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Re: xfs_shrink?

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Subject: Re: xfs_shrink?
From: Martin Maciaszek <mmaciaszek@xxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2001 22:36:33 +0200
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On Sun, Jul 01, 2001 at 09:01:18PM +0200, Seth Mos wrote:
> On Sun, 1 Jul 2001, Martin Maciaszek wrote:
> 
> > I'm running xfs on top of lvm without any problems so far. Now I
> > want to remove one of the old drives and replace it with a new
> > drive. As far as I understand it I need to move all PEs from the
> > old drive to the other PVs and then shrink the fs to be able to
> > remove the old drive from the LV.
> > 
> > Is there any chance to exchange the old drive without having to
> > do a backup/restore? Is someone working on xfs_shrink? I don't
> > need the drive to be replaced soon, but I can see it coming on
> > the horizon :)
> 
> See FAQ.
> 
I read the FAQ but this didn't satisfy me. I still have the hope
that someone is working on it. I just like to know whether it
will be possible in the (near) future to shrink the file system.

Cheers
Martin

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