Re: How long should resize2fs take?

Alan Pope <[email protected]> Fri, 24 Jun 2011 15:56:02 +0100

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Hi Ted,

Thanks for the prompt reply.

On 24 June 2011 15:27, Ted Ts'o <[email protected]> wrote:
> Yes, that will take longer.  Resize2fs is engineered for safety, which
> means it copies a lot of blocks, and then it updates the inodes, and
> then copies more blocks, and then updates the inode involved, etc.  So
> it's a fairly seeky operation that can take a while.
>

Is it a process that could be terminated relatively safely? Or is it
just a case of "sit tight"?

Al.