Re: [Xen-users] Resizing File Based DomU

[Lars Stavholm <stava@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote:
> 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.

That's probably because these days ext3 has all the resizing
capabilities that only reiserfs had before. We've used ext3
for a year now, and we've had no problems whatsoever. Enlargening
a mounted filesystem works like a charm, even shrinking works well
(haven't tried it on a mounted filesystem though).
/L

>> 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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