Re: set the number of inodes during FS creation via pressed

[David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk>]

On Sat 13 Nov 2021 at 00:31:42 (+0000), phoebus phoebus wrote:

> Do you know if it possible to set the number of inodes  to create in the filesystem during the installalation with the pressed file? 
> 
> If i start from this example for the filesystem /var/log, how to set numbers of inodes inside it ?
> 
>                 500 550 1024 ext4 \            lv_name{ varlog } \
>             method{ lvm } format{ } \
>             use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext4 } \
>             label{ varlog } \
>             mountpoint{ /var/log } \
>                         options/nodev{ nodev } \
>                         options/nosuid{ nosuid } \
>                         options/noexec{ noexec } \
>             options/relatime{ relatime } \
>             $lvmok{ } \
>             . \
> Hope to do it as mkfs do it: mkfs -t ext4 -N iNumberOfINodes /dev/XdY ?

I don't know about the actual number, but I think there's a crude
switch under   use_filesystem{ }   which can be set, from memory,
to one of three options, Standard, large files (fewer inodes for,
say, multimedia) and lots of files (more inodes, say, mail server).
I've only seen the choice (years ago) in the interactive d-i,
and don't know the magic preseed terms.

Cheers,
David.