[linux-lvm] Extending the Root Volume with LVM

[Sean McGlynn]

I am working with 
RHEL 4 Update 4.  When initially installing the OS I allowed the installation to 
automatically partition the disk, and it used LVM to create a logical volume to 
mount the root file system.  The only other logical volume it created was for 
the swap file.

 

Now, as an 
experiment, I am attempting to extend the volume group and logical volume on 
which root is mounted.  Everything appeared to be going smoothly (extending the 
VG, extending the LV, doing a vgchange, and then a lvm lvchange), but I am now 
at the point where I want to run e2fsck to check the file system and resize2fs 
to resize the files system to realize the added space, and I can't do either 
because the volume is mounted, and cannot be unmounted.

 

I've read a few 
suggestions such as using the installation media to go in in rescue mode, but 
nothing seems to do the trick.  I also read something that said that you cannot 
extend the root volume, and that you shouldn't have to.  This appears to be more 
accurate than anything else I've read.

 

Is it the case that 
you cannot extent the root volume, and if so, why would RHEL configure the root 
volume using LVM if you can't?  If I am missing something, I would greatly 
appreciate someone pointing out what I'm missing.

 

Thank 
you.





 
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