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From: John Drescher <drescherjm@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] Resizing underlying LVM partition after cloning to
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On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 12:25 AM, Scott Arthur <scott@scottatron.com> wrote:
> So I've just cloned a 1TB disk to a new 2TB disk using GNU ddresuce
> My partition table looks like this:
> Model: ATA WDC WD20EARS-00M (scsi)
> Disk /dev/sda: 2000GB
> Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
> Partition Table: msdos
> Number �Start � End � � Size � �Type � � �File system �Flags
> �1 � � �32.3kB �296MB � 296MB � primary � ext4 � � � � boot
> �2 � � �296MB � 1000GB �1000GB �extended
> �5 � � �296MB � 1000GB �1000GB �logical � � � � � � � �lvm
> I'm obviously wanting to expand the LVM partition to fill the remaining 1TB
> of space.
> Am I able to simply use parted to resize the partition before doing a
> pvresize etc?
> Or is it risky to resize the underlying LVM partition?
>
No. I do not believe this is risky.

John