[linux-lvm] extending a logical volume

[Andreas Dilger]

On Jan 23, 2002  16:08 +0100, Pierrick PONS wrote:
> To conclude on this subject, here is what I've done.
> I've extended my ext3 partition offline and not online.
> These commands are easy but maybe they will help some persons.
> They would have helped me ...
> 
> 
> lvextend -L+200 /dev/testlvm/testlv
> lvscan
> umount /dev/testlvm/testlv 
> 
> e2fsck -f /dev/testlvm/testlv 
> resize2fs -d -p /dev/testlvm/testlv
> mount /dev/testlvm/testlv /mnt/lvm  
> df -k

This is all done for you with the "e2fsadm" command included with the
LVM user tools (including e2fsck):

umount /dev/testlvm/testlv
e2fsadm -L+200 /dev/testlvm/testlv
mount /dev/testlvm/testlv

Cheers, Andreas
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