Alex Samad wrote: > Hi > > subject says it all I have a lv, which i have used luks to encrypt and > now I would like to extend it. > > I am guessing the process is going to involve coping the files over to > another partition and then back again ? > > Alex
No not at all. Treat it as any other volume and simply extend it. http://www.piglets.org/serendipity/archives/62-Guided-LVM-in-Debian.html # Check the filesystem e2fsck -f /dev/lorien/home # Make it slightly smaller resize2fs /dev/lorien/home 199G # We are about to play with LVM lvchange -a n /dev/lorien/home # Tell it to reduce the size by 1 Gigabyte lvreduce -L-1g /dev/lorien/home # Done with LVM lvchange -a y /dev/lorien/home # Check the filesystem again e2fsck -f /dev/lorien/home # Playing with LVM vchange -a n /dev/lorien/root # Increase the LV by 1 G lvextend -L+1g /dev/lorien/root # Finished with LVM lvchange -a y /dev/lorien/root # Check the file system e2fsck -f /dev/lorien/root # resize it esize2fs /dev/lorien/root # Check one last time. e2fsk -f /dev/lorien/root -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
