[linux-lvm] filesystem does not reflect new LV size
Vladimir G. Ivanovic
vladimir at acm.org
Thu Jun 6 12:06:02 UTC 2002
Joe Thornber writes:
> Resizing is always done in two steps, these steps are done in a
> different order depending whether you are extending or reducing.
>
> Extending:
>
> i) Resize the LV (lvextend)
> ii) Resize the filesystem (eg, ext2resize, resize_reiserfs)
>
> Reducing:
>
> i) Resize filesystem.
> ii) Resize the LV (lvreduce)
>
>
> There is a tool called e2fsadm provided in LVM1 which performs both of
> these steps iff you are using an ext2 filesystem.
Thanks! I assume that ext2resize also works for ext3 filesystems. Do I
have to do anything special about the journal file, which is a hidden
inode.
--- Vladimir
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