We're starting to get some testing of ext4 on RHEL5, and we may get it to a tech preview status by RHEL5.3 - to support this, a few system utilities could use updates for ext4. Adding ext4 support to system-config-lvm would be great. I've attached a patch for this in F9 to bug #432065. Thanks, -Eric
Patch already included in upstream: http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/?p=system-config-lvm.git;a=commit;h=bd4770f5672a0a78839a14986f08a3d8d4a62cf0
when I try to create a new lv, I see filesystem choices for ext2, ext3, gfs (local), and gfs (clustered). I don't see anything for ext4 after looking around.
Do you have e4fsprogs installed? I think you must have tools installed before it will show up. -Eric
Hm, the patch I sent for upstream isn't going to be too happy though, with our renamed tools: + def extend_online(self, dev_path): + cmd = '/sbin/resize2fs' in rhel5 that's going to be "resize4fs" similar for e2fsck / e4fsck etc. -Eric
Technical note added. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team. New Contents: This feature is being introduced as a Technical Preview. Administrators wishing to utilize this feature must install the e4fsprogs package. Resizing an ext4 file system using system-config-lvm does not work and is not supported at this time.
Technical note updated. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team. Diffed Contents: @@ -1 +1 @@ -This feature is being introduced as a Technical Preview. Administrators wishing to utilize this feature must install the e4fsprogs package. Resizing an ext4 file system using system-config-lvm does not work and is not supported at this time.+Support of creation of ext4 file systems by system-config-lvm is being introduced as a Technical Preview. Administrators wishing to utilize this feature must install the e4fsprogs package. Note that resizing an ext4 file system using system-config-lvm does not work at this time.
Technical note updated. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team. Diffed Contents: @@ -1 +1 @@ -Support of creation of ext4 file systems by system-config-lvm is being introduced as a Technical Preview. Administrators wishing to utilize this feature must install the e4fsprogs package. Note that resizing an ext4 file system using system-config-lvm does not work at this time.+Administrators wishing to utilize this feature must install the e4fsprogs package. Note that resizing an ext4 file system using system-config-lvm does not work at this time.
I have filed the following bug to track the ext4 resize issue: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=571995
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem described in this bug report. This report is therefore being closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files, please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report if the solution does not work for you. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2010-0267.html