Path: utzoo!attcan!telly!nebulus!root
From: root@nebulus (Dennis S. Breckenridge)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386
Subject: Re: Still Waiting for Inode fixes, ZZZZZZZZ
Keywords: inode, UNIX, news
Message-ID: <1989Dec6.233223.20715@nebulus>
Date: 6 Dec 89 23:32:23 GMT
References: <434@telxon.UUCP> <[257bab4a:240.1]comp.unix.i386;1@nstar.UUCP> <1989Dec6.023924.1293@virtech.uucp>
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cpcahil@virtech.uucp (Conor P. Cahill) writes:

>Wrong.  All you have to do is specify the number of inodes that you require
>on the mkfs command line.

>	mkfs /dev/rdsk/0s4 90000:90000

>Creates a 90,000 block file system with 90,000 inodes.

FLAME ON:

mkfs restricts the maximum number of INODES to 65488. The ilist number
in the directory file is a 16 bit value 2^15 = 65535. The maximum number
of ilists points to the maximum number of files. mkfs is smart enough to
ignore anything over 65488. Any number of inodes over the max is set to the
maximum. So before you flame someone get the facts straight. RTFM

FLAME OFF:

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