installer default inode count

[Jon Howell]

I recently installed LinuxPPC 1999 Q3, and today I ran out of inodes.
My 3G disk is only 67% full. It turns out my inode ratio is about
one inode per 32KB. The default for mk2efs is 4KB (-i 4096).
32KB seems extreme. Indeed, I see from the mailing list archive
that someone else ran into the same problem in September
(http://lists.linuxppc.org/listarcs/linuxppc-dev/199911/msg00047.html).

Hollis' reply hints that the installer does this on purpose, but
I couldn't tell for sure. Could whoever maintains the installer look
into changing the inode ratio to something lower, or is the 32KB ratio
intentional (but unfortunate)?

Now to find a big disk to back up to...

Thanks,

	--Jon

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