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mke2fs: clarify inode ratio in man page 

The man page still said it was not possible to change the number of
inodes on a filesystem after creating it.  You actually can by
resizing the fs, so clarify this language a bit.

Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
debian-1.42.9
Phillip Susi 2013-10-15 23:37:51 -04:00 committed by Theodore Ts'o
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@ -349,9 +349,9 @@ bytes of space on the disk. The larger the
ratio, the fewer inodes will be created. This value generally shouldn't
be smaller than the blocksize of the filesystem, since in that case more
inodes would be made than can ever be used. Be warned that it is not
possible to expand the number
of inodes on a filesystem after it is created, so be careful deciding the
correct value for this parameter.
possible to change this ratio on a filesystem after it is created, so be
careful deciding the correct value for this parameter. Note that resizing
a filesystem changes the numer of inodes to maintain this ratio.
.TP
.BI \-I " inode-size"
Specify the size of each inode in bytes.