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Re: XFS + LVM + Epanding; shrinking XFS??

To: Dirk Steinberg <dws@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: XFS + LVM + Epanding; shrinking XFS??
From: KELEMEN Peter <fuji@xxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 00:43:00 +0200
Cc: linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: <3AF87052.4724FD80@steinberg.dhs.org>; from dws@steinberg.dhs.org on Wed, May 09, 2001 at 12:16:50AM +0200
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* Dirk Steinberg (dws@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) [20010509 00:16]:

> BTW: Does anyone know if it is possible to shrink an XFS
> filesystem? It's possible to shrink an ext2 filesystem with
> resize2fs, and LVM volumes can also be shrunk with lvreduce.

AFAIK due to internal fs layout, shrinking would involve major
pain to perform.  Better off dumping the filesystem to tape and
create a (smaller) new one.

Peter

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