you will need to run pvscan and determine what the name of the vg is you want to add the storage to. to get /dev/sdb5 -> /dev/sdb4 you reworked the partition table (ie removed the extend partition and made sdb4 a primary?). if still lost give this info: fdisk -l /dev/sd[ab] pvscan df On Sat, Dec 21, 2013 at 9:42 AM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA <bobgoodwin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 12/20/2013 04:32 PM, David Beveridge wrote: >> >> Add the new partition to your volume group >> >> # vgextend vg_name /dev/sdb5 > > What should I enter for "vg_name?" > > I am trying to add /dev/sdb4 to /dev/sdb3, at least I think that's what I'm > trying to do. [/dev/sdb5 is now /dev/sdb4] > > # vgextend vg_name /dev/sdb4 > > It doesn't like vg00 ... > > I'm stuck on this point. > > > Bob > > -- > http://www.qrz.com/db/w2bod > Box10 Fedora-20/64bit Linux > > -- > users mailing list > users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org