Re: [gentoo-user] Freeing up disk space problem!!

[Alex Schuster <wonko@wonkology.org>]

Dale writes:

> Alex Schuster wrote:
> 
> > If you instantly need more space, reduce the amount of reserved space
> > for the superuser, which is 5% as default:
> > tune2fs -m 2 /dev/your/partition
> > Don't reduce it to 0, the lower this value is, the more fragmentation
> > you will get.
> 
> I have a question on this.  I have a drive that I use for movies and
> such.  There is nothing OS related on that drive.  Would it be safe to
> set this to say 1% or even 0? 

I'd say 1% is okay. For 0% I'm not sure, I avoid that, but maybe there
will be no noticeable difference at all. 

> Also, it is already set up with LVM and
> ext4.  Can I change it even while there is data on there?

Sure! Cool, isn't it. Just call lvresize -L +1G /dev/mapper/whatever or
something, and then resize2fs /dev/mapper/whatever.

> I ask because I don't want to change it and find out my collection is
> gone.  o_O

Of course, backups are always a good idea, but this is pretty safe. I
wouldn't worry about it.

	Wonko