Re: Stuff the installer does which isn't done on upgrade....

[Theodore Tso] > The e2fsprogs-udeb package does include the mke2fs.conf file, so if > the installer is using the latest e2fsprogs-udeb, it should be > creating filesystems with the dir_index and resize_inode features. Soon the etch installer is using the latest mkfs.ext3 to create the file system

Re: Stuff the installer does which isn't done on upgrade....

Hi, On Thu, Aug 03, 2006 at 12:24:09AM -0400, Nathanael Nerode wrote: > So upgraded systems don't get the benefits of certain changes to the > installer's > defaults, or defaults in programs used by the installer. > > [...] Perhaps people could comment on other things like this which > they've

Re: Stuff the installer does which isn't done on upgrade....

Theodore Tso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, Aug 15, 2006 at 10:53:14AM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: >> Did they fix that? When I first looked into dir_index it was said that >> it would corrupt the directories since it would search the old linear >> dirs via hash and insert new entrie

Re: Stuff the installer does which isn't done on upgrade....

On Tue, Aug 15, 2006 at 10:53:14AM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > Did they fix that? When I first looked into dir_index it was said that > it would corrupt the directories since it would search the old linear > dirs via hash and insert new entries by hash into linear dirs. Who said that? I

Re: Stuff the installer does which isn't done on upgrade....

Theodore Tso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, Aug 04, 2006 at 03:02:34PM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: >> For dir_index you have to take the FS offline, tune2fs and fsck it or >> you totaly corrupt it. > > Actually, that's not true. It's perfectly safe to run tune2fs on a > mounted volu

Re: Stuff the installer does which isn't done on upgrade....

On Sat, Aug 05, 2006 at 07:58:20PM +0200, Mike Hommey wrote: > I don't know about the installer, but all filesystems I created with > mke2fs recently also have resize_inode, which isn't even in the tune2fs > manpage. It's not in the tune2fs man page because e2fsprogs doesn't currently support addi

Re: Stuff the installer does which isn't done on upgrade....

On Fri, Aug 04, 2006 at 03:02:34PM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > For dir_index you have to take the FS offline, tune2fs and fsck it or > you totaly corrupt it. Actually, that's not true. It's perfectly safe to run tune2fs on a mounted volume to enable the dir_index feature. All directorie

Re: Stuff the installer does which isn't done on upgrade....

[Mike Hommey] > I don't know about the installer, but all filesystems I created with > mke2fs recently also have resize_inode, which isn't even in the > tune2fs manpage. The default was recently changed in /etc/mke2fs.conf. It make life with LVM a lot easier. :) Friendly, -- Petter Reinholdtse

Re: Stuff the installer does which isn't done on upgrade....

On Thu, Aug 03, 2006 at 12:24:09AM -0400, Nathanael Nerode <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So upgraded systems don't get the benefits of certain changes to the > installer's > defaults, or defaults in programs used by the installer. > > I first thought of this when I noticed the change in the defa

Re: Stuff the installer does which isn't done on upgrade....

Hello! On Sat, 05 Aug 2006 15:05:10 +0200, Adrian von Bidder wrote: > On Thursday 03 August 2006 06:24, Nathanael Nerode wrote: >> So upgraded systems don't get the benefits of certain changes to the >> installer's defaults, or defaults in programs used by the installer. > >

Re: Stuff the installer does which isn't done on upgrade....

On Thursday 03 August 2006 06:24, Nathanael Nerode wrote: > So upgraded systems don't get the benefits of certain changes to the > installer's defaults, or defaults in programs used by the installer. Anyobdy (Marco d'Itri?) can add some comments regardin

Re: Stuff the installer does which isn't done on upgrade....

Nathanael Nerode <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > So upgraded systems don't get the benefits of certain changes to the > installer's > defaults, or defaults in programs used by the installer. > > I first thought of this when I noticed the change in the default tuning for > ext2 partitions created b