Package: ext2resize Version: 1.1.19-3 I just stumbled on this package, and I think it'd benefit the users if the description of this package would mention its limitations a bit more, and also note that there is a resize2fs program installed on all Debian systems (e2fsprogs is required). Otherwise maybe people looking for ext2/3 resizing tools will only find this package and conclude there is no such possibility in sarge, for example.
For offline resizing, as far as I can read it, it works for little-endian machines (but resize2fs works for all machines, and is more tested). For online resizing (the thing resize2fs can *not* do), it only works for ext2 (not ext3), and requires patches to the kernel (included) and to e2fsck. The latter is problematic, since on Debian, patches to software are not really easily applied for a Debian user. I think honesty benefits all here -- and I do hope that some day online resize will work reliably on ext3, because it's really damn annoying to resize 300G filesystems offline :-). Thanks! --Jeroen -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-2-k7 Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) -- Jeroen van Wolffelaar [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://jeroen.A-Eskwadraat.nl -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
