Re: Is shrinking raid5 possible?

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On 06/11/2009 13:17, Thomas Arthur Oehser wrote:
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 - resize2fs /dev/md3 <smaller>
 - mdadm -G -z <smaller> /dev/md3
 - fdisk /dev/sd[a-c]3 <smaller>

It _almost_ works fine... but... the mdadm -G keeps the (0.90) superblock
at the _end_ of the _device_ ... which hasn't been resized yet ...

How do I put the superblock back after fdisk, or make -G move or recreate?

Are you sure it hasn't already put a copy of the superblock in the right place, within the <smaller> size, as well as leaving a copy at the end of the original larger partition? That's what I would do if I was the author, so the partition can still be recognised as a md one before the partition is resized; you wouldn't want the parition to become unrecognisable or unusable.

Cheers,

John.
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