On Wed, 2003-01-29 09:16:15 -0600, Alexander Lazarevich <alazarev@itg.uiuc.edu> wrote in message <Pine.LNX.4.44.0301290900350.22463-100000@zeus.itg.uiuc.edu>: > A rehash of some questions I asked earlier, but I want to clarify: > > Redhat 7.3, 2.4.18-19.7.xsmp kernel, using LVM 1.03. > > I've got a 180GB LV (/dev/homevg/userslv) which contains an ext3 > filesystem (mount point /home/users). > > Once I umount the /dev/homevg/userslv, can I use resize2fs to extend the > ext3 filesystem? Or must I first remove the journal from ext3, then > resize, then add the journal back to it, then remount? You can directly enlarge the filesystem, but, of course, you've got to extend the logical volume before that... You don't need to remove the journal, at least, this worked numerous times for me:-) However, backup is always a good idea, though. MfG, JBG -- Jan-Benedict Glaw jbglaw@lug-owl.de . +49-172-7608481 "Eine Freie Meinung in einem Freien Kopf | Gegen Zensur fuer einen Freien Staat voll Freier Bürger" | im Internet! Shell Script APT-Proxy: http://lug-owl.de/~jbglaw/software/ap2/
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