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Can You resize a partition in GParted using resize2fs?
Nothing to do! Since Gparted says that my partition is /dev/sda5, I also tried running sudo resize2fs /dev/sda5, but in this case I got this: resize2fs 1.42 (29-Nov-2011) resize2fs: Device or resource busy while trying to open /dev/sda5 Couldn’t find valid filesystem superblock.
Why is my root partition unable to resize?
# resize2fs /dev/xvda resize2fs 1.41.12 (17-May-2010) resize2fs: Device or resource busy while trying to open /dev/xvda Couldn’t find valid filesystem superblock. or even if i tried resize2fs /dev/xvda1 it says device has nothing to do. any idea or other way, its my root disk (/). so cant unmount it.
Why is my EC2 not resizing the root partition?
After this, if i try the above steps, the disk space wont increase as there is a xvde2 partition in-between the xvde1 and the new space.
How to resize the file system in ownCloud?
Now all I have to do is to resize the file system, since it still shows the old value (as you can see from the output of df -h ): However, running sudo resize2fs /dev/mapper/owncloud–vg-root returns this: resize2fs 1.42 (29-Nov-2011) The filesystem is already 41608192 blocks long.
When do I need to resize an ext2 partition?
You will need to resize an existing partition when your partition size is full. In that case, you can use resize2fs utility to increase and decrease a filesystem size. The resize2fs is a command-line utility that allows you to resize ext2, ext3, or ext4 file systems. Note : Extending a filesystem is a moderately high-risk operation.
How does resize2fs ( 8 ) work in Linux?
If the filesystem is mounted, it can be used to expand the size of the mounted filesystem, assuming the kernel supports on-line resizing. (As of this writing, the Linux 2.6 kernel supports on-line resize for filesystems mounted using ext3 and ext4.).
What does it mean when it says can’t resize partition?
When we say can’t resize partition we mostly mean can’t extend a volume that is running out of space with the default partition manager – Disk Management, and there’re situations that not only the Extend Volume option can’t work but also the Shrink Volume option can’t work either. Can’t Extend Volume.