From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 16 18:37:01 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E7B216A418 for ; Wed, 16 Jan 2008 18:37:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd06+SG=f5d1ccb8@mlists.homeunix.com) Received: from turtle-out.mxes.net (turtle-out.mxes.net [216.86.168.191]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7106C13C469 for ; Wed, 16 Jan 2008 18:37:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd06+SG=f5d1ccb8@mlists.homeunix.com) Received: from mxout-04.mxes.net (mxout-04.mxes.net [216.86.168.179]) by turtle-in.mxes.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id F382A164668 for ; Wed, 16 Jan 2008 13:15:51 -0500 (EST) Received: from gumby.homeunix.com. (unknown [87.81.140.128]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.mxes.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4BF2DD05B8 for ; Wed, 16 Jan 2008 13:15:49 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 18:15:44 +0000 From: RW To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20080116181544.787f2d17@gumby.homeunix.com.> In-Reply-To: <20080116174455.H1425@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> References: <478DCC6C.8010605@mbnet.fi> <478E15F3.7090809@mbnet.fi> <20080116174455.H1425@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.0.2 (GTK+ 2.12.5; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: growfs and soft updates X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 18:37:01 -0000 On Wed, 16 Jan 2008 17:48:44 +0100 (CET) Wojciech Puchar wrote: > growfs is for people that like challenges ;) > > i have to use it growing 800GB filesystem to 1400GB, finally (after > patching it a bit) i did it, but root directory was destroyed (no > idea why). all subdirs appeared in lost+found so it wasn't a big > problem then+i've got zero sized file in lost+found that i was unable > to delete until i took off all strange flash with chflags. > > but i did it ONLY because i had no way to back it up. Personally I don't think it's worth the risk, unless the data is disposable like a squid cache. What I normally do is create a new partition and symlink things into it.