<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>I did consider that as an easier option.</div><div> </div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">Based on what is said here: <a href="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/multpartitions.html">http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/multpartitions.html</a> if I don't have striped logical volumes and there's only one physical drive, can I expect any performance issues?</div><div> </div><div>On 4/03/2011, at 11:13 PM, Lyn Rees <<a href="mailto:Rees@cardiff.ac.uk">Rees@cardiff.ac.uk</a>> wrote: </div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>Why don't you just make a new partition and add it to the VG, then expand the LV. Isn't that the point of LVM? -------------------------------------------------- Mr Lyn Rees Senior Engineer, UIG Information Services Computing Centre Cardiff University, 40-41 Park Place, Cardiff. CF10 3BB. -------------------------------------------------- Contact numbers: (029) 2087 9188 (direct) (029) 2087 4875 (reception) (029) 2087 4285 (fax) -------------------------------------------------- Email: <a href="mailto:rees@cardiff.ac.uk"><a href="mailto:rees@cardiff.ac.uk">rees@cardiff.ac.uk</a></a> Web: <a href="www.cardiff.ac.uk">www.cardiff.ac.uk</a> From: "Stuart D. Gathman" <<a href="mailto:stuart@bmsi.com">stuart@bmsi.com</a>> To: LVM general discussion and development <<a href="mailto:linux-lvm@redhat.com">linux-lvm@redhat.com</a>> Date: 03/03/2011 20:27 Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] Resizing underlying LVM partition after cloning to bigger disk Sent by: <a href="mailto:linux-lvm-bounces@redhat.com">linux-lvm-bounces@redhat.com</a> <hr noshade=""> <tt>On Thu, 3 Mar 2011, Scott Arthur wrote: > Partition Table: msdos > > Number Start End Size Type File system Flags > 1 32.3kB 296MB 296MB primary ext4 boot > 2 296MB 1000GB 1000GB extended > 5 296MB 1000GB 1000GB logical lvm > > I'm obviously wanting to expand the LVM partition to fill the remaining 1TB > of space. > > Am I able to simply use parted to resize the partition before doing a > pvresize etc? > > Or is it risky to resize the underlying LVM partition? You are getting to a size where msdos partition tables are risky. Don't they crap out at 2TB? -- Stuart D. Gathman <<a href="mailto:stuart@bmsi.com">stuart@bmsi.com</a>> Business Management Systems Inc. Phone: 703 591-0911 Fax: 703 591-6154 "Confutatis maledictis, flammis acribus addictis" - background song for a Microsoft sponsored "Where do you want to go from here?" commercial. _______________________________________________ linux-lvm mailing list <a href="mailto:linux-lvm@redhat.com"><a href="mailto:linux-lvm@redhat.com">linux-lvm@redhat.com</a></a> </tt><a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm"><tt>https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm</tt></a><tt> read the LVM HOW-TO at </tt><a href="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/"><tt>http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/</tt></a><tt> </tt> </div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div>_______________________________________________ linux-lvm mailing list <a href="mailto:linux-lvm@redhat.com">linux-lvm@redhat.com</a> <a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm</a> read the LVM HOW-TO at <a href="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/"><a href="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/">http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/</a></a></div></blockquote></body></html>