From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tim Walberg Subject: Re: big fault :-) Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 09:41:33 -0500 Message-ID: <20051012144133.GK2870@mindspring.com> References: <434BE7CA.4040707@gmx.de> <434D18EF.6060507@onlinehome.de> Reply-To: Tim Walberg Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <434D18EF.6060507@onlinehome.de> Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Karsten =?iso-8859-1?Q?R=F6mke?= Cc: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-raid.ids In order to do that, the file system that lives on the RAID device has to support being shrunk first, which is possible in some cases, but far from all. Typically this would involve dumping the data somewhere, shrinking the RAID, then re-creating a filesystem and moving the data back... tw On 10/12/2005 16:08 +0200, Karsten R=F6mke wrote: >> By the way: is it possible to make a raid1 array SMALLER? >> I found hints howto get it bigger and the way seems very easy, but >> to shrink it? Reason: When I set up the server I have some people b= ehind >> me, who mostly say: can't it be faster? - so I accepted the partion= s which=20 >> are >> recommended by Suse (and which are not really suitable for my needs= ) >>=09 >>=09 >> - >> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid= " in >> the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org >> More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html End of included message --=20 +--------------------------+------------------------------+ | Tim Walberg | twalberg@mindspring.com | | 830 Carriage Dr. | www.mindspring.com/~twalberg | | Algonquin, IL 60102 | | +--------------------------+------------------------------+ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" i= n the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html