Zac Slade wrote:
> On Friday 24 February 2006 00:03, Alexander Skwar wrote:
>> John Jolet wrote:
>> > Remember, the fs cannot be mounted when you extend it.
>>
>> That's wrong. Every FS can be extended online, even ext{2,3}
>> with certain patches IIRC.
> WRONG!!! (or partially anyway)  Here's the rundown:
> reiser3, resizable online in two ways 
> 	1)resize_reiserfs /path/to/dev 
> 	2)mount -o remount,resize /path/to/dev
> XFS, MUST be mounted to resize use xfs_grow /mount/point
> JFS, resizable online with a mount -o remount,resize /path/to/dev
> ext2/3, resizable offline reliably.  Online resize is a *very* experimental 
> experiment.  Have good backups.

Okay, so the following fs are online resizable, according to you:

- reiser3
- xfs
- jfs
- ext2, ext3

That's pretty much "every FS", isn't it?

> 
> For a good reference if one is ever needed to give to a friend, relative or 
> foe try http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/extendlv.html

Yep. LVM Howto is a very good resource.

Alexander Skwar
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