resizing rootfs to fit the disk

[Paul Fox]

john wrote:
 > > > but again:  where should such a flag go?  is there a precedent
 > > > for such things?
 > > 
 > > /.i-am-a-hidden-flag ?
 > 
 > Safety would argue for doing the opposite:
 > 
 > * Build the installation images to contain a file like "/.resize-root-once".
 > * If that file is present
 > **  Remove the file
 > **  Sync the disk
 > **  Attempt the online resize
 > **  Sync the disk again
 > * If that file is not present
 > **  Do nothing.  Leave the filesystem alone!
 > 
 > The idea of a Linux system that, when it boots, resizes the
 > root filesystem every time to try to fill up the entire drive
 > it's on, fills me with horror.

:-)  well, that was certainly never my intention.

 > I prefer to partition my disks myself, thank you.

i take your point, and martin's.  a flag file of some sort it is, then.

paul
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