Re: [cobalt-users] RaQ4 with latest kernel just installed reports /home partition full when not

[Gerald Waugh <gwaugh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thursday 16 January 2003 15:57, Steve Werby wrote:
> Hmm.  17 GB => 4,621,888 inodes.  The data center tech said that it appears
> to be the result of the # of inodes being set incorrectly during the format
> phase of the OS restore process (via the OS restore CD) before the machine
> was put into service for my client.  The tech suggested that the only way
> to resolve would probably be to format the drive, though he also suggested
> that pulling the drive and running Norton Ghost 2003 to image it to another
> drive may be worth a shot, though he believes it will create an exact
> duplicate. As there are very good recent backups and this is low risk, I
> think it's a good alternative though I can't say from experience whether it
> will work since I've never encountered a drive with the inodes set so low. 
> Anyone have a similar experience and/or suggestions?
>

We had to edit the scripts on the OSRCD, the inode limit and partition sizes 
are hard coded.
Cobalt in their infinite wisdom thinks we are running in CPM mode, in the erra 
of small drives. And, of course they never update anything.

Gerald
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