john wrote: > > > but again: where should such a flag go? is there a precedent > > > for such things? > > > > /.i-am-a-hidden-flag ? > > Safety would argue for doing the opposite: > > * Build the installation images to contain a file like "/.resize-root-once". > * If that file is present > ** Remove the file > ** Sync the disk > ** Attempt the online resize > ** Sync the disk again > * If that file is not present > ** Do nothing. Leave the filesystem alone! > > The idea of a Linux system that, when it boots, resizes the > root filesystem every time to try to fill up the entire drive > it's on, fills me with horror.
:-) well, that was certainly never my intention. > I prefer to partition my disks myself, thank you. i take your point, and martin's. a flag file of some sort it is, then. paul =--------------------- paul fox, p...@laptop.org
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