From: Felix Lechner via "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." <guix-devel@gnu.org>
To: guix-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Enabling 'large_dir' on ext4 holding store
Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2024 17:31:14 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <874j7mbp9p.fsf@lease-up.com> (raw)
Hi,
While looking for something else, I came across a Mastodon post by
Ludovic about large store folders running out of space on ext4. [1]
In the thread from July, Ludovic asked about setting 'large_dir' by
default on ext4. [2] Efraim wondered about it too, but likewise received
no reply. [3]
It is not a no-brainer because for some time GRUB2 could not boot from
such filesystems. [4] GRUB 2.12 seems to supports 'large_dir' [5] and
landed in Guix [6] a few weeks before the Mastodon thread, although I
haven't tried using the option myself.
Is 'large_dir' the default for ext4 in the installer now, or should it
be?
Should the manual mention the option for those who partition their own
drives?
Finally, should I enable 'large_dir' for the stores on my own equipment?
Thanks!
Kind regards
Felix
[1] https://toot.aquilenet.fr/@civodul/112745675405525873
[2] https://toot.aquilenet.fr/@civodul/112745811311572055
[3] https://tooot.im/@efraim/112746011161575435
[4] https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?61606
[5] https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/grub.git/commit/?id=2e9fa73a040462b81bfbfe56c0bc7ad2d30b446b
[6] https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/commit/?id=e6facbe069ba536a6bb9dffc582a78f982596be6
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2024-08-15 0:31 Felix Lechner via Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution. [this message]
2024-08-21 17:26 ` Enabling 'large_dir' on ext4 holding store Ludovic Courtès
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