In order to do that, the file system that lives on the RAID device has to support being shrunk first, which is possible in some cases, but far from all. Typically this would involve dumping the data somewhere, shrinking the RAID, then re-creating a filesystem and moving the data back... tw On 10/12/2005 16:08 +0200, Karsten Römke wrote: >> By the way: is it possible to make a raid1 array SMALLER? >> I found hints howto get it bigger and the way seems very easy, but >> to shrink it? Reason: When I set up the server I have some people behind >> me, who mostly say: can't it be faster? - so I accepted the partions which >> are >> recommended by Suse (and which are not really suitable for my needs) >> >> >> - >> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in >> the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html End of included message -- +--------------------------+------------------------------+ | Tim Walberg | twalberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx | | 830 Carriage Dr. | www.mindspring.com/~twalberg | | Algonquin, IL 60102 | | +--------------------------+------------------------------+ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
