i try extend a LV with md, but failed,why? Can a LV of md extend ? follow is my VG information. [root@snap /root]# vgdisplay -v --- Volume group --- VG Name raid-lvm VG Access read/write VG Status available/resizable VG # 0 MAX LV 256 Cur LV 1 Open LV 0 MAX LV Size 255.99 GB Max PV 256 Cur PV 2 Act PV 2 VG Size 2.52 GB PE Size 4 MB Total PE 646 Alloc PE / Size 231 / 924 MB Free PE / Size 415 / 1.62 GB VG UUID eiP2xh-pesL-Rbo0-EUL5-tOsM-eEma-yVd3qZ --- Logical volume --- LV Name /dev/raid-lvm/lv_raid VG Name raid-lvm LV Write Access read/write LV Status available LV # 1 # open 0 LV Size 924 MB Current LE 231 Allocated LE 231 Allocation next free Read ahead sectors 120 Block device 58:0 --- Physical volumes --- PV Name (#) /dev/md2 (1) PV Status available / allocatable Total PE / Free PE 398 / 167 PV Name (#) /dev/md4 (2) PV Status available / allocatable Total PE / Free PE 248 / 248 [root@snap /root]# cat /proc/mdstat Personalities : [linear] [raid0] [raid1] [raid5] [multipath] read_ahead 1024 sectors md1 : active raid1 hda9[1] 272960 blocks [2/1] [_U] md2 : active raid5 hda12[2] hda11[1] hda10[0] 1638400 blocks level 5, 32k chunk, algorithm 0 [3/3] [UUU] md4 : active raid5 hdc7[2] hdc6[1] hdc5[0] 1023872 blocks level 5, 32k chunk, algorithm 0 [3/3] [UUU] unused devices: <none> and now is the error information(i didn't use lvextend before): [root@snap /root]# e2fsadm -L+1G /dev/raid-lvm/lv_raid e2fsck 1.18, 11-Nov-1999 for EXT2 FS 0.5b, 95/08/09 The filesystem size (according to the superblock) is 338944 blocks The physical size of the device is 236544 blocks Either the superblock or the partition table is likely to be corrupt! Abort<y>? yes [root@snap /root]# e2fsadm -L+1G /dev/raid-lvm/lv_raid e2fsck 1.18, 11-Nov-1999 for EXT2 FS 0.5b, 95/08/09 The filesystem size (according to the superblock) is 338944 blocks The physical size of the device is 236544 blocks Either the superblock or the partition table is likely to be corrupt! Abort<y>? no Pass 1: Checking inodes, blocks, and sizes Error reading block 262148 (Invalid argument) while doing inode scan. Ignore error<y>? yes Error reading block 262149 (Invalid argument) while doing inode scan. Ignore error<y>? no Error while scanning inodes (135680): Can't read next inode and last is the error information of useing lvextend before: [root@snap /root]# lvextend -L+1G /dev/raid-lvm/lv_raid lvextend -- extending logical volume "/dev/raid-lvm/lv_raid" to 1.90 GB lvextend -- doing automatic backup of volume group "raid-lvm" lvextend -- logical volume "/dev/raid-lvm/lv_raid" successfully extended [root@snap /root]# e2fsadm -L+1G /dev/raid-lvm/lv_raid e2fsadm -- new size too large for "raid-lvm" e2fsadm -- size of "/dev/raid-lvm/lv_raid" would be invalid TIA for your help and sorry for my poor English. Echo - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html