On Oct 17, 2003 14:42 -0400, Eric Wood wrote: > Andreas Dilger wrote: > > On Oct 17, 2003 09:13 -0400, Eric Wood wrote: > >> 1. Do you have to convert ext3 back to ext2 before resizing, or is > >> resize2fs "journal-aware"? > >> I assume "yes". > > > > Correct. > > Whoops! I poorly worded the question. I don't know what I answered "yes" > too. "yes" is a logically correct answer to a "this or that" question but it doesn't help very often ;-). > Do I have to convert ext3 back to ext2 before resizing? Ie, tune2efs -O > ^has_journal ? The resize2fs man page doen't mention requiring it. You don't need to convert from ext3 to ext2 to resize, as long as you have recovered the journal before you resize. I think resize2fs forces an fsck on the filesystem before resizing. Cheers, Andreas -- Andreas Dilger http://sourceforge.net/projects/ext2resize/ http://www-mddsp.enel.ucalgary.ca/People/adilger/ _______________________________________________ Ext3-users@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ext3-users
