On Jan 31, 2008 9:43 AM, Rahul Sundaram <sundaram@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Kirk Lowery wrote: > > I'm adding a 500GB drive to my (Fedora 8) desktop and want to extend > > the root file system (journaled ext3) to use the new drive. > > > > I've been reading all the FAQs and HOWTOs, and they mention the > > program ext2online for the final step in the process. But I can't find > > it anywhere. Is there a package that needs installing? > > resize2fs has obsoleted it. Ah. That explains it. Reading the man page on resize2fs, it notes: "As of this writing, the Linux 2.6 kernel supports on-line resize for filesystems mounted using ext3 only." Yet when I used the LVM GUI app, it choked at this step, saying it couldn't unmount the root filesystem. That's understandable, but it raises the question: can one use resize2fs from a commandline while running fedora with the root filesystem mounted? Kirk
