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...size2fs /dev/lvname/root I get: resize2fs: Bad magic number in super-block while trying to open /dev/lvname/root Couldn't find valid filesystem superblock. what file system type is this /dev/lvname/root ? oops, left out the rest... since you said C7, its quite likely its XFS not extXfs ... if thats the case, then use: xfs_growfs /dev/lvname/root Thanks for the tip.? I looked at man xfs_growfs and found -d option and so I used this and it worked: sudo xfs_growfs / -d -- john r pierce, recycling bits in santa cruz _______________________________________________ Cent...

I have a laptop that I put centos 7 on and I started out with a 30gig partition.? I resized the other part of the disk to allow more space for centos.? I then created an unformated partition in the available space,? ran pvcreate /dev/sda4 vgextend lvname /dev/sda4 lvextend -L 184.46G /dev/lvname/root but when I run: sudo resize2fs /dev/lvname/root I get: resize2fs: Bad magic