On Fri, November 6, 2009 11:53 pm, Thomas Arthur Oehser wrote: > > So, I thought the logical sequence was: > > resize2fs <smaller> > mdadm -G -z <smaller> > fdisk <smaller> > > ... but ... > > the mdadm -G -z <smaller> seems to leave the superblock at the end of the > partition... > > Is there _any_ way to do what I'm trying to do? I don't see options to > tell it I want > the superblock to be at offset X or that the partition is "going to be" > smaller... and > I don't see options for switching the superblock format and moving stuff > around... and > I'm really not wanting to do --create and cross my fingers that everything > "just works". Other than using --create, which isn't much of a risk, the only way to do what you want is to fail and remove each device from the array, resize the device, add it back to the array, then when recovery completes, move on to the next device. NeilBrown -- 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
