind of limitation... Uhm... not meant as a rant - I lik

Re: [gentoo-user] ext4 inode limit reached

2011-12-12 Thread Frank Steinmetzger
On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 12:15:52PM +0100, Daniel Troeder wrote: > I have an ext4-filesystem that contains /usr/src, the /usr/portage and > /var/cache/edb. It previously also contained /var/db/pkg, but I had to > move that some weeks ago, because the fs was "full". Now it's "full" > again, though i

Re: [gentoo-user] ext4 inode limit reached

2011-12-12 Thread Daniel Troeder
On 12.12.2011 15:54, Alex Schuster wrote: > Joseph writes: >> That is scary. I just install new HD with 2TB capacity and ext4 that is >> 2% full and: >> $ find /home/joseph/ -xdev | wc -l >> shows: 169977 that is 26% full. > No, that is 26% of the number of total inodes _Daniel_ has on his small

Re: [gentoo-user] ext4 inode limit reached

2011-12-12 Thread Alex Schuster
Joseph writes: > On 12/12/11 12:15, Daniel Troeder wrote: > >Hello :) > > > >I have an ext4-filesystem that contains /usr/src, the /usr/portage and > >/var/cache/edb. It previously also contained /var/db/pkg, but I had to > >move that some weeks ago, because the fs was "full". Now it's "full" > >a

Re: [gentoo-user] ext4 inode limit reached

2011-12-12 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Dec 12, 2011 9:39 PM, "Joseph" wrote: > > Quick googling around indicates that JFS, or XFS don't have these limitation. > -quote > Many computer programs used by system administrators in UNIX operating systems often designate files with inode numbers. Examples include popular disk i

Re: [gentoo-user] ext4 inode limit reached

2011-12-12 Thread Joseph
Quick googling around indicates that JFS, or XFS don't have these limitation. -quote Many computer programs used by system administrators in UNIX operating systems often designate files with inode numbers. Examples include popular disk integrity checking utilities such as the fsck or

Re: [gentoo-user] ext4 inode limit reached

2011-12-12 Thread Joseph
On 12/12/11 12:15, Daniel Troeder wrote: Hello :) I have an ext4-filesystem that contains /usr/src, the /usr/portage and /var/cache/edb. It previously also contained /var/db/pkg, but I had to move that some weeks ago, because the fs was "full". Now it's "full" again, though it has free blocks. B

Re: [gentoo-user] ext4 inode limit reached

2011-12-12 Thread Alex Schuster
Daniel Troeder writes: > I have an ext4-filesystem that contains /usr/src, the /usr/portage and > /var/cache/edb. It previously also contained /var/db/pkg, but I had to > move that some weeks ago, because the fs was "full". Now it's "full" > again, though it has free blocks. But no inodes are left

[gentoo-user] ext4 inode limit reached

2011-12-12 Thread Daniel Troeder
Hello :) I have an ext4-filesystem that contains /usr/src, the /usr/portage and /var/cache/edb. It previously also contained /var/db/pkg, but I had to move that some weeks ago, because the fs was "full". Now it's "full" again, though it has free blocks. But no inodes are left: $ fsck -vf /dev/sda