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Is there no way to automatically transition gradually? Is copy/reformat/copy-back really the only way?

• forgotpwd16 5y ago
  The inode size is a tunable filesystem parameter and can be changed with tune2fs -I /dev/sda1 As explained in the manual, this rewrites the inode table, is a (or used to be due to inefficient algorithms) lengthy process, and data can be corrupted if it is interrupted. Therefore backups are very much recommended. And if you make a backup (although you should already have) it's simpler and probably faster to just copy back after reformatting.
  • pabs3 5y ago
    The article uses /boot as an example, but that is usually tiny and requires no backups because it is automatically generated.