[linux-lvm] Adding a disk to expand an existing logical volume

[kevin]

>The mkfs isn't supposed to be there, just set the new drive's partition 
>to type '8e' (Linux LVM).

Thanks for the quick response. So to recap, for a 144gb drive (/dev/sda1) :

1. fdisk /dev/sda1 type 8e

2. pvcreate /dev/sda1

3. vgextend existing_group_name /dev/sda1

4. lvextend -L+144G /dev/VolGroup00/existing_group_name



Does that look correct?


Thanks so much once again,


Kevin 
http://blog.stardothosting.com