Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 09:58:21 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte <wb@freebie.xs4all.nl> To: Peter Jeremy <PeterJeremy@optushome.com.au> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: fsck and lost+found space Message-ID: <20040811075821.GB72196@freebie.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <20040811075435.GA423@cirb503493.alcatel.com.au> References: <20040810234448.A709@toad.nat.fasttrackmonkey.com> <20040811061739.GD63484@pc5.i.0x5.de> <20040811075435.GA423@cirb503493.alcatel.com.au>
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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 <spork@fasttrackmonkey.com> [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
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