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Re: Debian Buster update error



On Thu, Sep 26, 2019 at 08:34:18AM -0400, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 26, 2019 at 12:19:41PM +0000, CSO@riseup.net wrote:
> > drwx------ 2 root root  12K Jul 22 12:57 lost+found/
> 
> This entry is concerning.  A typical directory shows up as taking 4 KB.
> For it to take up more it must have (or have had at some point) many
> files.

This is normal for lost+found directories.  They are intentionally created
with a bunch of files inside them, and then those files are deleted,
in order to expand the size of the directory inode, in order to make
room to accomodate a bunch of files being added to it during an fsck.

Just in case it ever needs it.


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