On Thu, Dec 11, 2003 at 08:12:26AM +1100, Adam Cassar
wrote:> Hi Guys,
>
> I am planning on upgrading an existing NFS exported filesystem to the
> ext3 htree patch on kernel v2.4.23.
>
> Will the patch index directories automatically after tune2fs -O
> dir_index
Once you use a htree patched kernel, and set the dir_index flag, any
directory that grows larger than one block will be indexed.
> or should I do an e2fsck -Dfy on the filesystem before
> remounting?
Any other directories larger than one block will need to be indexed by fsck
with the above option.