GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 772387
Could a 'port' be made of resize_reiserfs to cater for a reiser4 volume ?
Last modified: 2017-02-21 09:24:53 UTC
Could a 'port' be made of resize_reiserfs to cater for a reiser4 volume ? Unsure of category --Glenn urls # https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/openSUSE:Leap:42.2:Rings:1-MinimalX/reiserfs https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/filesystems/reiser4progs code: # osc ls openSUSE:Leap:42.2:Rings:1-MinimalX reiserfs _link # -> openSUSE:Leap:42.2 reiserfs (latest) debugreiserfs-fix-use-after-free-while-closing-log reiserfs.changes reiserfs.spec reiserfsprogs-3.6.24-22-g57eac84.tar.bz2 silent-rules.patch https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/filesystems/reiser4progs reiser4progs-1.1.0.tar.gz 907 KB
Hello Could a 'port' be made of resize_reiserfs to cater for reiser4 volume ? Is it possible ? What steps needed ? What reiser4 code could be used ? Reason I ask: - use spare space for another partition after Reiser4 partition is shrunk. - Utility useful. [with disk volumes increasing] may want to use/shrink,from a large space to a smaller space for Reiser4 partition. - It allows unused space [on large volumes] to be used for other partition volumes. - I can test to see shrink process works. - I think some on the R4 mailing list an make use of this too. http://www.spinics.net/lists/reiserfs-devel/ <reiserfs-devel@vger.kernel.org> I can test on a Reiser4 volume [uses entire disk]. Only 43% is used so 1.8T [entire disk] - 747G [used] = 57% [free space] --Glenn # r3 # resize_reiserfs Usage: resize_reiserfs [-s[+|-]#[G|M|K]] [-fqvV] device # # osc ls openSUSE:Leap:42.2:Rings:1-MinimalX reiserfs _link # -> openSUSE:Leap:42.2 reiserfs (latest) debugreiserfs-fix-use-after-free-while-closing-log reiserfs.changes reiserfs.spec reiserfsprogs-3.6.24-22-g57eac84.tar.bz2 silent-rules.patch r4 # osc ls filesystems reiser4progs _link reiser4progs-1.1.0.tar.gz reiser4progs.changes reiser4progs.spec # -> openSUSE:Factory reiser4progs (latest) reiser4progs-1.1.0.tar.gz reiser4progs.changes reiser4progs.spec https://sourceforge.net/projects/reiser4/files/reiser4-for-linux-4.x/ reiser4-for-4.7.0.patch.gz 2016-08-09 624.8 kB README.txt 2016-08-09 3.0 kB urls # https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/openSUSE:Leap:42.2:Rings:1-MinimalX/reiserfs https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/filesystems/reiser4prog I made enquires on: - http://www.spinics.net/lists/reiserfs-devel/maillist.html - http://www.spinics.net/lists/reiserfs-devel/msg05155.html - https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/home:jeff_mahoney:branches:filesystems/reiserfs other info: https://sourceforge.net/projects/reiser4/files/reiser4-for-linux-4.x/
As already discussed in bug 771580, this is a request for reiser file system developers not GParted application developers. Closing as not a GParted bug.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 771580 ***