Hi List,
Since using SLES-10-SP2 I notice that ext3 filesystems now have new
default options that better suit them for later online resizing.

If you look at the changelog for e2fsprogs you will see:

* Thu Dec 06 2007 - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
- set EXT2_FEATURE_COMPAT_RESIZE_INODE by default in mke2fs
  [#279180,FATE#302553]

If you do a dumpe2fs of a filesystem created on SP2 you will now see a
new Filesystem feature of "resize_inode", and a new line "Reserved GDT
blocks".

I have already tested extending a 4GB ext3 filesystem beyond 16GB which
use to be the first barrier I always hit.

So if you want to use online resizing SP2 has advantages. Perhaps there
is(or will be) an Online Update for SP1?

mark

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