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Re: ext3 support (was: Re: Problems with parted)
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Szakacsits Szabolcs |
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Re: ext3 support (was: Re: Problems with parted) |
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Thu, 4 Nov 2004 16:03:19 +0100 (MET) |
Hello,
On Thu, 4 Nov 2004, David Ronis wrote:
> Szakacsits> Software suspend doesn't work on swap files? You can
> Szakacsits> create swap inside filesystems, too.
>
> Unfortnately that's not what not what the softwaresuspend
> documentation says. Have a look at:
Free software documents are often outdated. Nigel was planning swap file
support in March. I don't know the status, you should ask this on the
software suspend forums or mailing lists.
> Szakacsits> It's possible what you want to do but not by
> Szakacsits> Parted. Ext3 is not supported.
>
> The parted documentation says ext3 is supported, with the proviso that
> the start of the partition isn't changed.
You're not the only one who was misled but unfortunately nobody has the
time or willing to correct and update the documents, write a FAQ, etc.
> Szakacsits> You can use resize2fs, it can resize ext3 too, then
> Szakacsits> recreate the partition entry to be smaller by
> Szakacsits> fdisk. Take care it will not be smaller than the
> Szakacsits> shrunken ext3 and of course make backup first.
>
> That sounds like it should work. Thanks.
Yes, it must work. That code is written by the ext2/ext3 delelopers but
Parted's one is homebrew and it got out of sync with ext support some
years ago and they keep diverge.
Szaka
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