caden
asked Feb 16 2017
Answer
Its possible most of the linux partitions (eg: ext2, ext3, ext4, xfs) could be extended without unmounting.
Please post with the exact partition type that you need to extend.
caden
Apr 08 2025
syahril@syahril-Aspire-S3 ~ $ apt-get update
Reading package lists... Done
W: chmod 0700 of directory /var/lib/apt/lists/partial failed - SetupAPTPartialDirectory (1: Operation not permitted)
E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/apt/lists/lock - open (13: Permission denied)
E: Unable to lock directory /var/lib/apt/lists/
W: Problem unlinking the file /var/cache/apt/pkgcache.bin - RemoveCaches (13: Permission denied)
W: Problem unlinking the file /var/cache/apt/srcpkgcache.bin - RemoveCaches (13: Permission denied)
syahril@syahril-Aspire-S3 ~ $ apt-get install filezilla -y
E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (13: Permission denied)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), are you root?
syahril@syahril-Aspire-S3 ~ $
jagannatharumugam
Apr 08 2025
Then no problem in increasing the size without unmount or any action. Use lvextend commnad and extend as required.
jagannatharumugam
asked Apr 02 2017
edited Oct 05 2018
How to increase LVM size without unmounting
Is it possible to extend the size of LVM without unmounting the partition..??