Re: VFS: No free inodes - contact Linus

Systemkennung Linux (linux@mailhost.uni-koblenz.de)
Fri, 14 Feb 1997 11:32:54 +0100 (MET)


Hi,

> > > echo 11264 >/proc/sys/kernel/inode-max
> >
> > I wonder how I am going to do that becauce machine goes
> > stuck before it even mounted the root directory.
>
> I guess changing NR_INODE in /usr/src/linux/include/linux/fs.h and
> recompiling a new kernel will help.. Its default is:
>
> #define NR_INODE 3072 /* this should be bigger than NR_FILE */
> #define NR_FILE 1024 /* this can well be larger on a larger system */
>
> Hope this helps..

Probably not because why should the machine have consumed that
many inodes before it even mounts root?

Ralf