Manfred Hollstein composed on 2024-11-03 09:48 (UTC+0100):
On Sun, 03 Nov 2024, 04:19:19 +0100, Felix Miata wrote:
Felix Miata composed on 2024-10-28 17:56 (UTC-0400):
According to Manfred's thread response, it appears tune2fs *can* change existing inode size (e.g. from 128 to 256).
Turns out the answer is maybe it can. I have apparently succeeded with many so far, but today a new obstacle appeared:
# tune2fs -I 256 /dev/sda11 tune2fs 1.42.8 (20-Jun-2013) Changing the inode size not supported for filesystems with the flex_bg feature enabled.
That's the version in 13.1, but the result is the same using TW's version of tune2fs. :(
Did you try
tune2fs -o ^flex_bg /dev/sda11
before changing the inode size? I don't know if it can be disabled once it was enabled, but might be worth a try.
Sent before remembering to mention: operation ^flex_bg is not supported. So, on most EXT4's I have with inode size 128, I'm apparently screwed if I live to 2038 without first recreating those filesystems. -- Evolution as taught in public schools is, like religion, based on faith, not based on science. Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata