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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/installer/parted.scm b/gnu/installer/parted.scm index 51fa7cf9d9..dbdec1bba8 100644 --- a/gnu/installer/parted.scm +++ b/gnu/installer/parted.scm @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ ;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU ;;; Copyright © 2018, 2019 Mathieu Othacehe <m.othacehe@gmail.com> -;;; Copyright © 2019, 2020, 2022 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> +;;; Copyright © 2019-2020, 2022, 2024 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> ;;; Copyright © 2020 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr> ;;; Copyright © 2022 Josselin Poiret <dev@jpoiret.xyz> ;;; @@ -1187,7 +1187,13 @@ list and return the updated list." (define (create-ext4-file-system partition) "Create an ext4 file-system for PARTITION file-name." - ((run-command-in-installer) "mkfs.ext4" "-F" partition)) + ;; Enable the 'large_dir' feature so users can have a store of several TiBs. + ;; Failing to do that, the directory index (enabled by 'dir_index') can fill + ;; up and adding new files would fail with ENOSPC despite there being plenty + ;; of free space and inodes: + ;; <https://blog.merovius.de/posts/2013-10-20-ext4-mysterious-no-space-left-on/>. + ((run-command-in-installer) "mkfs.ext4" "-F" partition + "-O" "large_dir")) (define (create-fat16-file-system partition) "Create a fat16 file-system for PARTITION file-name." |