2010/11/13 Raj Mathur (राज माथुर) <r...@linux-delhi.org>
> On Saturday 13 Nov 2010, Rakesh Kumar wrote: > > I think nobody is here to teach you, but as far as it is concerned to > > solve any problem, i have already answered you. > > With all due respect, you haven't. Taj asked a very specific question: > > > If I want to grow an ext3 fs by size X in mb, how do I calculate the > > size Y by which I have to first resize the LVM volume on which it > > resides? Most sources I've read online say something like "make it a > > little bigger just to be safe" but I'm hoping there is a better and > > more accurate formula than that. > > I haven't seen an answer on this list so far. And if Taj, with his > gazillions of years of experience, can't come up with an answer, I doubt > if there are too many people on this list with the necessary technical > qualifications who can. I know I certainly can't. I was hoping one of > the deep-dive and/or broad implementation experience types like Ashish > or Karanbir would have an idea, but given their lack of response, I > assume they're as clueless as the rest of us on this matter. > I don't know about the "gazillions of years of experience" for anyone but my work that i have done on Linux. And there are some very experienced person on this list but this doesn't mean that a concept will be changed. I think if someone is not able to answer, he/she shouldn't post unnecessary replies IMHO. > > Please note that "read up on OS theory" and "read up on LVM > fundamentals", while useful in themselves, are no use in closing the > issue that was raised. He wanted a formula. He has not got a formula. > End of story. > I have only suggested him to read the concepts from the book(if available) and was not intended to finish this. This is a very useful book and an internationally accepted book. > > Regards, > > -- Raju > -- > Raj Mathur r...@kandalaya.org http://kandalaya.org/ > GPG: 78D4 FC67 367F 40E2 0DD5 0FEF C968 D0EF CC68 D17F > PsyTrance & Chill: http://schizoid.in/ || It is the mind that moves > > _______________________________________________ > Ilugd mailing list > Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org > http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd > Sorry if i couldn't explain the topic but i was only intended help him to find the exact formula. Because i as much i have experienced, i never found any error in LVM even i have never used any formula. -- Regards RAKESH "Allow Your Own Inner Light to Guide You" _______________________________________________ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
