[linux-lvm] [Q] LVM snapshot volume extendable?

jon+lvm at silicide.dk jon+lvm at silicide.dk
Fri Jan 17 04:02:02 UTC 2003


On Fri, Jan 17, 2003 at 08:38:51AM +0900, Sean Oh wrote:
> What I found out testing with a few FS available for Linux is that only the
> snapshot for ext2 is extendable. I and extend ext2 snapshots with 'lvextend'
> command and it keep staying mountable.
> 
> Snapshots for LV on Reiserfs, XFS and even ext3 are not
> extendable(mountable).
> 
> Very strange, since LVM snapshot does not hold FS. Am I right?

i have successfully extented a ext3 snapshot. I did have to specify the
mount as READONLY. You did do that too, didnt you ?



JonB




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