> 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? Hi Peter, Thank you for all your suggestions! I will probably will add sdb2, but i would like to know if it is possible to resize a partitition without the filesystem an if yes how do i do that? Thomas