Re: Debian in a VMware VM and LVM

2012-03-16 Thread Michael Tsang
On Tuesday 13 March 2012 22:52:01 Bonno Bloksma wrote: > > Using the 6.0.4 amd netinst CD I created a small 10GB virtual machine (VM). > I then realized I needed it to be a bit bigger so I wanted to extend the > LVM environment and add that space to the /var logical volume. Of course > as this is

Re: Debian in a VMware VM and LVM

2012-03-16 Thread Bob Proulx
Bonno Bloksma wrote: > indeed, there is no /dev/sda6 yet. > Why is /dev/sda6 not there yet? What step am I missing? Next time run 'partprobe' to request the OS to re-read the partition table. > root@wwwgw:~# umount /var > Then first a filesystem check as that seems to be needed before resizing. N

Re: Debian in a VMware VM and LVM

2012-03-13 Thread Tom H
On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 10:52 AM, Bonno Bloksma wrote: > I have been using Linux for several years but now I have another learning > moment. ;-) I have read several LVM howto sites but still run into things I > do not understand. > Can someone please answer the 4 embedded questions and tell me

Re: Debian in a VMware VM and LVM

2012-03-13 Thread Keith McKenzie
On 13/03/12 14:52, Bonno Bloksma wrote: 4) Why is /dev/sda6 not there yet? What step am I missing? Ok, after a reboot (it is not a production server yet) the /dev/sda6 is there. Form here on it was (almost) straight sailing.;-) I would imagine that is because your kernel is/was still using

Debian in a VMware VM and LVM

2012-03-13 Thread Bonno Bloksma
Hi, I have been using Linux for several years but now I have another learning moment. ;-) I have read several LVM howto sites but still run into things I do not understand. Can someone please answer the 4 embedded questions and tell me what I(?) did wrong. Using the 6.0.4 amd netinst CD I crea