Re: Windows 11 for Workstations vs. Linux Mint

On Sat, 21 Dec 2024 09:25:29 -0500, -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com>
wrote in <vk6j4q$2e70$2@dont-email.me>:

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?

The "problem" is that ReFS doesn't support resizing.  NTFS does -- but
ReFS is their "workstation" filesystem, which you can't get unless you
use Windows for Workstations.

They'd be better off supporting ext4.

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