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Dale writes: |
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> Alex Schuster wrote: |
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> > If you instantly need more space, reduce the amount of reserved space |
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> > for the superuser, which is 5% as default: |
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> > tune2fs -m 2 /dev/your/partition |
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> > Don't reduce it to 0, the lower this value is, the more fragmentation |
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> > you will get. |
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> I have a question on this. I have a drive that I use for movies and |
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> such. There is nothing OS related on that drive. Would it be safe to |
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> set this to say 1% or even 0? |
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I'd say 1% is okay. For 0% I'm not sure, I avoid that, but maybe there |
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will be no noticeable difference at all. |
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> Also, it is already set up with LVM and |
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> ext4. Can I change it even while there is data on there? |
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Sure! Cool, isn't it. Just call lvresize -L +1G /dev/mapper/whatever or |
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something, and then resize2fs /dev/mapper/whatever. |
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> I ask because I don't want to change it and find out my collection is |
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> gone. o_O |
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Of course, backups are always a good idea, but this is pretty safe. I |
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wouldn't worry about it. |
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Wonko |