RAID6 mdadm --grow bug?

2007-09-12 Thread David Miller
Problem: The mdadm --grow command fails when trying to add disk to a RAID6. The man page says it can do this. "GROW MODE The GROW mode is used for changing the size or shape of an active array. For this to work, the kernel must support the necessary change. Various types

RE: [linux-lvm] Q: Online resizing ext3 FS

2007-09-12 Thread Stuart D. Gathman
On Wed, 12 Sep 2007, Hiren Joshi wrote: > Has anyone of you been using ext2online to resize (large) ext3 > filesystems? > I have to do it going from 500GB to 1TB on a productive system I was > wondering if you have some horror/success stories. > I'm using RHEL4/U4 (kernel 2.6.9) on this system. T

RE: [linux-lvm] Q: Online resizing ext3 FS

2007-09-12 Thread Hiren Joshi
I've been fine with it, so long as you have done the ext2prepare before hand. Otherwise you will only be able to go up to the next 16G boundary. I asked it to skip the fsck check but I've been told this is not a good idea -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROT

Re: [linux-lvm] Q: Online resizing ext3 FS

2007-09-12 Thread Tomasz Chmielewski
Chris Osicki schrieb: Hi I apologize in advance for asking a question not really appropriate for this mailing list, but I couldn't find a better place with lots of people managing lots of disk space. The question: Has anyone of you been using ext2online to resize (large) ext3 filesystems? I h

Q: Online resizing ext3 FS

2007-09-12 Thread Chris Osicki
Hi I apologize in advance for asking a question not really appropriate for this mailing list, but I couldn't find a better place with lots of people managing lots of disk space. The question: Has anyone of you been using ext2online to resize (large) ext3 filesystems? I have to do it going from