From: Theodore Tso Subject: Re: e2fsck (git) on ext4: unsupported feature(s): huge_file Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2008 17:00:48 -0400 Message-ID: <20080408210048.GA16108@mit.edu> References: <47FBB24D.90807@yahoo.de> <47FBBB13.7060501@redhat.com> <47FBCB44.1050500@yahoo.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Eric Sandeen , linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org To: supersud501 Return-path: Received: from www.church-of-our-saviour.org ([69.25.196.31]:47608 "EHLO thunker.thunk.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752808AbYDHVBS (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Apr 2008 17:01:18 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <47FBCB44.1050500@yahoo.de> Sender: linux-ext4-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, Apr 08, 2008 at 09:45:08PM +0200, supersud501 wrote: > Eric Sandeen wrote: >> supersud501 wrote: >>> i get this when trying to run e2fsck on my ext4dev filesystem (kernel >>> 2.6.25-rc8), extents enabled: >>> >>> e2fsck 1.40.8 (13-Mar-2008) >>> /dev/loop2 has unsupported feature(s): huge_file >>> e2fsck: Get a newer version of e2fsck! >>> >>> just updated to the git-version of e2fsprogs, same error. i know e2fsck >>> worked once with the drive (~2 months ago). >>> >>> what can i do? >> Do you in fact have any very large files on the disk? > > yeah, i have (> 5.5gb). > > i know it worked a few months (1-2) ago, even with extents enabled. at this > time there where those large files too. The old 1.39-interim-tyt3 e2fsprogs patch claimed it supported huge files, but it didn't, actually. It lied. :-( (So if you needed to repair a filesystem, e2fsck would screw up the i_blocks field.) I'm working on fixing that. - Ted