Reiser filesystems can be extended while mounted (online), but can only be shrunk while unmounted.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Rob > van der Heij > Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 4:11 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [LINUX-390] Dynamically adding minidisks > > > On Thu, 2004-03-11 at 21:34, Thomas Durand wrote: > > I have question about filesystems. We can dynamically add > dasd devices > > but what type of filesystem ( Reiserfs, ext 3,?) support > online extension ? > > That would be only for LVM logical volumes right? Since extending a > minidisk with an ext2 filesystem on it is not really an option. > > Both ext2 and ReiserFS come with a resize tool, but I think > neither does > it while the filesystem is online (unless you buy code for it). With > Linux on z/VM you have at least the easy option to mount the > filesystem > in another Linux guest and resize it while the owner is down. That way > you can avoid starting from ramdisk system to resize the root > filesystem. > > Rob > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO > LINUX-390 or visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > ============================================================================== If you are not an intended recipient of this e-mail, please notify the sender, delete it and do not read, act upon, print, disclose, copy, retain or redistribute it. Click here for important additional terms relating to this e-mail. <http://www.ml.com/email_terms/> ============================================================================== ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
