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Re: Windows 11 for Workstations vs. Linux Mint

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On 12/21/24 12:36 AM, vallor wrote:
> So I wanted to see what all the shouting was about.  Installed
> Windows 11 for Workstations in a virt, and gave the virt access
> to /dev/sda, which is a 1TB iSCSI instance on my machine.
> 
> Created a ReFS partition on it.  After fiddling around with it a while,
> I tried to resize the filesystem.  Disk Manager said "the volume
> cannot be shrunk because the file system does not support it".
> 
> ext4 filesystems can be resized, and are suitable for workstation
> applications.  A major reason I went with the "Workstation"
> Windows was to evaluate ReFS, and so far, I'm not impressed.
> 
> RESIZE2FS(8)        System Manager's Manual        RESIZE2FS(8)
> 
> NAME
>         resize2fs - ext2/ext3/ext4 file system resizer
> 
> SYNOPSIS
>         resize2fs  [  -fFpPMbs  ]  [ -d debug-flags ] [ -S RAID-
>         stride ] [ -z undo_file ] device [ size ]
> 
> DESCRIPTION
>         The resize2fs program will resize ext2,  ext3,  or  ext4
>         file  systems.   It  can be used to enlarge or shrink an
>         unmounted file system located on device.   If  the  file
>         system  is mounted, it can be used to expand the size of
>         the mounted file system, assuming  the  kernel  and  the
>         file  system  supports  on-line resizing.  (Modern Linux
>         2.6 kernels will support on-line resize for file systems
>         mounted  using ext3 and ext4; ext3 file systems will re‐
>         quire the use of file systems with the resize_inode fea‐
>         ture enabled.)
> 

So where do you think the problem resides?  I'd suspect the iSCSI 
instance ... did you try testing it on a more traditional disk target?

-hh

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Windows 11 for Workstations vs. Linux Mint vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2024-12-21 05:36 +0000
  Re: Windows 11 for Workstations vs. Linux Mint Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-12-21 07:07 +0000
    Re: Windows 11 for Workstations vs. Linux Mint Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2024-12-21 07:54 -0500
      Re: Windows 11 for Workstations vs. Linux Mint CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2024-12-21 08:45 -0500
    Re: Windows 11 for Workstations vs. Linux Mint vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2024-12-21 23:27 +0000
  Re: Windows 11 for Workstations vs. Linux Mint -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2024-12-21 09:25 -0500
    Re: Windows 11 for Workstations vs. Linux Mint Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-12-21 21:05 +0000
    Re: Windows 11 for Workstations vs. Linux Mint vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2024-12-21 22:40 +0000
      Re: Windows 11 for Workstations vs. Linux Mint Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2024-12-21 20:56 -0500
        Re: Windows 11 for Workstations vs. Linux Mint Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-12-22 03:46 +0000
          Re: Windows 11 for Workstations vs. Linux Mint Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2024-12-22 04:08 -0500
            Re: Windows 11 for Workstations vs. Linux Mint Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-12-22 20:32 +0000
              Re: Windows 11 for Workstations vs. Linux Mint Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2024-12-22 17:42 -0500

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