On Mon, 23 Mar 2009 09:22:20 +0200 Alan McKinnon <alan.mckin...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sunday 22 March 2009 23:00:07 Momesso Andrea wrote: > > On Sun, 22 Mar 2009 22:35:35 +0200 > > > > Alan McKinnon <alan.mckin...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Sunday 22 March 2009 22:15:14 Momesso Andrea wrote: > > > > Your data is safe if you do exactly the steps you said above. > > > > pvresize /dev/sda3 > > /dev/sda3: too many metadata areas for pvresize > > > > Looks like I cannot expand it... > > This code commit is giving the error: > > http://sources.redhat.com/ml/lvm2-cvs/2008-09/msg00001.html > > and a solution can be found in this thread (courtesy of that nice > man Mr. Google): > > http://archives.free.net.ph/message/20081129.151331.dd8edce0.en.html It looks more like a workaround than a solution. If my non native English understood it well, it suggests to backup everything, recreate the pv for the whole size, and then restore from backup. This is exactly what I did not want to do in the OP... By the way, if I need to, I will. --- TopperH htpp://topperh.blogspot.com
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