On Tue, 21 Aug 2012 12:56:52 +0200 "tv.deb...@googlemail.com" <tv.deb...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> On 21/08/2012 11:46, J. B wrote: > > On Tue, 21 Aug 2012 00:25:38 +0200 > > "tv.deb...@googlemail.com"<tv.deb...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > > >> On 20/08/2012 19:14, J. B wrote: > >>> On Mon, 20 Aug 2012 17:57:31 +0200 > >>> "tv.deb...@googlemail.com"<tv.deb...@googlemail.com> wrote: > >>> > >>>> On 20/08/2012 16:53, J. B wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> Dear list, > >>>>> > >>>>> Is there anyone who is successful increasing LUKS partition ? > >>>>> I have 2 physical partitions /dev/sda1 and /dev/sda2. > >>>>> There is 800 GB free disk space (un-partitioned) between sda1& sda2 > >>>>> Whole /dev/sda2 is dedicated to a LUKS partition which holds a LVM. > >>>>> I have tried with gparted to increase /dev/sda2 but there is no support > >>>>> to increase luks. > >>>>> How can I increase sda2, so that I can later execute cryptsetup resize ? > >>>>> > >>>>> Thanks > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> Hi, I resized LUKS containers on several occasions, without lvm on top > >>>> but it shouldn't be much more difficult. > >>>> I usually operate from a live-cd, any will do as long as there is > >>>> cryptsetup/lvm/whatever-filesystem-you-use support, or that you can > >>>> install it. > >>>> Close LUKS container if open (unmount partition, close lvm first if > >>>> needed), fire up fdisk to destroy the partition that support the LUKS > >>>> container, and recreate it with the desired size. fdisk commands are "d" > >>>> (destroy), > >>> > [...cut...] > >> The only difference with my system is that free space comes before the > >> LUKS container in your case, I never had this scenario (free space > >> always after LUKS). > >> > > > > and that difference makes me nervous. I have gone through some more online > > tutorial, > > > > http://www.tuxevara.de/2010/03/resizing-a-luks-encrypted-root-filesystem-on-lvm/ > > http://www.hermann-uwe.de/blog/resizing-a-dm-crypt-lvm-ext3-partition > > > > where it is suggested to create the new partition starting from that *exact > > block* as the deleted one. > > And my free space is before the partition not after.... so confused.... :-( > > > > You could go a safer way by creating a new LUKS + lvm on your free > space, migrate your system/data, adjust system to the new UUIDs/lvm > names, and then destroy sda2 and grow the new container. It will take > longer and you'll need to tinker a bit with your system configuration to > adjust it to the new partition/LUKS container/lvm. > > (If) I have some spare time later today I'll test your use-case (free > space before LUKS) and report here, I am curious too. > > The free space is 10 GB, where the luks partition is 200 GB. I'm eagerly waiting to know the output of your experiment. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120821225237.21cd2...@shiva.selfip.org