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"path": "/Linux/2026/03/06/Extending-a-LVM-partition.html",
"publishedAt": "2026-03-06T12:17:13.000Z",
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"textContent": "Recently I needed to extend/increase a LVM partition to give it more space:\n\n 1. Create a partition on the additional disk: `cfdisk /dev/sdb`\n 2. Create a physical volume on the partition: `pvcreate /dev/sdb1`\n 3. Add the physical volume to the existing volume group: `vgextend vg-foo /dev/sdb1`\n 4. Extend the logical volume to use 100% of the new free space in the volume group (and directly resize the filesystem accordingly): `lvextend -r -l +100%FREE /dev/vg-foo/lv-bar`\n\n\n\n* * *\n\nThanks for reading this post via RSS. You're awesome ♥️",
"title": "Extending a LVM partition"
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