> > The only downfall of this is that the root filesystem is a set file size
> > and I don't know of any Linux utilities that can change it's size as free
> > space requirements change. Anyone familiar with the looped FS able to
> > write up a shrink/grow program?
>
> Hmm...my new losetup allows you to set the size. WHould this do the trick?
I'd have thought that the problem is in shrinking/growing the ext2 fs
rather than the device (loop or otherwise) on which it's placed.
The idea of resizing an ext2 filesystem has come up before, and it's
something that Ted and others have semi-looked at (but of course there
are many other things on the ext2 plate to look at too).
pjm.