Initial mount with inode32 option

[Harry Edmon]

I see that some of the discussion on the mailing list has to do with smaller 
disk partition.  I would like this option for big partisions (i.e. 2 TB and 
greater) so I can have the option to continue compatibility with Networker as I 
could with older Linux kernels.

On 01/23/13 15:22, Ben Myers wrote:
> Hi Harry,
>
> On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 03:07:42PM -0800, Harry Edmon wrote:
>> It appears that "mount -o inode32 /dev/sda1 /mnt" ignores the
>> inode32 option and mounts with inode64.   After the partition is
>> mounted I can do "mount -o remount,inode32 /mnt" and it remounts
>> with inode32.   But shouldn't there be a way to do the initial mount
>> with inode32?   I am running Linux 3.7.3 on an amd architecture.   I
>> would like this option since I am using EMC Networker for backups
>> (yes, I know about the complaints).  Thanks.
> # mount -o inode32 /dev/sdb1 /mnt/scratch
> # grep /dev/sdb1 /proc/mounts
> /dev/sdb1 /mnt/scratch xfs rw,relatime,attr2,inode64,noquota 0 0
> # mount -o remount,inode32 /mnt/scratch
> # grep /dev/sdb1 /proc/mounts
> /dev/sdb1 /mnt/scratch xfs rw,relatime,attr2,inode32,noquota 0 0
>
> We'll get this fixed.
>
> -Ben


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