How to Resize LVM Logical Volumes And EXT4 Filesystem Safely

There are three steps to this. Step 1. The partition must first be resized. If you're using LVM, it's easy, and you presumably know how to proceed.

After you resize your file system with resize2fs (the partition must be unmounted), look at the output of the command: $ resize2fs /dev/sdb1 24G ...

An ext4 file system may be grown while mounted using the resize2fs command: # resize2fs /mount/device node The resize2fs command can also decrease the size of ...

To resize an ext4 file system in Linux, you can use the resize2fs command. Here are the steps: Ensure that the underlying partition or logical ...

Right-click on the ext4 partition you want to resize and select “Resize/Move.” In the Resize/Move dialog, you can adjust the size of the filesystem by dragging ...

When making space for a new partition (shrinking existing ones) then make sure shrink from right to left and to then utilize the whole of the ...

Run parted , or gparted if you prefer a GUI, and resize the partition to use the extra space. · resize2fs /dev/whatever · e2fsck /dev/whatever ( ...

If you're going to be increasing the size of both the partition and the filesystem, then first run fdisk to increase the size of the partition, ...

Run fsck then resize2fs on /dev/sda12. The resize will expand to fill the partition by default. Works online, but I prefer to umount first.

Yes, you can use resize2fs to do it, but it has to be done while the filesystem is unmounted. The partition itself can be ...