On Sat, Jul 21, 2018 at 8:54 PM, Lofgren, Eric <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey all, > > I’m planning to install a new hard drive to expand the root logical volume on > my machine, which is having now pretty continual capacity issues. The various > tutorials for RHEL-like operating systems seem straightforward enough, but > there seems to be some disagreement as to whether or not if you’re expanding > the root LV you need to unmount it first (and thus would need to boot the > machine from a USB drive or the like in rescue mode). > > Does anyone know if this is necessary? > > Any other pointers anyone has? > > Thanks, > Eric
>From experience, it's not *necessary* tu unmount it first. But due to the possibly of error, or failure, it's always a good idea to back it up first and to unmount it first.
