On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 18:10:51 +0100 (+0100), Hugo Mills wrote: > On Mon, Oct 04, 2010 at 06:01:36PM +0100, Samuel Penn wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > > Quick LVM question - is it necessary to unmount an ext3 partition > > before growing it? > > No. resize2fs will do online resizing for you.
FYI on redhat you need resize4fs if it's an ext4 volume, resize2fs for ext2 or ext3. Dunno why they needed a new binary - Debian works using resize2fs for both. lvresize -L +1G /dev/rootvg/varlv resize2fs /dev/rootvg/varlv Adrian -- bitcube.co.uk - Expert Linux infrastructure consultancy Puppet, Debian, Red Hat, Ubuntu, CentOS -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --------------------------------------------------------------
