Re: Problem resizing ext2 filesystem on LVM

[Dave Wapstra]

On Thu, Jan 10, 2002 at 01:45:39AM +1100, Andrew Clausen wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 08, 2002 at 06:43:56PM +0100, Dave Wapstra wrote:
> > I changed the reserved space:
> > 
> > -Reserved block count:     0
> > +Reserved block count:     2209790
> > 
> > and that works fine.
> 
> That sees to rule out any OS issues...
> 
> So, that really only leaves the possibility of a bug in the resizer.
> 
> Is it possible to run gdb?  Did you compile parted yourself?
> To debug parted, you'll need the source code + compiled with
> debug information.  Tell me when you've got that far ;)

I installed gdb and re-compiled the parted source with CFLAGS=-g.

Ready to do whatever magic you want :)  Note I've used gdb once or twice at the 
most.

-Dave

address@hidden parted-1.4.22]# gdb parted/.libs/parted                
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(gdb) run /dev/ftp1/cisco
Starting program: /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/parted-1.4.22/parted/.libs/parted 
/dev/ftp1/cisco
Warning: Device /dev/ftp1/cisco is neither a SCSI nor IDE drive.
Ignore Cancel ? i
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Using /dev/ftp1/cisco
(parted) p
Disk geometry for /dev/ftp1/cisco: 0.000-206440.000 megabytes
Disk label type: loop
Minor    Start       End     Filesystem  Flags
1          0.000 206440.000  ext2        
(parted)