Ubuntu - Increase Your Disk Space
Quickly resize your Ubuntu LVM partition to use all available disk space. If you installed Ubuntu with the defaults, it likely only used half your allocated storage — here's how to fix that in under 5 minutes using vgdisplay, lvextend, and resize2fs.
0:00 - Intro
0:36 - Switch to Root
0:50 - Check Free Space (vgdisplay)
1:22 - Check Current Size (lvdisplay)
1:41 - Extend Logical Volume (lvextend)
2:14 - Confirm Size Change
2:44 - Resize Root File System (resize2fs)
3:26 - Verify Changes (df -h)
3:56 - Wrap Up
Commands Used:
vgdisplay → Check free space in volume group
lvdisplay → Check current logical volume size
lvextend -l +100%FREE /dev/ubuntu-vg/ubuntu-lv → Extend logical volume
resize2fs /dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-ubuntu--lv → Resize root file system
df -h → Verify changes
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NOTE: I called LV "Linux Volume" in this video, the correct term is "Logical Volume". Its 5am here and I'm still drinking my coffee :)
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