[linux-lvm] online resize

[Nate Carlson]

On Thu, 16 Mar 2006, Roger Lucas wrote:
> We use Reiser3 here and it can grow a volume whilst it is mounted, but 
> you have to unmount the volume before you can shrink it.
>
> The man pages for resize_reiserfs indicate that it should be used on 
> unmounted volumes...
>
> AFAIK, Reiser is the only filesystem in common use that allows volumes 
> to be reduced.

Note that Reiser4 no longer supports this.  :(

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