Re: Help on resizing partitions with GParted

I am beginning to think my Ubuntu install is not using the lvm2 partition,
and maybe this was left over from a Fedora installation.  I am not familiar
with lvm2.  Is it possible my install of VirtualBox created this?

As Ken suggested I tried the lvmdisplay (lvdisplay?) command:
john@john-laptop:~$ lvmdisplay
No command 'lvmdisplay' found, did you mean:
 Command 'lvdisplay' from package 'lvm2' (main)
lvmdisplay: command not found
john@john-laptop:~$ lvdisplay
The program 'lvdisplay' is currently not installed.  You can install it by
typing:
sudo apt-get install lvm2
john@john-laptop:~$

I don't think I want to install lvm2 package as I am low on space anyway.

Here is output from mount:
john@john-laptop:~$ mount
/dev/sda5 on / type ext4 (rw,errors=remount-ro)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
none on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
none on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw)
none on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw)
none on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw)
none on /dev type devtmpfs (rw,mode=0755)
none on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,noexec,nosuid,gid=5,mode=0620)
none on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)
none on /var/run type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,mode=0755)
none on /var/lock type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
none on /lib/init/rw type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,mode=0755)
binfmt_misc on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc
(rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
gvfs-fuse-daemon on /home/john/.gvfs type fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon
(rw,nosuid,nodev,user=john)
john@john-laptop:~$

and my etc/fstab
john@john-laptop:~$ cat /etc/fstab
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid -o value -s UUID' to print the universally unique identifier
# for a device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name
# devices that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
proc            /proc           proc    nodev,noexec,nosuid 0       0
# / was on /dev/sda5 during installation
UUID=ce6dccd6-49ce-4329-afb3-939c31b25c7e /               ext4
errors=remount-ro 0       1
# swap was on /dev/sda6 during installation
UUID=c190f9bb-5458-4132-924b-792a13388d88 none            swap
sw              0       0
john@john-laptop:~$

I see nothing involving the /dev/sda3 lvm2 partition.  I am suspecting I am
not using the lvm2 partition, since it is not mounted and I don't see an
option to mount it via the Gnome window manager.   From the Places menu I
get the option to mount the /dev/sda1 NTFS (WindowsXP) partition and the
/dev/sda2 200M ext4 partition.

John Bundy




On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 9:02 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:

> What does your /etc/fstab and/or mount results look like when Ubuntu is
> running?  If Ubuntu is not using the LVM space (you won't know from gparted)
> and you're certain nothing else is, then nuke it. But be really super
> certain.
>
> I've had minimal experience w/ gparted, but it worked as advertised and
> after reading some docs, I was able to drive it with confidence. Perhaps
> more experienced users can help with the details.
> Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone with Nextel Direct Connect
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Bundy <[email protected]>
> Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 19:50:10
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