Re: [gentoo-user] LVM and making /var larger, file system won't resize.

[Michael <confabulate@kintzios.com>]

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On Sunday, 11 May 2025 16:10:43 British Summer Time Dale wrote:
> Michael wrote:
> > I'm not the best person to advise on LVM, I just shared what I know, but I
> > haven't used LVM in anger for a few years now.  Hopefully someone with
> > more
> > hands on experience will chime in.
> 
> Since the lv command worked, I don't think this is a LVM problem.  That
> part of the growth is there.  It seems to be resize2fs that has the
> problem.  I just wonder, if I could do a file system check, would it
> work then?  Thing is, it to wants it unmounted.  It makes me wonder if
> there is something that needs to be fixed, even if it is minor and not a
> actual data problem, but it isn't just saying the file system needs to
> be fixed first.  When I did my searches, most people had a part in the
> output about a bad super block or that a super block wasn't found.  Mine
> doesn't have that tho.  I'm not sure what difference that makes. 
> 
> I'll try to boot some media and do it I guess.  Just not today. 
> 
> Dale
> 
> :-)  :-) 

Last thing to mention just in case it applies this your case.

You know you may be able to extend a LV and resize the underlying fs in one 
go?  The command 'lvextend --resizefs -L +5G /dev/VG/LV' should do this in one 
go (according to the man page it will use fsadm to resize the fs).



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