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Expanding Linux partition on VM Machine

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  • 03-03-2013 7:27am
    #1
    [Deleted User]
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    I'm tying to expand a partition on my Linux machine which is running in VmWare Fusion.

    I've expanded the allocated size on VmWare from 20gig to 40gig then ran the following commands.

    fdisk -l which I can see the new 20gig's of unallocated space

    df -h to find the name of the volume group but this is where the problem lies - there is no name with the volume group!

    Is there a way I can expand this without knowing the volume group name? It's been going on for awhile and I really need to figure this out now as I pretty much have no space left


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    croo
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    ni@ll wrote: »
    I'm tying to expand a partition on my Linux machine which is running in VmWare Fusion.

    I've expanded the allocated size on VmWare from 20gig to 40gig then ran the following commands.

    fdisk -l which I can see the new 20gig's of unallocated space

    df -h to find the name of the volume group but this is where the problem lies - there is no name with the volume group!

    Is there a way I can expand this without knowing the volume group name? It's been going on for awhile and I really need to figure this out now as I pretty much have no space left

    I'd attach an image of the ubuntu live cd to the machine (as a cd naturally) then boot your vm from it. Then use gparted to resize the partition.
    Now I say an ubuntu live cd but you can use any distro but i know ubuntu has gparted and it's very easy to use.


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    [Deleted User]
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    Thanks for the reply.

    I should probably have specify this is a backtrack image which is actually based on Ubuntu.

    Thats not a bad work-around at all, not sure why I didn't think of it! I'll give it a try later and let you know how I get on


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    madhatter76
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    If you used LVM then have a look here ..

    http://www.solaris-cookbook.com/WP-Cookbook/linux/linux-vmware-howto-increase-a-root-lvm-partition-on-a-single-vmdk-without-adding-another-partition/


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    [Deleted User]
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    Thanks for the help guys but I had no luck with either solution, I got lazy and just copied the files I wanted from the system and re-installed the OS!


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    Standard Toaster
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    http://gparted.sourceforge.net/

    Grab yourself a copy for future re-partitioning.


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