This is a tricky one. In order to resize /boot, which is, commonly the first partition, you need to push forward the beginning of the next partition. This is not an easy task, especially if you are not using LVM – then you have to use external partitioning modification tools, like PQMagic (if it still…
You can find bazillion sites explaining Linux LVM, however, I am preparing for my next article, about partition resize for the advanced user, and LVM deep understanding is required, so I have decided to explain some of the internals of LVM for the advanced user. This explains the how it is built more than the…
After major investigations around, I came to the conclusion that a full guide describing the procedure required for online disk resize on Linux (especially – expanding disks). I have created a guide for RHEL5/6/7/8 (works the same for Centos or OEL or ScientificLinux – RHEL-based Linux systems) which takes into account the following four scenarios:…
A friend of mine made a grieve mistake – partition a disk containing Linux LVM directly on it, without any partition table. Oops. When dealing with multi-Tera sized disks, one gets to encounter limitations not known on smaller scales – the 2TB limitation. Normal partition table can contain only around 2TB mapping, meaning that to…
