From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mx1.redhat.com (mx1.redhat.com [172.16.48.31]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id k2GICm130100 for ; Thu, 16 Mar 2006 13:12:48 -0500 Received: from tungsten.msp.technicality.org (tungsten.msp.technicality.org [216.250.164.46]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id k2GICkCG001268 for ; Thu, 16 Mar 2006 13:12:47 -0500 Received: from tungsten.msp.technicality.org (tungsten.msp.technicality.org [216.250.164.46]) by tungsten.msp.technicality.org (8.13.4/8.13.4/Debian-3) with ESMTP id k2GICYuc003490 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Thu, 16 Mar 2006 12:12:34 -0600 Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 12:12:34 -0600 (CST) From: Nate Carlson Subject: RE: [linux-lvm] online resize In-Reply-To: <20060316130827.5D17912ED4@bluewhale.planbit.co.uk> Message-ID: References: <20060316130827.5D17912ED4@bluewhale.planbit.co.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Reply-To: LVM general discussion and development List-Id: LVM general discussion and development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: LVM general discussion and development On Thu, 16 Mar 2006, Roger Lucas wrote: > We use Reiser3 here and it can grow a volume whilst it is mounted, but > you have to unmount the volume before you can shrink it. > > The man pages for resize_reiserfs indicate that it should be used on > unmounted volumes... > > AFAIK, Reiser is the only filesystem in common use that allows volumes > to be reduced. Note that Reiser4 no longer supports this. :( ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | nate carlson | natecars@natecarlson.com | http://www.natecarlson.com | | depriving some poor village of its idiot since 1981 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------