From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mx3.redhat.com (mx3.redhat.com [172.16.48.32]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id mB4CpjG9013853 for ; Thu, 4 Dec 2008 07:51:45 -0500 Received: from om.cz.net (om.cz.net [193.85.2.13]) by mx3.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id mB4CpXTw018867 for ; Thu, 4 Dec 2008 07:51:34 -0500 Received: from 192.168.60.224 ([193.179.76.212]) by om.cz.net (8.13.8/8.13.8/om) with SMTP id mB4CpX3v044749 for ; Thu, 4 Dec 2008 13:51:33 +0100 (CET) Received: from [192.168.58.13] (skadlec.es.gk-software.com [192.168.58.13]) by hermes.es.gk-software.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF27F8FA40 for ; Thu, 4 Dec 2008 13:51:32 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <4937D295.8010105@gk-software.com> Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2008 13:52:37 +0100 From: Stepan Kadlec MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [linux-lvm] resizing physical volume Reply-To: LVM general discussion and development List-Id: LVM general discussion and development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: LVM general discussion and development Hi, is there a way to resize the physical partition, that hosts the LVM? can it be done just by pvresize or do I have to resize the partition itself first? (by fdisk-like program?) I know I could add the free space as a new PV, but I would prefer directly extending current PV. is that possible? how? thank you, stepan