Re: [linux-lvm] extending a logical volume

[Harri Haataja <harri.haataja@smilehouse.com>]

On Mon, Jan 21, 2002 at 03:29:45PM -0600, mitch@mdmiller.com wrote:
> > > > I can't believe this.
> > > > > According to the doc, it would be impossible to
> > > > extend a logical volume
> > >
> > > um - i think i just did this...
> > >
> > > lvextend -L +10G /dev/vg1/data
> > > followed by
> > > resize-reiserfs
> > >
> > > no corruption (at least not that I've noticed)
> >
> > I do this all the time with XFS, Reiser and even ext3.
> > At least reiser also shrinks, I think.
> >
> Sorry to sound stupid, but using what tools?  resize-reiserfs for Reiser,
> but what to use for ext3?

Come to think of it, that may be false. I don't have certain memory of
extn resizing. Sorry. Might try, though. Then it would be resize2fs or
something like that.

resize_reiserfs and xfs_growfs I'm quite certain I have used (how else
have I grown those part^Wvolumes I have?

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