Re: installing root raid non-destructively

[Piete Brooks]

> I tested this some time ago ( dd if=/dev/hda1 of=/dev/hdc1 in single user
> mode) but did not shrink the ext2fs, but it worked.

That is not a surprise -- the PSB is onlt one 4K block at the very end ...

> Will the superblock get corrupted when I use up my last 4k of space on the
> ext2fs ?

Assuming your ext2 FS does indeed use the PSB space, yes.

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