You can do ext3 expand with "e2fsadm -L +xxxG -n /dev/homevg/userslv". But before using this command, must reduce LV volume to original size. e2fsadm may resize filesystem and logical volume BOTH. -n is nofsck. You must check filesystem before "e2fsadm" by e2fsck. wish your good Luck !!! Yongchul Kim. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alexander Lazarevich" <alazarev@itg.uiuc.edu> To: "Linux LVM Sistina" <linux-lvm@sistina.com> Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 12:32 AM Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] resize an ext3 on an LV > The LV is already expanded. All I want to do is resize the ext3 filesystem > to the new size of the LV, which is now 275GB. > > But I need to know the commands. Or some hint of what the command is. Is > it just "resize2fs /dev/homevg/userslv"? I've seen some posts saying that > using resize2fs will destroy an ext3 filesystem, is that not true? Will > the journal stay intact? What's the command that you use? > > Thanks for the help! > > Alex > > On Wed, 29 Jan 2003, Jan-Benedict Glaw wrote: > > > 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 _______________________________________________ linux-lvm mailing list linux-lvm@sistina.com http://lists.sistina.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/
