Increase max inode count

xPhoenix · 10-04-2006, 08:44 AM

Hi!
Anyone knows how to increase the max inode count handled by the kernel?
I'm using kernel 2.6.13 on Slackware 10.2.

PS. In some older kernels there was a file /proc/sys/fs/inode-max, where one could put the desired max nr of inodes. It's not there on my system, though linux/Documentation/sysctl/fs.txt still lists it.
Didn't try to create the file - i'm quite attached to my partitions and would like to keep them

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cjcox · 10-04-2006, 02:13 PM

On filesystems like ext2/3, the number of inodes is fixed. It cannot be adjusted without recreating the filesystem. If you use a more contemporary filesystem, they don't have the concept of a fixed number of inodes.

What filesystem are you using?

xPhoenix · 10-05-2006, 02:14 AM

I'm using reiserfs 3.6 - but that's not what I meant. It seems there's a limit on how many inodes the kernel can use at a time ( not how many actually exist on disc). Or maybe it's something else - at least that's what the error I got said: "Too many inodes opened"...