From: Rogier Wolff Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] e2fsck: Add QCOW2 support Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2011 10:44:44 +0100 Message-ID: <20110228094444.GD4834@bitwizard.nl> References: <1298638173-25050-1-git-send-email-lczerner@redhat.com> <1298638173-25050-4-git-send-email-lczerner@redhat.com> <20110226164442.GD2924@thunk.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Lukas Czerner , linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org, sandeen@redhat.com To: Ted Ts'o Return-path: Received: from cust-95-128-94-82.breedbanddelft.nl ([95.128.94.82]:48341 "HELO abra2.bitwizard.nl" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1752677Ab1B1Joq (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Feb 2011 04:44:46 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20110226164442.GD2924@thunk.org> Sender: linux-ext4-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 11:44:42AM -0500, Ted Ts'o wrote: > ext2/3/4's 2TB maximum file size limit. The qcow2 image might be only > a few hundreds of megabytes, so being able to have e2fsck operate on > that image directly would be a huge win. driepoot:~> ls -ls /mnt/md3.img 61558920 -rw------- 1 root root 2937535070208 Feb 26 00:36 /mnt/md3.img 61 Gigabytes in my case... (and my system finished counting: I have 8.9M directories on there...) Roger. -- ** R.E.Wolff@BitWizard.nl ** http://www.BitWizard.nl/ ** +31-15-2600998 ** ** Delftechpark 26 2628 XH Delft, The Netherlands. KVK: 27239233 ** *-- BitWizard writes Linux device drivers for any device you may have! --* Q: It doesn't work. A: Look buddy, doesn't work is an ambiguous statement. Does it sit on the couch all day? Is it unemployed? Please be specific! Define 'it' and what it isn't doing. --------- Adapted from lxrbot FAQ