Re: My MD is too big to resize ext4.

[Ram Ramesh <rramesh2400@gmail.com>]

On 07/08/2017 03:30 AM, Wols Lists wrote:resize2fs is bleeding edge? I 
suspect it's v0.99 quality, ie nobody has
> the nerve to upgrade it to v1, despite it being rock solid. I know I've
> used it without trouble. Most of these utilities are pretty solid
> (unless the underlying filesystem itself is experimental ...)
>
> Cheers,
> Wol
>
The web solution talks about not yet released resize2fs source and 
compiling in latest kernel etc. That is bleeding edge to me. I like to 
stick to stable versions of distro.

My days of young and adventurous are gone. I have been with Linus/linux 
when he released some mock alpha kernlel that would only print A/B to 
show context switching. I remember the lengthy conversation/argument 
that he had with Prof. Tannenbaum (sp?) on monolithic vs. micro kernel. 
I enjoyed compiling kernel and reading code to figure out why some thing 
did not work. However that is a long time ago. I just have aged, become 
less current and rusty with tricks. I use stable distros and stick the 
trusted kernel/packages in them now. So, in that context, would you not 
say resize2fs approach is bleeding edge :-)

Ramesh