Hi Ted, Thanks for the prompt reply. On 24 June 2011 15:27, Ted Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Yes, that will take longer. Resize2fs is engineered for safety, which > means it copies a lot of blocks, and then it updates the inodes, and > then copies more blocks, and then updates the inode involved, etc. So > it's a fairly seeky operation that can take a while. > Is it a process that could be terminated relatively safely? Or is it just a case of "sit tight"? Al. _______________________________________________ Ext3-users mailing list Ext3-users@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ext3-users