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3 | <!DOCTYPE included SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd"> |
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| 5 | <included> |
5 | <included> |
| 6 | |
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| 7 | <version>6</version> |
7 | <version>7</version> |
| 8 | <date>2011-09-04</date> |
8 | <date>2011-09-17</date> |
| 9 | |
9 | |
| 10 | <section id="filesystemsdesc"> |
10 | <section id="filesystemsdesc"> |
| 11 | <title>Filesystems</title> |
11 | <title>Filesystems</title> |
| 12 | <body> |
12 | <body> |
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| 36 | XFS and ReiserFS may work but need more testing. If you're really adventurous |
36 | XFS and ReiserFS may work but need more testing. If you're really adventurous |
| 37 | you can try the other filesystems. |
37 | you can try the other filesystems. |
| 38 | </p> |
38 | </p> |
| 39 | |
39 | |
| 40 | <p test="func:keyval('arch')='HPPA'"> |
40 | <p test="func:keyval('arch')='HPPA'"> |
| 41 | Several filesystems are available. Ext2, ext3, XFS and reiserfs are found |
41 | Several filesystems are available. Ext2, ext3, ext4, XFS and reiserfs are found |
| 42 | stable on the HPPA architecture. The others are very experimental. |
42 | stable on the HPPA architecture. The others are very experimental. |
| 43 | </p> |
43 | </p> |
| 44 | |
44 | |
| 45 | <p test="func:keyval('arch')='MIPS'"> |
45 | <p test="func:keyval('arch')='MIPS'"> |
| 46 | Several filesystems are available. ReiserFS, EXT2, EXT3 and EXT4 are found |
46 | Several filesystems are available. ReiserFS, EXT2, EXT3 and EXT4 are found |
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| 101 | filesystem. If you intend to install Gentoo on a very small disk (less than |
101 | filesystem. If you intend to install Gentoo on a very small disk (less than |
| 102 | 4GB), then you'll need to tell ext3 to reserve enough inodes when you create the |
102 | 4GB), then you'll need to tell ext3 to reserve enough inodes when you create the |
| 103 | filesystem by running <c>mke2fs -j -T small /dev/<device></c>. |
103 | filesystem by running <c>mke2fs -j -T small /dev/<device></c>. |
| 104 | </p> |
104 | </p> |
| 105 | |
105 | |
| 106 | <p test="contains('x86 Alpha MIPS AMD64 arm IA64 SPARC',func:keyval('arch'))"> |
106 | <p test="contains('x86 Alpha MIPS AMD64 arm IA64 SPARC HPPA',func:keyval('arch'))"> |
| 107 | <b>ext4</b> is a filesystem created as a fork of ext3 bringing new features, |
107 | <b>ext4</b> is a filesystem created as a fork of ext3 bringing new features, |
| 108 | performance improvements and removal of size limits with moderate changes |
108 | performance improvements and removal of size limits with moderate changes |
| 109 | to the on-disk format. It can span volumes up to 1 EB and with maximum file |
109 | to the on-disk format. It can span volumes up to 1 EB and with maximum file |
| 110 | size of 16 TB. Instead of the classic ext2/3 bitmap block allocation ext4 uses |
110 | size of 16 TB. Instead of the classic ext2/3 bitmap block allocation ext4 uses |
| 111 | <uri link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extent_%28file_systems%29">extents</uri>, |
111 | <uri link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extent_%28file_systems%29">extents</uri>, |
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