linux-ext4 - Re: Filesystem size problem.

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Message-ID: <CAEUYfyMy72M=PPA9wRKpppQOrzWG_NsVR7QUk8RMkP9MY2-Z7w@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 9 Dec 2016 21:27:07 -0800
From:   Simon Matthews <simon.d.matthews@...il.com>
To:     Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>
Cc:     Andreas Dilger <adilger@...ger.ca>, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Filesystem size problem.

On Fri, Dec 9, 2016 at 8:35 PM, Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com> wrote:
> On 12/9/16 2:29 PM, Andreas Dilger wrote:
>> On Dec 8, 2016, at 10:40 PM, Simon Matthews <simon.d.matthews@...il.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I have an ext3 filesystem that will not mount under newer versions of
>>> the kernel and I hope someone here can help.
>>>
>>> Obviously, one solution is "backup and re-create from scratch". I have
>>> the backups, but I hope that there may be a quicker method to fix the
>>> issues.
>>>
>>> The root issue is that the filesystem is very slightly smaller than
>>> the allocated space.
>
> So the device is now smaller than the filesystem thinks, right?

Yes, I got that the wrong way round in my original email. The device
is very slightly smaller than the filesystem.

Simon
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