From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 11 07:58:35 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A4A3F16A4CE for ; Wed, 11 Aug 2004 07:58:35 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp-vbr14.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr14.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.34]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E482043D1D for ; Wed, 11 Aug 2004 07:58:34 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (freebie.xs4all.nl [213.84.32.253]) i7B7wLfd076127; Wed, 11 Aug 2004 09:58:21 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.12.11/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i7B7wL4L072240; Wed, 11 Aug 2004 09:58:21 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: (from wb@localhost) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id i7B7wLL5072239; Wed, 11 Aug 2004 09:58:21 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wb) Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 09:58:21 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte To: Peter Jeremy Message-ID: <20040811075821.GB72196@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <20040810234448.A709@toad.nat.fasttrackmonkey.com> <20040811061739.GD63484@pc5.i.0x5.de> <20040811075435.GA423@cirb503493.alcatel.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040811075435.GA423@cirb503493.alcatel.com.au> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-OS: FreeBSD 4.10-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner cc: Charles Sprickman cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: fsck and lost+found space X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 07:58:35 -0000 On Wed, Aug 11, 2004 at 05:54:35PM +1000, Peter Jeremy wrote.. > On Wed, 2004-Aug-11 08:17:39 +0200, Nicolas Rachinsky wrote: > >* Charles Sprickman [2004-08-10 23:52 -0400]: > >> I was hoping for some option in fsck to allow an alternate lost+found > >> directory on another device, but no such luck. > > This isn't possible - all fsck does is to create a directory entry > pointing to the file. You could add an option to fsck to allow you > to specify the directory name but you are still limited by fsck's > inability to use indirect blocks for the fsck directory. Is this the same thing I remember from SysV days where we used to create a ton of files in lost+found and then delete them so that in case fsck ever needed dir entries it could re-use them? (memory is very dim..) -- Wilko Bulte wilko@FreeBSD.org