From: Phillip Susi Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2013 03:37:51 +0000 (-0400) Subject: mke2fs: clarify inode ratio in man page X-Git-Tag: v1.42.9~117 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=e2883e2792023e32033d35697d9676fbf1fb1394;p=thirdparty%2Fe2fsprogs.git mke2fs: clarify inode ratio in man page The man page still said it was not possible to change the number of inodes on a filesystem after creating it. You actually can by resizing the fs, so clarify this language a bit. Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o --- diff --git a/misc/mke2fs.8.in b/misc/mke2fs.8.in index 7d2f0f700..7b89296f7 100644 --- a/misc/mke2fs.8.in +++ b/misc/mke2fs.8.in @@ -349,9 +349,9 @@ bytes of space on the disk. The larger the ratio, the fewer inodes will be created. This value generally shouldn't be smaller than the blocksize of the filesystem, since in that case more inodes would be made than can ever be used. Be warned that it is not -possible to expand the number -of inodes on a filesystem after it is created, so be careful deciding the -correct value for this parameter. +possible to change this ratio on a filesystem after it is created, so be +careful deciding the correct value for this parameter. Note that resizing +a filesystem changes the numer of inodes to maintain this ratio. .TP .BI \-I " inode-size" Specify the size of each inode in bytes.