31 Aug
2010
31 Aug
'10
2:37 p.m.
On 08/31/2010 06:19 AM, Matthew Miller wrote:
On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 08:14:23AM -0500, Sean Carolan wrote:
I have a large (1.5TB) partition with millions of files on it. e2fsck has been running nearly 12 hours and is still on "Checking directory structure". Any tips for speeding this along?
Yes -- use ext4. Otherwise, it's inevitable.
To extend his comment: There is a bug in e2fsck for filesystems with many hardlinks. It could take *weeks* or longer, if it finishes at all, to run on a large filesystem with lots of hardlinks.
http://www.mail-archive.com/scientific-linux-users@listserv.fnal.gov/msg0218...
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Benjamin Franz