Re: [ext2resize] root partition

[Andreas D. <ad...@cl...>]

On Feb 13, 2006  17:04 +0100, Cristina Tanzi Tolenti wrote:
> on Fedora Core 1 (kernel 2.4.22-1.2199.5.legacy.nptl) I would like to 
> resize my root partition, I use lvm.
> 
> [root@theta root]# ext2online -d -v /dev/Volume00/LogVol00
> group 2 inode table has offset 2, not 4
[snip]
> group 78 inode table has offset 2, not 4
> ext2online: group 0, block 2 not reserved
> 
> ext2online: unable to resize /dev/Volume00/LogVol00

This means that you are trying to resize your partition past a 16GB
boundary, and that is not possible without an offline preparation step.

> I don't patched the kernel (I don't understand how, excuse me for my 
> ignorance)

Also, if you haven't patched the kernel then online resizing won't work.
The online resizing is part of the 2.6.9-RHEL4 and 2.6.12+ kernels.

You likely need to boot to a rescue CD and then do an offline resize
with ext2resize or resize2fs.

Cheers, Andreas
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Andreas Dilger
Principal Software Engineer
Cluster File Systems, Inc.