On Sunday 07 October 2007, Thomas Antony wrote: > > The one and only partition on your device (sdb1) has the old size. That > > is, there's free space on sdb. You have to either 1) create a partition > > sdb2 (and then a pv on it etc.) or 2) resize the partition sdb1 (then > > resize the pv etc.). > > > > I'd pick #1. remember to reread the partition table after creating the > > partition (partprobe /dev/sdb or similar) before doing pvcreate on sdb2. > > > > The all you have left is to add the pv to your vg, resize the lv (or > > create a new lv, whichever...). And finally resize the filesystem in the > > lv. > > Hi Peter, > > How do i resize this partition? Note that I suggested that you _dont_ resize partitions but create a new one (new partition with a new pv on it etc.). pvresize resizes the pv _if_ the containing block device or partition has already been grown. > parted seems to want to resize the file system also and i think this > would make some troubles. > I thought pvresize would do this in one step? -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part. URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20071007/03548d17/attachment-0005.sig>