[DRBD-user] Re: using existing file system

Michael Haverkamp mhaverkamp at kcp.com
Wed Mar 9 14:59:52 CET 2005

Note: "permalinks" may not be as permanent as we would like,
direct links of old sources may well be a few messages off.


Brett Bolen wrote:
> I would like to use an existing file system as the source
> for a drbd pair.
> 
> What will happen if I do use the existign partion ( without
> mkfs'ng it)?  How does it know what to sync?
> 
Before it syncs anything, you must declare one system to be "primary". 
The other system will then sync all of its data from the primary.

> What does 'shrink the filesystem' mean?  How do I do this?
man resize2fs   ( if using ext3 )
man resize_reiserfs    ( if using reiserfs )
etc.

> 
> Thanks.
>   b\375
> 
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