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Old 07-07-2019, 05:47 AM   #1
asif7867
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Trying to extend my VM SUSE 12 root partition


Hi All,
I have extended the disk in my VMWare.
I have then followed some instructions off the internet to add a new partition and then use parted to extend my existing root partition.
I got a bunch of errors/warnings, but now fdisk is reporting the new size of the disk (/dev/sda2 - 115GB) but my df-h output is showing the old size on root partition (65GB).
Can someone please help me figure this out?

hxehost:/root # fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 128 GiB, 137438953472 bytes, 268435456 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x0002bdbd

Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type
/dev/sda1 2048 8402943 8400896 4G 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda2 * 8402944 250000000 241597057 115.2G 83 Linux
/dev/sda3 250001408 268435455 18434048 8.8G 5 Extended


hxehost:/root # df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
devtmpfs 9.8G 4.0K 9.8G 1% /dev
tmpfs 9.9G 0 9.9G 0% /dev/shm
tmpfs 9.9G 9.9M 9.8G 1% /run
tmpfs 9.9G 0 9.9G 0% /sys/fs/cgroup
/dev/sda2 65G 63G 1.6G 98% /
tmpfs 2.0G 0 2.0G 0% /run/user/1001
tmpfs 2.0G 0 2.0G 0% /run/user/487
tmpfs 2.0G 0 2.0G 0% /run/user/0


Many Thanks,
Asif.
 
Old 07-07-2019, 05:59 AM   #2
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I figured that the file system was XFS which is why resize2fs was not working.
So I ran the command
xfs_growfs -d /

And Bingo!

Thanks Guys,
Asif.
 
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Old 07-07-2019, 06:31 AM   #3
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Happy to help ....

Be aware that XFS can only grow - it can't shrink. Just a FYI should you ever try to move some space elsewhere. Glad you got it sorted.
 
  


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