Re: rsync to ext2 filesystem issues

[Ramiro Aceves <ea1abz%gmail.com@localhost>]

El 7/9/26 a las 14:34, RVP escribió:
> On Mon, 7 Sep 2026, Ramiro Aceves wrote:
>
> > I noticed that when I fixed the filesystem with  fsck under Linux it
> > output the following  "Invalid HTREE directory" message:
> >
> > sep 06 11:47:53 debian-nuc8i7 systemd-fsck[1293]: /dev/sdb1: Invalid
> > HTREE directory inode 38723585
> > (/COPIA_NETBSD_8I7/home/ramiro/.mozilla/firefox/527cpmj0.default-default-2/storage/permanent/chrome/idb/3870112724rsegmnoittet-es.files) 
>
> Did you create the FS on Linux with mke2fs? Because NetBSD's 
> newfs_ext2fs(8)
> doesn't support adding that feature (dir_index) from what I can see. 
> While it
> looks like the ext2 implementation in NetBSD _does_ handle 
> `dir_index', the
> ext2(5) man-page on Linux says:
>
> ```
>        dir_index
>               Use hashed b-trees to speed up name lookups in large 
> directories.
>               This feature is supported by ext3 and ext4 file systems, 
> and is
>               ignored by ext2 file systems.
> ```
>
> If I were you, I'd create ext2 filesystems using NetBSD's own tool 
> rather than
> Linux's for maximum compatibility. I've had kernel panics with some of 
> the
> default `base_features' which are in use now (see /etc/mke2fs.conf on 
> Linux).
>
> -RVP


Hello RVP,

I created the filesystem in Linux, I think I was recommended to do it 
that way.

I have also done fsck always on Linux. Should I fsck in NetBSD?


Regards.