From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Nigel J. Terry" Subject: Re: Raid5 reshape Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 18:39:10 -0400 Message-ID: <4493330E.30501@nigelterry.net> References: <449250ED.7090302@irule.net> <17554.21119.487820.638171@cse.unsw.edu.au> <4492D5B1.60004@nigelterry.net> <4492D8D9.7010101@irule.net> <17555.12441.42212.93049@cse.unsw.edu.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <17555.12441.42212.93049@cse.unsw.edu.au> Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Neil Brown Cc: Tim T , linux-raid@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-raid.ids Neil Brown wrote: > On Friday June 16, irule@irule.net wrote: > >> You have to grow the ext3 fs separately. ext2resize /dev/mdX. Keep in >> mind this can only be done off-line. >> >> > > ext3 can be resized online. I think ext2resize in the latest release > will "do the right thing" whether it is online or not. > > There is a limit to the amount of expansion that can be achieved > on-line. This limit is set when making the filesystem. Depending on > which version of ext2-utils you used to make the filesystem, it may or > may not already be prepared for substantial expansion. > > So if you want to do it on-line, give it a try.... or ask on the > ext3-users list for particular details on what versions you need and > how to see if your fs can be expanded. > > NeilBrown > - > 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 > > Thanks for all the advice. One final question, what kernel and mdadm versions do I need? Nigel