I want to convert my partition file system ext2 to xfs since I will be dealing with larger files. I am not quite sure how to do it, should I convert ext2 to ext4 first, then ext4 to xfs or direct conversion to ext2 -> ext4 possible? I only know how to convert ext2 to … Read more
I have Solaris 10 installed on computer and I have USB flash drive with ext2fs partition. I want to mount flash drive and do this: 1) Download FSWpart and FSWfsmisc packages 2) Install: root~#gzcat FSWpart.tar.gz | tar xvf – root~#gzcat FSWfsmisc.tar.gz | tar xvf – root~#pkgadd -d . FSWpart root~#pkgadd -d . FSWfsmisc 3) Run … Read more
I’m having a problem with my LVM volume. I lost a disk out of my RAID array, and started in in degraded mode. Now when I try to access 2 of the LVM volumes, they report a block size of 0. Does anyone know what is going on? $ lvdisplay — Logical volume — LV … Read more
When making a rsnapshot backup from a ext4 to a ext2 filesystem, about 90% of the files cannot be opened and produce Input/Output errors. When the target is ext4 too, it works flawless. Any ideas how I can fix that? Clarification: The backup runs trough without any problem in both cases but afterwards only the … Read more
I’d like to copy data off a disk (EXT2) that’s part of a RAID1 mirror (Linux software RAID). When I try to do a manual mount of the disk is complains that it’s part of an array. Is there a way to mount the disk in a ro mode without having to create an dummy … Read more
I have an ext2 filesystem with a maximum number of inodes per directory (somewhere around 32k), and also a maximum number of inodes in the entire filesystem (somewhere around 350m). Because I’m using this filesystem as a datastore for a service that has in excess of 32k objects, I’m distributing those objects between multiple subdirectories … Read more
I am running a mailserver with maildir storage. This means that quite a lot of files are created and I have just run out of inodes. AFAIK there is no magic command to increase number of inodes on ext# filesystem (or am I wrong?) so I have to backup and restore the whole filesystem. But … Read more
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I’m looking to create a loopback device for local temporary backup storage. This will be used to store ~1000 files in ~20 directories. I understand I’d need to use the mkfs command along the lines of: mkfs -t ext2 [ fs-options ] /path/to/image What I don’t understand is: What fs-options options are available for an … Read more
An ext2 filesystem can be resized – as long as the underlying block device can be resized – but not ONLINE. However, as another posting of mine has showed, if the ext2 filesystem is mounted as ext4 then resize2fs will not give an errormessage. System information: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.4 (Santiago) e2fsprogs-1.41.12-14.el6_4.2.x86_64 … Read more
