Bug#527859: e2fsprogs: resize2fs's -f should allow me to resize without having to jump through hoops

2009-05-14 Thread Andres Salomon
reopen 527859 thanks Reopening so that this doesn't get archived before a response is heard. On Sun, 10 May 2009 12:51:47 -0400 Andres Salomon dilin...@queued.net wrote: On Sun, 10 May 2009 02:44:29 -0400 Theodore Tso ty...@mit.edu wrote: tag 527859 +wontfix thanks Does this mean

Bug#527859: e2fsprogs: resize2fs's -f should allow me to resize without having to jump through hoops

2009-05-10 Thread Andres Salomon
On Sun, 10 May 2009 02:44:29 -0400 Theodore Tso ty...@mit.edu wrote: tag 527859 +wontfix thanks Does this mean you're not even going to provide output to tell the user how to work around the problem? On Sat, May 09, 2009 at 07:11:02PM -0400, Andres Salomon wrote: I'm talking about

Bug#527859: e2fsprogs: resize2fs's -f should allow me to resize without having to jump through hoops

2009-05-09 Thread Theodore Tso
On Fri, May 08, 2009 at 08:39:53PM -0400, Andres Salomon wrote: Package: e2fsprogs Version: 1.41.3-1 If I attempt to shrink an ext3 filesystem while mounted (even if read-only) via resize2fs /dev/hda1 8G, it refuses with: Filesystem at /dev/hda1 is mounted on /; on-line resizing required

Bug#527859: e2fsprogs: resize2fs's -f should allow me to resize without having to jump through hoops

2009-05-09 Thread Andres Salomon
On Sat, 9 May 2009 13:44:09 -0400 Theodore Tso ty...@mit.edu wrote: On Fri, May 08, 2009 at 08:39:53PM -0400, Andres Salomon wrote: Package: e2fsprogs Version: 1.41.3-1 If I attempt to shrink an ext3 filesystem while mounted (even if read-only) via resize2fs /dev/hda1 8G, it refuses

Bug#527859: e2fsprogs: resize2fs's -f should allow me to resize without having to jump through hoops

2009-05-09 Thread Theodore Tso
On Sat, May 09, 2009 at 06:22:00PM -0400, Andres Salomon wrote: Creating a zero-length /etc/mtab file doesn't work if, for some reason, /etc is mounted read-only. Having a fully supported and supportable system isn't always available. If resize2fs is going to stipulate that the filesystem

Bug#527859: e2fsprogs: resize2fs's -f should allow me to resize without having to jump through hoops

2009-05-09 Thread Andres Salomon
On Sat, 9 May 2009 18:42:15 -0400 Theodore Tso ty...@mit.edu wrote: On Sat, May 09, 2009 at 06:22:00PM -0400, Andres Salomon wrote: Creating a zero-length /etc/mtab file doesn't work if, for some reason, /etc is mounted read-only. Having a fully supported and supportable system isn't

Bug#527859: e2fsprogs: resize2fs's -f should allow me to resize without having to jump through hoops

2009-05-08 Thread Andres Salomon
Package: e2fsprogs Version: 1.41.3-1 If I attempt to shrink an ext3 filesystem while mounted (even if read-only) via resize2fs /dev/hda1 8G, it refuses with: Filesystem at /dev/hda1 is mounted on /; on-line resizing required On-line shrinking from $foo to $bar not supported. I don't know if