Re: [Xen-users] Resizing File Based DomU

[Nico Kadel-Garcia <nkadel@xxxxxxxxx>]

Jonny wrote:
> I am trying to resize a file based guest DomU while it is shut down. It seems 
> that all the information that I can find relates to resizing ext3 file systems 
> and there in no information (that works) on Reiserfs.
>
> The first thing that I try to do is to verify that Reiserfs tools work, so I 
> execute this (hda is the domU file system file):
>
> reiserfsck --check hda
>   
Don't *EVEN* think about trying these tricks. Seriously. Back up the 
partition, rebuild it from scratch, than pour the backup onto the newly 
built and enlarged partition.
Reiserfs has, in my experience, been a source of serious fileystem 
grief. Given that its core developer has a habit of casually losing 
really important things, including his wife's corpse (no, I'm not 
kidding, look for hte keywords "Hans Reiser murdered wife"), I've been 
unshocked by the repeated file lossage when trying to do even modest 
system operations with Reiserfs.
Keep it simple for reliably. Back it up and rebuild from scratch.


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