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Can't resize Linux volume

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Hi there

I have an EC2 instance that uses xen that has run out of disc space. I successfully resized the storage volume, but I'm stuck trying to increase the partition size. The command sudo growpart /dev/xvda1 1 returns FAILED: unable to determine partition type

Any ideas?

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ComputeStorage
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Amazon EC2Amazon Elastic Block Store
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asked 3 years ago874 views

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I see your issue.. You are using the partition in the grow command instead of the disk..

Try this

sudo growpart /dev/xvda 1

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answered 3 years ago

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  • Kieran
    3 years ago

    Of course! Thanks so much

  • Gary Mclean EXPERT
    3 years ago

    Happy to be of assistance

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Follow these instructions. https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/recognize-expanded-volume-linux.html

It looks like you are trying to resize the AWS disk device than what the Linux OS sees it as..

sudo lsblk

Will display the volumes from Linux point of view

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  • Kieran
    3 years ago

    Thanks - but I thought I had already done that. The output from the lsblk command is NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT xvda 202:0 0 50G 0 disk └─xvda1 202:1 0 30G 0 part /

    So my understanding is that the partition is xvda1...

  • Gary Mclean EXPERT
    3 years ago

    I see your issue.. You are using the partition in the grow command instead of the disk.. Try this sudo growpart /dev/xvda 1

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