Re: fsautoresize

["Bjarne Nielsen" <bjarne@elb.as>]

På Sat, 28 Feb 2009 09:25:25 +0100, skrev Petter Reinholdtsen <pere@hungry.com>:

> [Claudio Carboncini]
>> The installation is standard skolelinux server
>
> Strange, as normally there is some unused space in the volume group
> after installation.  Here there is none:
>
>> > Linux tjener.intern 2.6.18-6-486 #1 Sat Dec 27 08:57:46 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux
>>
>>  Total PE              59594
>>  Alloc PE / Size       59594 / 232,79 GB
>>  Free  PE / Size       0 / 0
>
> There are no free physical extents (as the LVM blocks are called), and
> thus it is not possible to extend any partition.  You will have to
> shrink or drop some partition to make room for the others.  What does
> 'df -h' report?
>
> Happy hacking,

I am guessing guided partitioning is used, not automatic. When using guided partitioning, the volume group is named Debian (otherwise vg_system), and a lv debian-edu-freespace is created to utilize all diskspace. The automatic partitioner deletes this freespace lv after installation, but not when using the guided partioner. That way you end ut with no free disk outside the lv's, but the freespace lv is not mounted, so you don't see it with df -h.

Bjarne