Re: resize_ffs hangs on needbuf

[Thor Lancelot Simon <tls%panix.com@localhost>]

On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 05:31:33AM +0200, Emmanuel Dreyfus wrote:
> Emmanuel Dreyfus <manu%netbsd.org@localhost> wrote:
> 
> [resize_ffs on the vnd device from dom0 hangs] on needbuf]
> > What is the way around this problem?
> 
> resize_ffs appeat to work like a charm from within the domU. I did it in
> single user with read-only root and just swap activated, and rebooted
> immediatly upon completion. 
> 
> It looks rather counter-intuitive to resize the mounted root but that
> works. Immediate reboot seems advised since df does not report the new
> size after resize_ffs completes successfully.

Indeed you may want reboot -n!

Thor