On Mon, Nov 03, 2003 at 06:40:36PM +0100, Kevin Buyting wrote: > gentoo 1.4 > vanilla-sources 2.4.22 > lvm-user 1.0.7-r1 > > I am trying to extend my /dev/vg/lv01 (EXT3) by 3Gig's so i did a > > # lvextend -L +3G /dev/vg/lv01 > > then > > # e2fsadm -L +3G /dev/vg/lv01 > > *making chkfs reporting errors ... fixing them* > ... and nothing happens ... then i did > > # sync > # mount /dev/vg/lv01 /mnt/somewhere > # df > > says it's still 80G NOT 83G! so i try again *fearing the worst* > > # e2fsadm -L +3G /dev/vg/lv01 > > *making chkfs ... resizing* > again and get 6G more to my /dev/vg/lv01 > files are ok... *the best that could happen* 8)) > > the question is: > how come it isn't extendet by 3G instead of 6G ? > what am i doing wrong? > just to know for the next time ... > > thanks in advance for any advice > You've misunderstood the commands. e2fsadm does the lvextend AND the resize2fs. If you want to add 3Gig to your filesystem you should do EITHER: e2fsadm -L+3G /dev/vg/lv01 OR lvextend -L+3G /dev/vg/lv01 resize2fs /dev/vg0lv01 -- patrick _______________________________________________ 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/
