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Ok, i figured it out. I needed to use fdisk, delete /dev/sdb4, than recreate it as the bigger size. I am now running ogfs_expand (taking awhile). Thanks for pointing me in the right direction :) -Chris --- "Cahill, Ben M" <ben.m.cahill@intel.com> wrote: > Hi Chris, > > > > > I have been trying to use the raid library's expand feature > > to expand the array, and checking > > /proc/partitions does show the additional space for /dev/sdb. > > What about /dev/sdb4? See below. > > > But when i run 'ogfs_expand > > /dev/sdb4' i get this error: > > > > fs01:~# ogfs_expand /dev/sdb4 > > FS: Mount Point: /stor01 > > FS: Device: /dev/sdb4 > > FS: Options: rw,noatime,nodiratime > > FS: Size: 70898848 blocks > > DEV: Size: 70898861 blocks > > Device has grown by less than 100 blocks.... skipping > > Device has grown by less than 100 blocks.... Skipping > > Ogfs_expand uses the BLKGETSIZE ioctl to determine the size of sdb4 (not > sdb), as you specified in the command line. I don't know much about the > raid library, but I'm guessing that since the raid expansion does not > affect the size of sdb4 (since sdb4 is a raw partition, not a raid > device), ogfs_expand sees that sdb4 has not grown (because it hasn't). > > I think you want to create your filesystem on the raid device (not the > raw sdb4 partition), if you want to take advantage of raid expansion > features. > > If you expand a raid volume that already has an existing OGFS > filesystem, make sure that the new space is appended *after* the old > filesystem, not inserted before it. > > -- Ben -- > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Perforce Software. > Perforce is the Fast Software Configuration Management System offering > advanced branching capabilities and atomic changes on 50+ platforms. > Free Eval! http://www.perforce.com/perforce/loadprog.html > _______________________________________________ > Opengfs-users mailing list > Opengfs-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/opengfs-users __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Hotjobs: Enter the "Signing Bonus" Sweepstakes http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/signingbonus ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Perforce Software. Perforce is the Fast Software Configuration Management System offering advanced branching capabilities and atomic changes on 50+ platforms. Free Eval! http://www.perforce.com/perforce/loadprog.html _______________________________________________ Opengfs-users mailing list Opengfs-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/opengfs-users