clarifications on inode64 mount option

Ivan.Novick at emc.com Ivan.Novick at emc.com
Sun Nov 21 18:12:38 CST 2010


Hi all,

My understanding from the documentation is that inode64 allows inode numbers to be 64 bits in size rather than the default of 32.

Is this correct?  Will the option work fine on 32 bit X86 builds?

The documentation also says:
"This is provided for backwards compatibility, but causes problems for backup applications that cannot handle large inode numbers."
Is this a current issue?  Any examples of backup applications that have trouble reading a file system that uses this option?

Cheers,
Ivan Novick




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