Comments on: How to Increase Disk Inode Number in Linux

By: Vinayak Vaishnav

Vinayak Vaishnav — Mon, 04 Jul 2022 04:57:32 +0000

How I can increase the inode number of external storage without formatting a drive?

(OS: CentOD 7)

Thanks in advance.

By: Ravi Saive

Ravi Saive — Mon, 04 Jan 2021 04:05:40 +0000

In reply to Rafael Pereira Ribeiro.

@Rafael,

An inode is a data structure that is used to store information of files on your Linux system. The number of inodes shows the number of files and directories you have on the system.

By: Rafael Pereira Ribeiro

Rafael Pereira Ribeiro — Sat, 02 Jan 2021 09:32:10 +0000

In reply to Kyle Foley.

Anyone can explain basically what is an inode?

By: Ravi Saive

Ravi Saive — Fri, 13 Nov 2020 06:41:35 +0000

In reply to Anup Singh.

@Anup,

The number of inodes cannot be increased without formatting the disk.

By: Anup Singh

Anup Singh — Fri, 13 Nov 2020 02:42:49 +0000

How Can I Increase Disk Inode Number Without Format Disk Or Using editing /etc/mke2fs.conf?

Please Let Me Know,

Thanks