RESIZE2FS(8)							 RESIZE2FS(8)



NAME
       resize2fs - ext2/ext3 file system resizer

SYNOPSIS
       resize2fs [ -d debug-flags ] [ -f ] [ -F ] [ -p ] device [ size ]

DESCRIPTION
       The  resize2fs  program will resize ext2 file systems.  It can be used
       to enlarge or shrink an ext2 file system located on device.  The	 size
       parameter  specifies  the requested new size of the filesystem.	If no
       units are specified, the units of the  size  parameter  shall  be  the
       filesystem  blocksize of the filesystem.	 Optionally, the size parame-
       ter may be suffixed by one of the  following  the  units	 designators:
       's',  'K', 'M', or 'G', for 512 byte sectors, kilobytes, megabytes, or
       gigabytes, respectively.	 The size of  the  filesystem  may  never  be
       larger than the size of the partition.  If size parameter is not spec-
       ified, it will default to the size of the partition.

       The resize2fs program does not manipulate the size of partitions.   If
       you  wish  to  enlarge  a filesystem, you must first make sure you can
       expand the size of the underlying partition first.  This can  be	 done
       using  fdisk(8)	by  deleting  the  partition and recreating it with a
       larger size.  When recreating the partition, make sure you  create  it
       with the same starting disk cylinder as before!	Otherwise, the resize
       operation will certainly not  work,  and	 you  may  lose	 your  entire
       filesystem.   After running fdisk(8), run resize2fs to resize the ext2
       filesystem to use all of the space in the newly enlarged partition.

       If you wish to shrink an ext2 partition, first use resize2fs to shrink
       the  size of filesystem.	 Then you may use fdisk(8) to shrink the size
       of the partition.  When shrinking the size of the partition, make sure
       you do not make it smaller than the new size of the ext2 filesystem!

OPTIONS
       -d debug-flags
	      Turns  on	 various  resize2fs  debugging features, if they have
	      been compiled into the binary.  debug-flags should be  computed
	      by  adding the numbers of the desired features from the follow-
	      ing list:
		   1	- Print out all disk I/O
		   2	- Debug block relocations
		   8	- Debug inode relocations
		   16	- Debug moving the inode table

       -p     Prints out a percentage  completion  bars	 for  each  resize2fs
	      operation,  so that the user can keep track of what the program
	      is doing.

       -f     Forces resize2fs to proceed with the filesystem  resize  opera-
	      tion,  overriding	 some  safety checks which resize2fs normally
	      enforces.

       -F     Flush the filesystem device's buffer caches  before  beginning.
	      Only really useful for doing resize2fs time trials.

AUTHOR
       resize2fs was written by Theodore Ts'o .

COPYRIGHT
       Resize2fs is Copyright 1998 by Theodore Ts'o and PowerQuest, Inc.  All
       rights reserved.	 As of April, 2000  Resize2fs  may  be	redistributed
       under the terms of the GPL.

SEE ALSO
       fdisk(8), e2fsck(8), mke2fs(8)



E2fsprogs version 1.35		February 2004			 RESIZE2FS(8)

UNIX/Linux commands referenced on this page:

1. file
2. size
3. resize
4. make
5. expand
6. as
7. which
8. time