Issue after resizing partition for Fedora under VMware Fusion

Question

I am running FC9 under VMware Fusion 3.0. I wanted to resize my /dev/sda2 partition.

In order to do that I did the following:

1. Changed the size of the vmware file (under VMware settings)
2. Rebooted the host to rescue mode without mounted disks
3. fdisk - removed and added /dev/sda2
   • I had a bigger /dev/sda2
4. lvm pvresize /dev/sda2
5. lvm pvdisplay
   • It showed me a bigger size on /dev/VolGroup00 for /dev/sda2
6. lvm vgchange -a y
   • device-mapper: reload ioctl failed: Invalid argument
   • 2 logical volume(s) in volume group "VolGroup00" now active

This is not true because there is no /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 - my whole "/" disappeared.

dmsetup table, shows:

VolGroup00-LogVol01: 0 2097152 linear 8:2 38338944  
VolGroup00-LogVol00:

Can anyone help me solve this?

Answer 1

In step 5 you're running 'lvm vgchange -a y'; shouldn't it be 'lvm vgchange -ay'? (i.e. no space between a and y)

Here's hoping it's that simple...
-pbr