On Thu, January 4, 2007 11:11 pm, Aleksandar Milivojevic wrote:
> Robert Becker Cope wrote:
>> "Paul" <unix@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks, and where can I find a version of ext2resize that will work
>>
>> You want "resize2fs". Note that I've never used it to shrink a
>> filesystem,
>> myself, only to grow one.
>
> I've used it, and it works correctly (and it is available in CentOS
> 4.4). It shrinks file system as it should. The only things Paul should
> be careful is to first shrink file system, than logical volume and to
> correctly calculate file system size and by how many extents he can
> shrink logical volume. If he shrinks logical volume too much, he might
> end up loosing data. Running fsck in non-destructive mode (fsck -N)
> and/or attempting to mount file system read-only after he shrinks
> logical volume might be a good idea to test all is OK.
Thanks all. And can I use it when the system is online? I would think
that would be the only way I could do it, cause I can't get to the ext3 fs
of the LV unless its online.
_______________________________________________
CentOS mailing list
CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx
http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
