Resizing a partition vs resizing a filesystem

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In a recent interview I was asked how can you resize a partition which is not a part of LVM?



For which I answer you can use GParted. Then the interviewer asked me how would you resize (extend) a file system and not the partition?



For which I said you can unmount the filesystem and resize the underlying partition and remount it, but he said I am wront.



I really thought that resizing a partition and resizing a filesystem is the same thing since filesystem sits on top of partition.



Can someone please help me understand what he meant by resizing the filesystem? I couldn't get my head around it






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  • Check out the resize2fs tool in the case of ext2/3/4 filesystems. Also: askubuntu.com/a/115337/158442
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In a recent interview I was asked how can you resize a partition which is not a part of LVM?



For which I answer you can use GParted. Then the interviewer asked me how would you resize (extend) a file system and not the partition?



For which I said you can unmount the filesystem and resize the underlying partition and remount it, but he said I am wront.



I really thought that resizing a partition and resizing a filesystem is the same thing since filesystem sits on top of partition.



Can someone please help me understand what he meant by resizing the filesystem? I couldn't get my head around it






filesystems partition







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  • Check out the resize2fs tool in the case of ext2/3/4 filesystems. Also: askubuntu.com/a/115337/158442
    – muru
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In a recent interview I was asked how can you resize a partition which is not a part of LVM?



For which I answer you can use GParted. Then the interviewer asked me how would you resize (extend) a file system and not the partition?



For which I said you can unmount the filesystem and resize the underlying partition and remount it, but he said I am wront.



I really thought that resizing a partition and resizing a filesystem is the same thing since filesystem sits on top of partition.



Can someone please help me understand what he meant by resizing the filesystem? I couldn't get my head around it






filesystems partition







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In a recent interview I was asked how can you resize a partition which is not a part of LVM?



For which I answer you can use GParted. Then the interviewer asked me how would you resize (extend) a file system and not the partition?



For which I said you can unmount the filesystem and resize the underlying partition and remount it, but he said I am wront.



I really thought that resizing a partition and resizing a filesystem is the same thing since filesystem sits on top of partition.



Can someone please help me understand what he meant by resizing the filesystem? I couldn't get my head around it






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  • Check out the resize2fs tool in the case of ext2/3/4 filesystems. Also: askubuntu.com/a/115337/158442
    – muru
    2 hours ago

















  • Check out the resize2fs tool in the case of ext2/3/4 filesystems. Also: askubuntu.com/a/115337/158442
    – muru
    2 hours ago
















Check out the resize2fs tool in the case of ext2/3/4 filesystems. Also: askubuntu.com/a/115337/158442
– muru
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Check out the resize2fs tool in the case of ext2/3/4 filesystems. Also: askubuntu.com/a/115337/158442
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A filesystem is on a partition/device/volume/some other container. It has a fixed size, usually the same as the container. You need to extend the filesystem size as well after extending the underlying container.






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  • If the partition is already resized why resize2fs is required? can you please explain with example. I want to actually see it happening in my centos. I mean what recreating a parition how can I see my filesystem is not resized and how can i see it effect after running resize2fs
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  • RedHat documentation has good examples: How to Resize a Partition using fdisk and How to Grow an ext2/3/4 File System with resize2fs. If you resize the partition and then mount the filesystem, it should still report the old size (in du etc).
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A filesystem is on a partition/device/volume/some other container. It has a fixed size, usually the same as the container. You need to extend the filesystem size as well after extending the underlying container.






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  • If the partition is already resized why resize2fs is required? can you please explain with example. I want to actually see it happening in my centos. I mean what recreating a parition how can I see my filesystem is not resized and how can i see it effect after running resize2fs
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  • RedHat documentation has good examples: How to Resize a Partition using fdisk and How to Grow an ext2/3/4 File System with resize2fs. If you resize the partition and then mount the filesystem, it should still report the old size (in du etc).
    – sebasth
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A filesystem is on a partition/device/volume/some other container. It has a fixed size, usually the same as the container. You need to extend the filesystem size as well after extending the underlying container.






share|improve this answer




















  • If the partition is already resized why resize2fs is required? can you please explain with example. I want to actually see it happening in my centos. I mean what recreating a parition how can I see my filesystem is not resized and how can i see it effect after running resize2fs
    – MaverickD
    1 hour ago










  • RedHat documentation has good examples: How to Resize a Partition using fdisk and How to Grow an ext2/3/4 File System with resize2fs. If you resize the partition and then mount the filesystem, it should still report the old size (in du etc).
    – sebasth
    1 hour ago












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up vote
2
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A filesystem is on a partition/device/volume/some other container. It has a fixed size, usually the same as the container. You need to extend the filesystem size as well after extending the underlying container.






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A filesystem is on a partition/device/volume/some other container. It has a fixed size, usually the same as the container. You need to extend the filesystem size as well after extending the underlying container.







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  • If the partition is already resized why resize2fs is required? can you please explain with example. I want to actually see it happening in my centos. I mean what recreating a parition how can I see my filesystem is not resized and how can i see it effect after running resize2fs
    – MaverickD
    1 hour ago










  • RedHat documentation has good examples: How to Resize a Partition using fdisk and How to Grow an ext2/3/4 File System with resize2fs. If you resize the partition and then mount the filesystem, it should still report the old size (in du etc).
    – sebasth
    1 hour ago
















  • If the partition is already resized why resize2fs is required? can you please explain with example. I want to actually see it happening in my centos. I mean what recreating a parition how can I see my filesystem is not resized and how can i see it effect after running resize2fs
    – MaverickD
    1 hour ago










  • RedHat documentation has good examples: How to Resize a Partition using fdisk and How to Grow an ext2/3/4 File System with resize2fs. If you resize the partition and then mount the filesystem, it should still report the old size (in du etc).
    – sebasth
    1 hour ago















If the partition is already resized why resize2fs is required? can you please explain with example. I want to actually see it happening in my centos. I mean what recreating a parition how can I see my filesystem is not resized and how can i see it effect after running resize2fs
– MaverickD
1 hour ago




If the partition is already resized why resize2fs is required? can you please explain with example. I want to actually see it happening in my centos. I mean what recreating a parition how can I see my filesystem is not resized and how can i see it effect after running resize2fs
– MaverickD
1 hour ago












RedHat documentation has good examples: How to Resize a Partition using fdisk and How to Grow an ext2/3/4 File System with resize2fs. If you resize the partition and then mount the filesystem, it should still report the old size (in du etc).
– sebasth
1 hour ago




RedHat documentation has good examples: How to Resize a Partition using fdisk and How to Grow an ext2/3/4 File System with resize2fs. If you resize the partition and then mount the filesystem, it should still report the old size (in du etc).
– sebasth
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