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From: Tomasz Chmielewski <mangoo@wpkg.org>
To: LKML <linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: how to online resize ext3 when fs does not support it?
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:48:57 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4868AC09.7050101@wpkg.org> (raw)

I have a fairly large ext3 filesystem created some time ago, which 
doesn't support online resizing.

# resize2fs -p /dev/sdaz
resize2fs 1.40.2 (12-Jul-2007)
Filesystem at /dev/sdaz is mounted on /mnt/iscsi_backup; on-line 
resizing required
old desc_blocks = 77, new_desc_blocks = 87
resize2fs: Filesystem does not support online resizing


Is is possible to add resize_inode feature to an existing ext3 filesystem?

My tune2fs manual (from e2fsprogs 1.40.2) doesn't state adding 
"resize_inode" is possible, and newer e2fsprogs releases only support 
removing resize_inode feature.
Will adding resize_inode be supported in the future, or is it definitely 
"is not, won't be possible"?


-- 
Tomasz Chmielewski
http://wpkg.org

             reply	other threads:[~2008-06-30  9:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-06-30  9:48 Tomasz Chmielewski [this message]
2008-07-02  8:15 ` how to online resize ext3 when fs does not support it? Andreas Dilger

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