- Enlarge the disk using fdisk
fdisk -l
(to see the partition layout, typically we're dealing with /dev/sda2)fdisk /dev/sda
d
(delete a partition)2
(if the part we want to grow is /dev/sda2; note this does not delete any data on disk)n
(create a new partition)p
(primary partition)2
<return>
(default starting block, typically 14 since swap is first)<return>
(default ending block, full size of the partition)- make sure partition type is 8e for Linux LVM
t
8e
w
(write changes to disk)
- reboot to get new partition table
pvresize /dev/sda2
pvscan
should show new larger sizelvextend -l +100%FREE /dev/vg_centos6/lv_root
(-L +10G to add 10GB is another option)resize2fs /dev/vg_centos6/lv_root
df
should show new free space
From:http://superuser.com/questions/335038/how-do-you-add-more-space-to-a-fedora-lvm-partition