extending vnode disks

[Matthew Seaman]

On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 09:39:09PM +0000, Rus Foster wrote:
> Hi All,
> I'm just trying to work out if there is a better way of resizing vnode
> disks. ATM I'm basically tar up the contents, rebuilding the vnode ,
> then restoring the tar. Is there anyway I can extend the file and the
> filesystem without going onto vinum?

It certainly is possible:

    http://freebsd.rambler.ru/bsdmail/freebsd-questions_2002/msg40059.html

Although making a backup of the vnode backed drive is (as ever) a good
idea.

	Cheers,

	Matthew

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