2008/9/25 Vinai Roopchansingh :

Ciro Iriarte wrote:

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However, there is one last issue. The resize2fs tool does not want to grow the filesystem beyond 4.3TB. I was able to run:

# resize2fs /dev/array2/rd2 4300G

With a FS of that size, probably you use big files and probably (guessing again) you'll be better with XFS anyway

That was an excellent suggestion - thank you again. xfs seems easier to work with and grow, and also seems better behaved than ext at these TB volume sizes.

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successfully, but with no argument (original attempt) or anything else beyond that size, I get the message:

# resize2fs /dev/array2/rd2 5100G resize2fs 1.40.2 (12-Jul-2007) Resizing the filesystem on /dev/array2/rd2 to 1336934400 (4k) blocks. resize2fs: Memory allocation failed while trying to resize /dev/array2/rd2

I think this is specifically a bug with resize2fs, as I was able to create larger filesystems with mkfs. I tried growing the partition by smaller and smaller amounts, but it seems I could not grow the file system beyond that size. Where can I file this bug to the ext2/3 tool set ?

Will, this is the place to go: https://bugzilla.novell.com/enter_bug.cgi

On a hunch - I tried to get the latest e2fsprogs and compile it locally and run it, but I am getting the same message. So it definitely an upstream bug. I am not sure where to file a bug with e2fsprogs as its page is sparse, and there's not much else up there, other than source code ...

But thank you again Ciro. Your suggestions have definitely helped ...

cheers vinai

Please, keep the replies on the list, that way everybody can benefit from the conversation. You can also try ext2online (although it's older than resize2fs). About the bug report, it's fine to post it on the Novell Bugzilla, people from Novell always report suggestions/patches upstream. So far, I didn't hit this kind of issues with reiserfs and XFS, both fill the use case spectrum for me :) Regards, Ciro -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org