[linux-lvm] a question about lvm in linux

gwood at dragonhold.org gwood at dragonhold.org
Fri Dec 23 07:33:48 UTC 2005


> Hello ,I am a linux user, because I am a Chinese ,so my English is not
> good
> ,please forgive me for language mistake. after I used the command -----
> lvextend ,I find that the logical volumn space is changed .but after I
> mount
> it to the file  system , and use the df command to see the filesystem, I
> find that the space of the file system is not changed .

The filesystem needs to be extended independently of the underlying block
device.  You will need to look at the man pages for the filesystem you are
using.

For example, xfs_growfs for xfs and ext2online for ext2/ext3.

Hope this helps,

Graham





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