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In message <86ejemmc0v.fsf@ds4.des.no>, =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= wr
ites:

>No, it just happens that CDs are the only currently existing case.
>Another case (which we don't have in our current code base) is a volume
>manager which allows on-line resizing of a volume [...]

GEOM actually has a space in the architecture for resizing providers,
but it has not been relevant to flesh the code out yet.

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