Shrink ext3 filesystem , running out of inode questions

[Ling C. Ho]

Hi,

I tried creating a new file system and shrinking it. The inode count 
reduced after the shrink. So, would shrinking the one filesystem I have 
with all inode already used create problem? ie. where would the inodes 
be reallocated after the number of block groups get reduced?

Thanks,
...
ling

Eric Sandeen wrote:
> Ling C. Ho wrote:
>   
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have an ext3  file system created with -T largefile4 option. Now it is 
>> running out of inode but it's only about 10% full.
>>
>> - Is there a way now to increase the number of inode without making a 
>> new file system?
>>     
>
> Growing the filesystem would add more inodes, but it's still not
> probably what you want.  You'd still have the same inode::block ratio.
>
>   
>> - If not, I am thinking about shrinking the file system, and then use 
>> the free up space to create a new file system with more inodes, and move 
>> the data over. Since I am already running out of inode, would I still be 
>> able to shrink the file system?
>>     
>
> Shrinking should not require more inodes; that sounds like a decent plan.
>
> -Eric
>
>   
>> Thanks,
>> ...
>> ling
>>     
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