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  • Can you add the steps to enable this feature on a fresh VPS? Even a rough guide is fine, sth that each of its steps can be Googled. Thanks! Commented Jun 1, 2021 at 11:52
  • @HappyFace there’s one step, as indicated in the answer: mke2fs -O inline_data. On a VPS that might be difficult because that needs to be done when formatting the volume... Commented Jun 1, 2021 at 12:15
  • Also note that there's a good reason why it's not enabled by default : there are some unsolved issues, and in most cases it's not worth enabling it. See Theodore Ts'o's answer here (dating back to 2019, but I don't think something has changed since then) : lkml.kernel.org/linux-ext4/[email protected]/T Commented Jan 8, 2024 at 15:56