[syslinux] ext2/ext3 256 bytes inode problem

Gabor Z. Papp gzp at papp.hu
Mon Aug 18 11:41:14 PDT 2008


Hello,

seems like the new default ext2/ext3 256 bytes inode size problem
applies to extlinux.

HPA, could you confirm it?

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=491076

http://e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net/e2fsprogs-release.html
E2fsprogs 1.40.5 (January 27, 2008)
"Mke2fs will now create new filesystems with 256 byte inodes and the
ext_attr feature flag by default. This allows for much better future
compatibity with ext4 and speeds up extended attributes even on ext3 filesystems."




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