64-bit inodes and back again

Michael Cronenworth mike at cchtml.com
Wed Sep 28 01:55:56 CDT 2011


On 09/28/2011 12:48 AM, Michael Monnerie wrote:
> I guess you'd need to mount with inode64 enabled so you can access the
> files, and after the tool finished to back to 32bit inodes.

No. The xfs_reno manpage specifically says to *not* mount with 64-bit 
inodes enabled. It uses the kernel to generate a new inode.




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