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inodes and tree-depth in ext2

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…
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mkfs fs-options for ext2 loopback device for backup

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…
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Join files effectively on Linux

Is there a better way to join files that have been splitted than just doing a "cat" or "join"? These commands just copy the file streams into a new file on disk. A much better way would be manipulating the filesystem pointers to join the files into…
Eddy Yosso
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LVM volume mapped block device size is 0

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…
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rsnapshot ext4 to ext2 input output error

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…
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How do you mount a RAID1 disk as a normal disk

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…
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ext2 file system and Solaris 10

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…
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How to convert ext2 to xfs file system on Centos 7

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…
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