LVM: Grow LVM and resize partition

Sometimes your install a distro and it refuses to take up all available space. 1. Find out how much space we got to play with. $ sudo vgdisplay --- Volume group --- VG Name fedora System ID Format lvm2 Metadata Areas 1 Metadata Sequence No 3 VG Access read/write VG Status resizable MAX LV 0 Cur LV 2 Open LV 2 Max PV 0 Cur PV 1 Act PV 1 VG Size <49.00 GiB PE Size 4.00 MiB Total PE 12543 Alloc PE / Size 4860 / 18.98 GiB Free PE / Size 7683 / 30.01 GiB VG UUID cCXkBg-Z8Or-jmmi-avaK-91VW-v3cF-CmhiKD 2. Resize your logical volume of choice to soak up the space $ sudo lvresize --size +30.01G /dev/fedora/root Rounding size to boundary between physical extents: 30.01 GiB. Size of logical volume fedora/root changed from 15.00 GiB (3840 extents) to 45.01 GiB (11523 extents). Logical volume fedora/root successfully resized. 3. Grow your partition XFS Example: ...