On Tue, 28 Feb 2012 20:38:13 -0600 Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Alex Schuster wrote: > > Dale writes: > > > >> I have a question on this. I have a drive that I use for movies > >> and such. There is nothing OS related on that drive. Would it be > >> safe to set this to say 1% or even 0? > > > > I'd say 1% is okay. For 0% I'm not sure, I avoid that, but maybe > > there will be no noticeable difference at all. > > > >> Also, it is already set up with LVM and > >> ext4. Can I change it even while there is data on there? > > > > Sure! Cool, isn't it. Just call lvresize -L > > +1G /dev/mapper/whatever or something, and then > > resize2fs /dev/mapper/whatever. > > > I was talking about the command to change the superuser reserves. I > know how to make LVM bigger but wanted to make sure this can be run > even when there is data on there. Basically, can I run: > > tune2fs -m 1 /dev/data/data1 > > Which is where the ext4 file system is on the LVM. After I run that > then I can expand LVM from there, I hope it works that easy. They don't interfere with each other. LVM and the size of the filesystem is one thing. Reserved space is something else, completely unrelated. > > > > Wonko > > > > > > Dale > > :-) :-) > -- Alan McKinnnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
