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Friday, April 5, 2013

Linux Fedora How-to Resizing and Extending LVM Volume-Group & Partition Step-by-Step Easy Guide

The Post Presents a Step-by-Step Easy Guide for How-to Add the Free Space Existing on Disk to a LVM Group and Extending the Root Partition for Linux Fedora Desktops.

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Open a Terminal Window
Create a Primary Partion by GParted with Existing Free Space
Linux How-to Create & Resize Partitions by GParted:

How-to Use GParted on Linux

The Linked Article Contains a Guides List on How Managing Linux Partition with GParted Tool.
Install the Required LVM Management Tool
```
su
```
```
yum install system-config-lvm
```
Starting the LVM Management Tool
```
system-config-lvm
```
How-to Easy Adding Existing Free Space to LVM Volume Group:

Fedora How Extend LVM Vol Group

The Linked Article Contains a Guides List on How Adding the Existing Free Space on Disto to LVM Volume Group on Linux Fedora.
Select the Free Disk Space to the Left >> Click Add to Existing Volume Group
Select the Partition to Extend >> Click Edit Properties
Simply Drag Cursor to Srink