From 59571a51d792b00a6f9feb8d064ca890fb47d6fb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Theodore Ts'o Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 21:03:27 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Document the resize_inode filesystem option in mke2fs man page Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" --- misc/mke2fs.8.in | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/misc/mke2fs.8.in b/misc/mke2fs.8.in index 23362d6a2..2221a7deb 100644 --- a/misc/mke2fs.8.in +++ b/misc/mke2fs.8.in @@ -375,6 +375,18 @@ option). @JDEV@must be created with the same @JDEV@block size as the filesystems that will be using it. .TP +.B resize_inode +Reserve space so the block group descriptor table may grow in the future. +Useful for online resizing using +.BR resize2fs . +By default +.B mke2fs +will attempt to reserve enough space so that the +filesystem may grow to 1024 times its initial size. This can be changed +using +.B resize +extended option. +.TP .B sparse_super Create a filesystem with fewer superblock backup copies (saves space on large filesystems). -- 2.47.3