-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 2/12/2013 12:53 PM, Mikael Abrahamsson wrote: > On Tue, 12 Feb 2013, Phillip Susi wrote: > >> I just noticed that reducing the used dev size has not moved the >> metadata, so it is looking like it just isn't possible to shrink >> the md partition with metadata format 1.0? > > From "man mdadm" > > "The different sub-versions store the superblock at different > locations on the device, either at the end (for 1.0), at the start > (for 1.1) or 4K from the start (for 1.2)" > > I don't really see how it could be shrunk with a superblock at the > end, then you wouldn't be able to find it next time... You move the superblock, then shrink the partition... But it looks like mdadm doesn't move the superblock even though it no longer is using the full partition. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJRGoXXAAoJEJrBOlT6nu75N+YH/R/om3wi5yJ/DidGWJFxd5J2 WuLV0oUqggDZxjM32/usuZwzVCnPnvXDmd9HKavf9Ko8gVnMUsJeVtv6fQDmr4uy IpPyrHcYa80am3hX5maGt+orJgk4kP4sc2x4Ya/OYBHfiTYn704+bUmP8znrJ5CG rBzqWaRsdQy4v+ps/7l3VQuyJhDxEoNjz4NDAZC8wWqxoclJVtAE9uxPbdpYRLSV +SlY76LIoea3YHXYLLu6vXJpQsaDalyVAzuDbEspJQ/fvjUTncCGicBvG/obbGsW 9hrftYoNnhEc7PmRPvbPFW7f6EkpPMbTo/FLhB0r8Fw0AS0AYG12UACH+zO2Rjg= =hvFb -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- 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
