FreeLists / openbeosstorage / [openbeosstorage] Re: Facing the End ;-)

["Axel Dörfler" <axeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Ingo Weinhold" <bonefish@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> on can tell, what extactly is supported. Regaring the FS flags 
> mentioned in my previous mail, I will add a `fs=5Fflags' field to 
> extended=5Fpartition=5Finfo, that will look the same as fs=5Finfo::flags. 
> (If 
> also a free=5Fblocks would be added, then one should have enough 
> information for resizing of partitions.)

That doesn't have to be the case; in the end, the file system itself 
must be bothered with the question of the overhead of a partition 
resize operation - only the file system can now if it needs more space 
to i.e. store the (now) fragmented file or something like this.
Of course, we could just have a generic safety margin that would be 
suitable for all file systems, like there needs to be at least 3% free 
space in the new volume, or something like that.

Adios...
   Axel.