fsck error: Filesystem contains large files, but lacks LARGE_FILE flag in superblock

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Issue

  • At boot time, the above error is displayed after one of the auto-fscks attempts to run. Example:

    /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol03:
Filesystem contains large files, but lacks LARGE_FILE flag in superblock

/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol03: UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY; RUN fsck MANUALLY.
        (i.e., without -a or -p options)

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4

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