Fedora Block Device Full How - Extend Partition

travisdh1

pvcreate /dev/newpartition
vgextend fedora /dev/newpartition
lvextend -l 100%FREE /dev/fedora/root /dev/newpartition

I don't know the command to expand an ext4 file system off the top of my head

DustinB3403

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stacksofplates

Is /dev/xvda2 mounted somewhere?

travisdh1

@DustinB3403 If you're sure that /dev/xvda2 is not being used by something else, try the pvcreate with -ff. It should force the command to complete.

Francesco Provino

@travisdh1 said in Fedora Block Device Full How - Extend Partition:

@DustinB3403
pvcreate /dev/newpartition
vgextend fedora /dev/newpartition
lvextend -l 100%FREE /dev/fedora/root /dev/newpartition
I don't know the command to expand an ext4 file system off the top of my head

His root is XFS, so xfs_grows should do the trick.

DustinB3403

The system is saying that xvda2 is mounted.

Yet I have no idea how it's mounted.

stacksofplates

@DustinB3403 said in Fedora Block Device Full How - Extend Partition:

The system is saying that xvda2 is mounted.

Yet I have no idea how it's mounted.

df -h

Francesco Provino

@DustinB3403 said in Fedora Block Device Full How - Extend Partition:

The system is saying that xvda2 is mounted.

Yet I have no idea how it's mounted.

So, just grep /etc/mtab for xvda2.

DustinB3403

@stacksofplates

Francesco Provino

@DustinB3403 said in Fedora Block Device Full How - Extend Partition:

@stacksofplates

So, I think you can safely force the pvcreate.

DustinB3403

@Francesco-Provino when I try for force pvcreate using

pvcreate /dev/xdva2 -ff it results in

stacksofplates

Oh, xvda2 is your root filesystem. What's the output of fdisk -l? It looks like it should be xvda3

xvda1 is the boot partition.

DustinB3403

@stacksofplates

stacksofplates

Did you create a partition for the free space? You need to use fdisk to make a third primary partition.

DustinB3403

@stacksofplates ok, following this here.

DustinB3403

Dumb question, would it be easier for me to simply add a separate drive, and then extend the root drive into the new drive?

Francesco Provino

@DustinB3403 said in Fedora Block Device Full How - Extend Partition:

Dumb question, would it be easier for me to simply add a separate drive, and then extend the root drive into the new drive?

Maybe.
You can skip the fdisk stuff and add a whole new block device to LVM if you add another virtual disk.

DustinB3403

@Francesco-Provino I'm fine with a separate physical device, so long as the system uses it as a single device.

travisdh1

@DustinB3403 said in Fedora Block Device Full How - Extend Partition:

@Francesco-Provino I'm fine with a separate physical device, so long as the system uses it as a single device.

You can actually move everything to the new drive using lvm. Tho I don't remember how to do that offhand, I'd have to look it up.

DustinB3403

OK so this is what I have with a new "physical" drive attached to this VM.

Where too from here?