From: rcopg@minyos.xx.rmit.OZ.AU (Paul Gortmaker) Subject: Re: e2fsck problem.... Date: 7 Apr 1993 04:47:20 GMT
card@masi.ibp.fr (Remy CARD) writes:
> Hmmm. lost+found has some space pre-allocated to it. If you do
>ls -ds /lost+found on an ext 2 fs, you will see that 12 blocks are used by
>the directory even if it is empty. In fact, mke2fs reserves this space for
>lost+found to allow e2fsck to use.
> When you create lost+found with mkdir, only one block is allocated to
>it. To make it usable for e2fsck, you have to create lots of file in it and
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>delete them. This way, several blocks will be allocated to the directory.
...would it be wise to have e2fsck check to see if /lost+found has the
12 blocks, and if not, have it correct the situation?
Paul.