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Expand the Partition/Logical Volume ∞

  • LVM (Ideal Method) 
    vgextend LogicalVolume /dev/sdd #< Add /dev/sdd to volume group
lvextend -l +100%FREE /dev/VolumeGroup/LogicalVolume  #< Fill free space

  • Partitions (Through parted)

    • Open parted 
      parted /dev/sdd      #< Sub /dev/sdd for your HDD location
    • Display in sectors 
      unit s
    • Show partition Table, note the partition number you want to expand 
      print
    • Remove the partition you want to expand (change the 1 to match above partition #) 
      rm 1

    • Create a partition that spans the whole disc

      mkpart primary 0 -1

Expand the filesystem ∞

  • EXT 2/3/4 (Will need to unmount if kernel has not been patched with ext2online..which is dangerous according to docs) 
    resize2fs /dev/VolumeGroup/LogicalVolume  #< Expand the filesystem to fill the partition
  • Reiserfs 
    resize_reiserfs -f /dev/VolumeGroup/LogicalVolume  #< Expand the filesystem to fill the partition
  • XFS (note the use of the mount point and not the logical volume – online expansion) 
    xfs_growfs -d /$MOUNT/$LOCATION #< Expand the filesystem to fill the partition   #< Expand the filesystem to fill the partition
  • JFS (note the use of the mount point and not the logical volume – online expansion) 
    mount -o remount,resize /$MOUNT/$LOCATION   #< Expand the filesystem to fill the partition
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