From b504cef7c51cbdd614b7d10c817e6d30aa0b5607 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Giorgos Keramidas Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 08:12:09 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Mention that fdisk(8) should be used to grow the containing slice before growing partitions with growfs(8), if necessary. PR: docs/42148 Submitted by: Chris S.J. Peron --- sbin/growfs/growfs.8 | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/sbin/growfs/growfs.8 b/sbin/growfs/growfs.8 index 59bf016c8d0b..d9a5b441d67f 100644 --- a/sbin/growfs/growfs.8 +++ b/sbin/growfs/growfs.8 @@ -58,6 +58,11 @@ Before starting .Nm the disk must be labeled to a bigger size using .Xr disklabel 8 . +If you wish to grow a filesystem beyound the boundary of +the slice it resides in, you must re-size the slice using +.Xr fdisk 8 +before running +.Nm . If you are using volumes you must enlarge them by using .Xr vinum 8 . The @@ -173,6 +178,7 @@ mode. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr disklabel 8 , .Xr dumpfs 8 , +.Xr fdisk 8 , .Xr ffsinfo 8 , .Xr fsck 8 , .Xr newfs 8 ,