From owner-freebsd-geom@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 13 16:47:25 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-geom@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D35E3548 for ; Wed, 13 Nov 2013 16:47:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from filter2.win.net (filter2.win.net [216.24.27.102]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2106F2E6E for ; Wed, 13 Nov 2013 16:47:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from nb-202.win.net (nb-202.win.net [216.24.27.202]) by filter2.win.net (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5+lenny1) with ESMTP id rADGlIjD022020 for ; Wed, 13 Nov 2013 11:47:18 -0500 Received: from Gantry (pool245.office.win.net [216.24.33.245]) by nb-202.win.net (Postfix) with SMTP id C8AD3228EA for ; Wed, 13 Nov 2013 11:47:17 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: From: "Joseph Mays" To: Subject: Expanding a partition in gpart after increasing the size of an array. Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2013 11:47:19 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Importance: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Windows Live Mail 15.4.3538.513 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V15.4.3538.513 X-Spam-Score: undef - mays@win.net is whitelisted. X-CanIt-Geo: ip=216.24.27.202; country=US; region=KY; city=Louisville; postalcode=40204; latitude=38.2390; longitude=-85.7174; metrocode=529; areacode=502; http://maps.google.com/maps?q=38.2390,-85.7174&z=6 X-CanItPRO-Stream: Outbound:default (inherits from base:default) X-Canit-Stats-ID: 01KN4Lio3 - 8556382802cb - 20131113 X-Antispam-Training-Forget: http://filter.win.net/canit/b.php?i=01KN4Lio3&m=8556382802cb&t=20131113&c=f X-Antispam-Training-Nonspam: http://filter.win.net/canit/b.php?i=01KN4Lio3&m=8556382802cb&t=20131113&c=n X-Antispam-Training-Spam: http://filter.win.net/canit/b.php?i=01KN4Lio3&m=8556382802cb&t=20131113&c=s X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) on 216.24.27.102 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.16 X-BeenThere: freebsd-geom@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.16 Precedence: list List-Id: GEOM-specific discussions and implementations List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2013 16:47:25 -0000 I have a freebsd box with an LSI Raid controller in it. It had 4 = 3-terabyte drives configured in an 8TB array. I added a 5th drive and = built that into the array. Of course, the amount of drive space that = shows in operation in FreeBSD did not change, presumably because I need = to resize the partition. I was trying to follow the partition resizing instructions shown here = --- http://www.unibia.com/unibianet/freebsd/resize-your-existing-freebsd-root= -partitionslice-safely-without-re-installing but when I do the =E2=80=9Cgpart show =E2=80=9D I don=E2=80=99t see the = free space. What I do see is a change in the apparent overall size of = the disk and a set of parititions that don=E2=80=99t add up to the new = size of the disk. Is there a way to tell gpart that the size of the drive has changed?