Document the resize_inode filesystem option in mke2fs man page

Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
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Theodore Ts'o 2006-03-17 21:03:27 -05:00
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@JDEV@must be created with the same
@JDEV@block size as the filesystems that will be using it.
.TP
.B resize_inode
Reserve space so the block group descriptor table may grow in the future.
Useful for online resizing using
.BR resize2fs .
By default
.B mke2fs
will attempt to reserve enough space so that the
filesystem may grow to 1024 times its initial size. This can be changed
using
.B resize
extended option.
.TP
.B sparse_super
Create a filesystem with fewer superblock backup copies
(saves space on large filesystems).