[aklug] Re: XFS (was: Re: Question regarding paritioning and drive space)

From: barsalou <barjunk@attglobal.net>
Date: Wed Apr 08 2009 - 20:27:21 AKDT

Quoting "Joshua J. Kugler" <joshua@eeinternet.com>:

>
>
> ext3 (and probably ext2) also allows you to do this. I've done it. More
> than once. :)
>
> resize2fs /dev/here
>
> It will automatically expand up to the partition size. Great for
> resizing volumes on LVM.
>

I found this:

NAME
         resize2fs - ext2/ext3 file system resizer

SYNOPSIS
         resize2fs [ -d debug-flags ] [ -S RAID-stride ] [ -f ] [ -F ]
[ -p ] device
         [ size ]

DESCRIPTION
         The resize2fs program will resize ext2 or ext3 file systems.
   It can be
         used to enlarge or shrink an unmounted file system located
on device. If
         the filesystem is mounted, it can be used to expand the size
of the mounted
         filesystem, assuming the kernel supports on-line resizing.
   (As of this
         writing, the Linux 2.6 kernel supports on-line resize for
   filesystems
         mounted using ext3 only.).

So this looks possible on ext3 now with 2.6 kernel....cool.

It still means LVM is a good idea.

Mike B.

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