Roland Mieslinger wrote: > I did the same with HP MSA in the past, but without dm involved. > > You can use "blockdev --rereadpt <blockdevice>" to make the the kernel > recognise the new disk size (geometery). The nasty thing is that you > have to stop all I/O to the blocdevice. > You've not only to stop all I/O, but also have to make sure that on-one claims the device (ie no open files, not mounted, no device-mapper tables etc.). Otherwise will the kernel reject any size updates. Cheers, Hannes -- Dr. Hannes Reinecke zSeries & Storage hare@xxxxxxx +49 911 74053 688 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) -- dm-devel mailing list dm-devel@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/dm-devel