> I meant using a newer version of resize2fs (which you do not have), I have now corrected this and other mistakes. But when I mount the image after finally extending to 4G, the df still shows the size as 1G. Am I still doing something wrong? Full log below: ----------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- $ dd if=/dev/zero of=a.img bs=4K count=256K 262144+0 records in 262144+0 records out 1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB) copied, 4.09006 s, 263 MB/s $ mkfs.ext4 -O ^has_journal,flex_bg -G 32 -E resize=4G a.img mke2fs 1.42-WIP (02-Jul-2011) a.img is not a block special device. Proceed anyway? (y,n) y Filesystem label= OS type: Linux Block size=4096 (log=2) Fragment size=4096 (log=2) Stride=0 blocks, Stripe width=0 blocks 65536 inodes, 262144 blocks 13107 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user First data block=0 Maximum filesystem blocks=268435456 8 block groups 32768 blocks per group, 32768 fragments per group 8192 inodes per group Superblock backups stored on blocks: 32768, 98304, 163840, 229376 Allocating group tables: done Writing inode tables: done Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done This filesystem will be automatically checked every 0 mounts or 0 days, whichever comes first. Use tune2fs -c or -i to override. $ sudo mount -t ext4 -o loop a.img /mnt/ $ du -sh /usr/src/ 92M /usr/src/ $ cp -a /usr/src/* /mnt/ $ e2fsck -f a.img e2fsck 1.42-WIP (02-Jul-2011) Pass 1: Checking inodes, blocks, and sizes Pass 2: Checking directory structure Pass 3: Checking directory connectivity Pass 4: Checking reference counts Pass 5: Checking group summary information Free blocks count wrong (242859, counted=237788). Fix<y>? yes Free inodes count wrong (55821, counted=52249). Fix<y>? yes a.img: ***** FILE SYSTEM WAS MODIFIED ***** a.img: 13287/65536 files (0.0% non-contiguous), 24356/262144 blocks $ resize2fs a.img 4G resize2fs 1.42-WIP (02-Jul-2011) Please run 'e2fsck -f a.img' first. $ e2fsck -f a.img e2fsck 1.42-WIP (02-Jul-2011) Pass 1: Checking inodes, blocks, and sizes Pass 2: Checking directory structure Pass 3: Checking directory connectivity Pass 4: Checking reference counts Pass 5: Checking group summary information a.img: 20864/65536 files (0.0% non-contiguous), 27067/262144 blocks $ resize2fs a.img 4G resize2fs 1.42-WIP (02-Jul-2011) Resizing the filesystem on a.img to 1048576 (4k) blocks. The filesystem on a.img is now 1048576 blocks long. $ sudo tune2fs -O has_journal /dev/loop0 tune2fs 1.42-WIP (02-Jul-2011) Creating journal inode: done This filesystem will be automatically checked every 20 mounts or 0 days, whichever comes first. Use tune2fs -c or -i to override. $ sudo umount /mnt $ dumpe2fs a.img dumpe2fs 1.42-WIP (02-Jul-2011) Filesystem volume name: <none> Last mounted on: /mnt Filesystem UUID: 4f2361c3-2755-4a6a-bf28-dd7e1a4dd772 Filesystem magic number: 0xEF53 Filesystem revision #: 1 (dynamic) Filesystem features: has_journal ext_attr resize_inode dir_index filetype extent flex_bg sparse_super large_file huge_file uninit_bg dir_nlink extra_isize Filesystem flags: signed_directory_hash Default mount options: user_xattr acl Filesystem state: clean Errors behavior: Continue Filesystem OS type: Linux Inode count: 65536 Block count: 262144 Reserved block count: 13107 Free blocks: 226191 Free inodes: 44671 First block: 0 Block size: 4096 Fragment size: 4096 Reserved GDT blocks: 63 Blocks per group: 32768 Fragments per group: 32768 Inodes per group: 8192 Inode blocks per group: 512 Flex block group size: 32 Filesystem created: Tue Aug 2 02:29:45 2011 Last mount time: Tue Aug 2 02:29:50 2011 Last write time: Tue Aug 2 02:31:01 2011 Mount count: 1 Maximum mount count: 20 Last checked: Tue Aug 2 02:29:45 2011 Check interval: 0 (<none>) Lifetime writes: 406 kB Reserved blocks uid: 0 (user root) Reserved blocks gid: 0 (group root) First inode: 11 Inode size: 256 Required extra isize: 28 Desired extra isize: 28 Journal inode: 20500 Default directory hash: half_md4 Directory Hash Seed: a42d0c4e-0207-4fd4-94e7-b71bc107ae90 Journal features: (none) Journal size: 32M Journal length: 8192 Journal sequence: 0x00000001 Journal start: 0 Group 0: (Blocks 0-32767) [ITABLE_ZEROED] Checksum 0x3fe2, unused inodes 0 Primary superblock at 0, Group descriptors at 1-1 Reserved GDT blocks at 2-64 Block bitmap at 65 (+65), Inode bitmap at 97 (+97) Inode table at 129-640 (+129) 24746 free blocks, 0 free inodes, 3 directories Free blocks: 20358-32767 Free inodes: Group 1: (Blocks 32768-65535) [ITABLE_ZEROED] Checksum 0x1361, unused inodes 0 Backup superblock at 32768, Group descriptors at 32769-32769 Reserved GDT blocks at 32770-32832 Block bitmap at 66 (bg #0 + 66), Inode bitmap at 98 (bg #0 + 98) Inode table at 641-1152 (bg #0 + 641) 9128 free blocks, 0 free inodes, 975 directories Free blocks: 49152-57343, 60376-60383, 60512-61439 Free inodes: Group 2: (Blocks 65536-98303) [ITABLE_ZEROED] Checksum 0x3bb7, unused inodes 4076 Block bitmap at 67 (bg #0 + 67), Inode bitmap at 99 (bg #0 + 99) Inode table at 1153-1664 (bg #0 + 1153) 28672 free blocks, 4076 free inodes, 2302 directories, 4076 unused inodes Free blocks: 69632-98303 Free inodes: 20501-24576 Group 3: (Blocks 98304-131071) [ITABLE_ZEROED] Checksum 0x372b, unused inodes 7865 Backup superblock at 98304, Group descriptors at 98305-98305 Reserved GDT blocks at 98306-98368 Block bitmap at 68 (bg #0 + 68), Inode bitmap at 100 (bg #0 + 100) Inode table at 1665-2176 (bg #0 + 1665) 32703 free blocks, 7865 free inodes, 327 directories, 7865 unused inodes Free blocks: 98369-131071 Free inodes: 24904-32768 Group 4: (Blocks 131072-163839) [ITABLE_ZEROED] Checksum 0x4c7a, unused inodes 8154 Block bitmap at 69 (bg #0 + 69), Inode bitmap at 101 (bg #0 + 101) Inode table at 2177-2688 (bg #0 + 2177) 32768 free blocks, 8154 free inodes, 38 directories, 8154 unused inodes Free blocks: 131072-163839 Free inodes: 32807-40960 Group 5: (Blocks 163840-196607) [INODE_UNINIT, ITABLE_ZEROED] Checksum 0xbd51, unused inodes 8192 Backup superblock at 163840, Group descriptors at 163841-163841 Reserved GDT blocks at 163842-163904 Block bitmap at 70 (bg #0 + 70), Inode bitmap at 102 (bg #0 + 102) Inode table at 2689-3200 (bg #0 + 2689) 32703 free blocks, 8192 free inodes, 0 directories, 8192 unused inodes Free blocks: 163905-196607 Free inodes: 40961-49152 Group 6: (Blocks 196608-229375) [INODE_UNINIT, BLOCK_UNINIT, ITABLE_ZEROED] Checksum 0xf453, unused inodes 8192 Block bitmap at 71 (bg #0 + 71), Inode bitmap at 103 (bg #0 + 103) Inode table at 3201-3712 (bg #0 + 3201) 32768 free blocks, 8192 free inodes, 0 directories, 8192 unused inodes Free blocks: 196608-229375 Free inodes: 49153-57344 Group 7: (Blocks 229376-262143) [INODE_UNINIT, ITABLE_ZEROED] Checksum 0xfcc2, unused inodes 8192 Backup superblock at 229376, Group descriptors at 229377-229377 Reserved GDT blocks at 229378-229440 Block bitmap at 72 (bg #0 + 72), Inode bitmap at 104 (bg #0 + 104) Inode table at 3713-4224 (bg #0 + 3713) 32703 free blocks, 8192 free inodes, 0 directories, 8192 unused inodes Free blocks: 229441-262143 Free inodes: 57345-65536 $ truncate -s 1G a.img $ e2fsck -f a.img e2fsck 1.42-WIP (02-Jul-2011) Backing up journal inode block information. Moving journal from /.journal to hidden inode. Pass 1: Checking inodes, blocks, and sizes Inode 7 has illegal block(s). Clear<y>? yes Illegal block #2064 (294914) in inode 7. CLEARED. Illegal block #2065 (819202) in inode 7. CLEARED. Illegal block #2066 (884738) in inode 7. CLEARED. Illegal block #3088 (294915) in inode 7. CLEARED. Illegal block #3089 (819203) in inode 7. CLEARED. Illegal block #3090 (884739) in inode 7. CLEARED. Illegal block #4112 (294916) in inode 7. CLEARED. Illegal block #4113 (819204) in inode 7. CLEARED. Illegal block #4114 (884740) in inode 7. CLEARED. Illegal block #5136 (294917) in inode 7. CLEARED. Illegal block #5137 (819205) in inode 7. CLEARED. Too many illegal blocks in inode 7. Clear inode<y>? yes Restarting e2fsck from the beginning... Resize inode not valid. Recreate<y>? yes Pass 1: Checking inodes, blocks, and sizes Pass 2: Checking directory structure Pass 3: Checking directory connectivity Pass 4: Checking reference counts Pass 5: Checking group summary information Block bitmap differences: -(8022--20357) Fix<y>? yes Free blocks count wrong for group #0 (24745, counted=24746). Fix<y>? yes Free blocks count wrong (226190, counted=226191). Fix<y>? yes a.img: ***** FILE SYSTEM WAS MODIFIED ***** a.img: 20864/65536 files (0.0% non-contiguous), 35953/262144 blocks $ $ dumpe2fs a.img dumpe2fs 1.42-WIP (02-Jul-2011) Filesystem volume name: <none> Last mounted on: /mnt Filesystem UUID: 4f2361c3-2755-4a6a-bf28-dd7e1a4dd772 Filesystem magic number: 0xEF53 Filesystem revision #: 1 (dynamic) Filesystem features: has_journal ext_attr resize_inode dir_index filetype extent flex_bg sparse_super large_file huge_file uninit_bg dir_nlink extra_isize Filesystem flags: signed_directory_hash Default mount options: user_xattr acl Filesystem state: clean Errors behavior: Continue Filesystem OS type: Linux Inode count: 65536 Block count: 262144 Reserved block count: 13107 Free blocks: 226191 Free inodes: 44672 First block: 0 Block size: 4096 Fragment size: 4096 Reserved GDT blocks: 63 Blocks per group: 32768 Fragments per group: 32768 Inodes per group: 8192 Inode blocks per group: 512 Flex block group size: 32 Filesystem created: Tue Aug 2 02:29:45 2011 Last mount time: Tue Aug 2 02:29:50 2011 Last write time: Tue Aug 2 02:32:29 2011 Mount count: 0 Maximum mount count: 20 Last checked: Tue Aug 2 02:32:29 2011 Check interval: 0 (<none>) Lifetime writes: 742 kB Reserved blocks uid: 0 (user root) Reserved blocks gid: 0 (group root) First inode: 11 Inode size: 256 Required extra isize: 28 Desired extra isize: 28 Journal inode: 8 Default directory hash: half_md4 Directory Hash Seed: a42d0c4e-0207-4fd4-94e7-b71bc107ae90 Journal backup: inode blocks Journal features: (none) Journal size: 32M Journal length: 8192 Journal sequence: 0x00000001 Journal start: 0 Group 0: (Blocks 0-32767) [ITABLE_ZEROED] Checksum 0x3fe2, unused inodes 0 Primary superblock at 0, Group descriptors at 1-1 Reserved GDT blocks at 2-64 Block bitmap at 65 (+65), Inode bitmap at 97 (+97) Inode table at 129-640 (+129) 24746 free blocks, 0 free inodes, 3 directories Free blocks: 8022-32767 Free inodes: Group 1: (Blocks 32768-65535) [ITABLE_ZEROED] Checksum 0x1361, unused inodes 0 Backup superblock at 32768, Group descriptors at 32769-32769 Reserved GDT blocks at 32770-32832 Block bitmap at 66 (bg #0 + 66), Inode bitmap at 98 (bg #0 + 98) Inode table at 641-1152 (bg #0 + 641) 9128 free blocks, 0 free inodes, 975 directories Free blocks: 49152-57343, 60376-60383, 60512-61439 Free inodes: Group 2: (Blocks 65536-98303) [ITABLE_ZEROED] Checksum 0x3b77, unused inodes 4077 Block bitmap at 67 (bg #0 + 67), Inode bitmap at 99 (bg #0 + 99) Inode table at 1153-1664 (bg #0 + 1153) 28672 free blocks, 4077 free inodes, 2302 directories, 4077 unused inodes Free blocks: 69632-98303 Free inodes: 20500-24576 Group 3: (Blocks 98304-131071) [ITABLE_ZEROED] Checksum 0x372b, unused inodes 7865 Backup superblock at 98304, Group descriptors at 98305-98305 Reserved GDT blocks at 98306-98368 Block bitmap at 68 (bg #0 + 68), Inode bitmap at 100 (bg #0 + 100) Inode table at 1665-2176 (bg #0 + 1665) 32703 free blocks, 7865 free inodes, 327 directories, 7865 unused inodes Free blocks: 98369-131071 Free inodes: 24904-32768 Group 4: (Blocks 131072-163839) [ITABLE_ZEROED] Checksum 0x4c7a, unused inodes 8154 Block bitmap at 69 (bg #0 + 69), Inode bitmap at 101 (bg #0 + 101) Inode table at 2177-2688 (bg #0 + 2177) 32768 free blocks, 8154 free inodes, 38 directories, 8154 unused inodes Free blocks: 131072-163839 Free inodes: 32807-40960 Group 5: (Blocks 163840-196607) [INODE_UNINIT, ITABLE_ZEROED] Checksum 0xbd51, unused inodes 8192 Backup superblock at 163840, Group descriptors at 163841-163841 Reserved GDT blocks at 163842-163904 Block bitmap at 70 (bg #0 + 70), Inode bitmap at 102 (bg #0 + 102) Inode table at 2689-3200 (bg #0 + 2689) 32703 free blocks, 8192 free inodes, 0 directories, 8192 unused inodes Free blocks: 163905-196607 Free inodes: 40961-49152 Group 6: (Blocks 196608-229375) [INODE_UNINIT, BLOCK_UNINIT, ITABLE_ZEROED] Checksum 0xf453, unused inodes 8192 Block bitmap at 71 (bg #0 + 71), Inode bitmap at 103 (bg #0 + 103) Inode table at 3201-3712 (bg #0 + 3201) 32768 free blocks, 8192 free inodes, 0 directories, 8192 unused inodes Free blocks: 196608-229375 Free inodes: 49153-57344 Group 7: (Blocks 229376-262143) [INODE_UNINIT, ITABLE_ZEROED] Checksum 0xfcc2, unused inodes 8192 Backup superblock at 229376, Group descriptors at 229377-229377 Reserved GDT blocks at 229378-229440 Block bitmap at 72 (bg #0 + 72), Inode bitmap at 104 (bg #0 + 104) Inode table at 3713-4224 (bg #0 + 3713) 32703 free blocks, 8192 free inodes, 0 directories, 8192 unused inodes Free blocks: 229441-262143 Free inodes: 57345-65536 $ truncate -s 4G a.img $ e2fsck -f a.img e2fsck 1.42-WIP (02-Jul-2011) Pass 1: Checking inodes, blocks, and sizes Pass 2: Checking directory structure Pass 3: Checking directory connectivity Pass 4: Checking reference counts Pass 5: Checking group summary information a.img: 20864/65536 files (0.0% non-contiguous), 35953/262144 blocks $ dumpe2fs a.img dumpe2fs 1.42-WIP (02-Jul-2011) Filesystem volume name: <none> Last mounted on: /mnt Filesystem UUID: 4f2361c3-2755-4a6a-bf28-dd7e1a4dd772 Filesystem magic number: 0xEF53 Filesystem revision #: 1 (dynamic) Filesystem features: has_journal ext_attr resize_inode dir_index filetype extent flex_bg sparse_super large_file huge_file uninit_bg dir_nlink extra_isize Filesystem flags: signed_directory_hash Default mount options: user_xattr acl Filesystem state: clean Errors behavior: Continue Filesystem OS type: Linux Inode count: 65536 Block count: 262144 Reserved block count: 13107 Free blocks: 226191 Free inodes: 44672 First block: 0 Block size: 4096 Fragment size: 4096 Reserved GDT blocks: 63 Blocks per group: 32768 Fragments per group: 32768 Inodes per group: 8192 Inode blocks per group: 512 Flex block group size: 32 Filesystem created: Tue Aug 2 02:29:45 2011 Last mount time: Tue Aug 2 02:29:50 2011 Last write time: Tue Aug 2 02:33:36 2011 Mount count: 0 Maximum mount count: 20 Last checked: Tue Aug 2 02:33:36 2011 Check interval: 0 (<none>) Lifetime writes: 746 kB Reserved blocks uid: 0 (user root) Reserved blocks gid: 0 (group root) First inode: 11 Inode size: 256 Required extra isize: 28 Desired extra isize: 28 Journal inode: 8 Default directory hash: half_md4 Directory Hash Seed: a42d0c4e-0207-4fd4-94e7-b71bc107ae90 Journal backup: inode blocks Journal features: (none) Journal size: 32M Journal length: 8192 Journal sequence: 0x00000001 Journal start: 0 Group 0: (Blocks 0-32767) [ITABLE_ZEROED] Checksum 0x3fe2, unused inodes 0 Primary superblock at 0, Group descriptors at 1-1 Reserved GDT blocks at 2-64 Block bitmap at 65 (+65), Inode bitmap at 97 (+97) Inode table at 129-640 (+129) 24746 free blocks, 0 free inodes, 3 directories Free blocks: 8022-32767 Free inodes: Group 1: (Blocks 32768-65535) [ITABLE_ZEROED] Checksum 0x1361, unused inodes 0 Backup superblock at 32768, Group descriptors at 32769-32769 Reserved GDT blocks at 32770-32832 Block bitmap at 66 (bg #0 + 66), Inode bitmap at 98 (bg #0 + 98) Inode table at 641-1152 (bg #0 + 641) 9128 free blocks, 0 free inodes, 975 directories Free blocks: 49152-57343, 60376-60383, 60512-61439 Free inodes: Group 2: (Blocks 65536-98303) [ITABLE_ZEROED] Checksum 0x3b77, unused inodes 4077 Block bitmap at 67 (bg #0 + 67), Inode bitmap at 99 (bg #0 + 99) Inode table at 1153-1664 (bg #0 + 1153) 28672 free blocks, 4077 free inodes, 2302 directories, 4077 unused inodes Free blocks: 69632-98303 Free inodes: 20500-24576 Group 3: (Blocks 98304-131071) [ITABLE_ZEROED] Checksum 0x372b, unused inodes 7865 Backup superblock at 98304, Group descriptors at 98305-98305 Reserved GDT blocks at 98306-98368 Block bitmap at 68 (bg #0 + 68), Inode bitmap at 100 (bg #0 + 100) Inode table at 1665-2176 (bg #0 + 1665) 32703 free blocks, 7865 free inodes, 327 directories, 7865 unused inodes Free blocks: 98369-131071 Free inodes: 24904-32768 Group 4: (Blocks 131072-163839) [ITABLE_ZEROED] Checksum 0x4c7a, unused inodes 8154 Block bitmap at 69 (bg #0 + 69), Inode bitmap at 101 (bg #0 + 101) Inode table at 2177-2688 (bg #0 + 2177) 32768 free blocks, 8154 free inodes, 38 directories, 8154 unused inodes Free blocks: 131072-163839 Free inodes: 32807-40960 Group 5: (Blocks 163840-196607) [INODE_UNINIT, ITABLE_ZEROED] Checksum 0xbd51, unused inodes 8192 Backup superblock at 163840, Group descriptors at 163841-163841 Reserved GDT blocks at 163842-163904 Block bitmap at 70 (bg #0 + 70), Inode bitmap at 102 (bg #0 + 102) Inode table at 2689-3200 (bg #0 + 2689) 32703 free blocks, 8192 free inodes, 0 directories, 8192 unused inodes Free blocks: 163905-196607 Free inodes: 40961-49152 Group 6: (Blocks 196608-229375) [INODE_UNINIT, BLOCK_UNINIT, ITABLE_ZEROED] Checksum 0xf453, unused inodes 8192 Block bitmap at 71 (bg #0 + 71), Inode bitmap at 103 (bg #0 + 103) Inode table at 3201-3712 (bg #0 + 3201) 32768 free blocks, 8192 free inodes, 0 directories, 8192 unused inodes Free blocks: 196608-229375 Free inodes: 49153-57344 Group 7: (Blocks 229376-262143) [INODE_UNINIT, ITABLE_ZEROED] Checksum 0xfcc2, unused inodes 8192 Backup superblock at 229376, Group descriptors at 229377-229377 Reserved GDT blocks at 229378-229440 Block bitmap at 72 (bg #0 + 72), Inode bitmap at 104 (bg #0 + 104) Inode table at 3713-4224 (bg #0 + 3713) 32703 free blocks, 8192 free inodes, 0 directories, 8192 unused inodes Free blocks: 229441-262143 Free inodes: 57345-65536 $ sudo mount -t ext4 -o loop a.img /mnt/ $ df [...] /dev/loop0 1032088 127324 852336 13% /mnt $ sudo umount /mnt ----------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html