[CentOS] too many links error when creating directories

[John R Pierce]

chitgoks wrote:
> hi john
>
> ext3 does have its limit right? because i am planning on upgrading the 
> file system to reiser instead. does retuning the file system always 
> have you require to back up your data?

ext3's inode limits are set when you create the file system.     the 
defaults are generally adequate, unless you're going to create very many 
very tiny files (say, <= 4K).

AFAIK,  ReiserFS is completely unsupported by RHEL and CentOS.    You'll 
be on your own.