Hi Maxim,
On Thu Mar 6, 2025 at 1:43 AM CET, Maxim Cournoyer wrote: > "Tanguy Le Carrour" <tan...@bioneland.org> writes: >> For the last 6 years or so, I’ve been happily using Guix Home. >> My weekly routine had always been: > > [...] > >> $ df -i >> Filesystem Inodes IUsed IFree IUse% Mounted on >> none 997991 649 997342 1% /dev >> /dev/sda1 3276800 3275803 997 100% / >> /dev/sda2 11403264 343796 11059468 4% /home >> tmpfs 1000329 40 1000289 1% /dev/shm >> none 1000329 24 1000305 1% /run/systemd >> none 1000329 2 1000327 1% /run/user >> none 1000329 1 1000328 1% /var/cache/fontconfig >> none 1000329 185 1000144 1% /var/lib/gdm >> tmpfs 200065 43 200022 1% /run/user/1000 >> ``` >> >> The inode count is quite low, but the thing is, I haven’t changed much in the >> meantime!? And it worked perfectly fine for years!? > > You are indeed running out of inodes. You do not mention which file > system you are using, but given this is a problem, I assume Ext4. You are assuming right! Sorry for not mentioning it in my message. >> I would gladly consider any other suggestions! > > I'd migrate your system to the Btrfs file system, which dynamically > allocates inodes and never runs out of them. It has a few peculiarities > that must be taken into account, such as the requirement to run 'btrfs > balance' periodically to reclaim unallocated blocks, but otherwise it's > stable and has interesting features. Make sure to use it with Zstd > compression to magically double (about) your storage capacity :-). Sounds like an **excellent** plan! I’ll give it a try at the week-end! Can I actually do it from the installer? 🤔… well I guess I’ll figure it out soon enough! 😅 Thanks! -- Tanguy
