Received: from oss.sgi.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by oss.sgi.com (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g5OM91nC008720 for ; Mon, 24 Jun 2002 15:09:01 -0700 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by oss.sgi.com (8.12.3/8.12.3/Submit) id g5OM91Yd008719 for linux-xfs-outgoing; Mon, 24 Jun 2002 15:09:01 -0700 X-Authentication-Warning: oss.sgi.com: majordomo set sender to owner-linux-xfs@oss.sgi.com using -f Received: from deliverator.sgi.com (deliverator.sgi.com [204.94.214.10] (may be forged)) by oss.sgi.com (8.12.3/8.12.3) with SMTP id g5OM8rnC008691 for ; Mon, 24 Jun 2002 15:08:53 -0700 Received: from larry.melbourne.sgi.com (larry.melbourne.sgi.com [134.14.52.130]) by deliverator.sgi.com (980327.SGI.8.8.8-aspam/980304.SGI-aspam: SGI does not authorize the use of its proprietary systems or networks for unsolicited or bulk email from the Internet.) via SMTP id PAA06273 for ; Mon, 24 Jun 2002 15:12:13 -0700 (PDT) mail_from (nathans@larry.melbourne.sgi.com) Received: from frodo.melbourne.sgi.com (frodo.melbourne.sgi.com [134.14.55.153]) by larry.melbourne.sgi.com (950413.SGI.8.6.12/950213.SGI.AUTOCF) via ESMTP id IAA12216; Tue, 25 Jun 2002 08:10:51 +1000 Received: from frodo.melbourne.sgi.com (nathans@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by frodo.melbourne.sgi.com (8.12.4/8.12.4/Debian-2) with ESMTP id g5OMA8SC001033; Tue, 25 Jun 2002 08:10:08 +1000 Received: (from nathans@localhost) by frodo.melbourne.sgi.com (8.12.4/8.12.4/Debian-2) id g5OMA8kO001031; Tue, 25 Jun 2002 08:10:08 +1000 Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2002 08:10:08 +1000 From: Nathan Scott To: tom Cc: linux-xfs@oss.sgi.com Subject: Re: question about inode count. Message-ID: <20020624221008.GD468@frodo> References: <3D16F61F.FCAFC63B@mountainviewdata.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3D16F61F.FCAFC63B@mountainviewdata.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-3.1 required=5.0 tests=IN_REP_TO,MAY_BE_FORGED version=2.20 X-Spam-Level: Sender: owner-linux-xfs@oss.sgi.com Precedence: bulk hi, On Mon, Jun 24, 2002 at 06:36:15PM +0800, tom wrote: > Sorry, maybe some one had asked the same question. > But I really want to figure out the phenomenon shown below. > > $ mkfs.xfs -f /dev/hda6 > $ xfs_db /dev/hda6 > > xfs_db: agi 0 > xfs_db: p The db commands... xfs_db: sb 0 xfs_db: p will show all three inode numbers (root, rt bitmap, and rt summary); all three are always allocated at mkfs time (incl. when an rt device is not in use). cheers. -- Nathan