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Jul 10, 2022 · Operations

How to Expand an XFS Root Partition on Linux Without LVM

This guide walks you through checking the current XFS root size, enlarging the virtual disk in VMware, installing the growpart utility, extending the root partition, resizing the XFS filesystem with xfs_growfs, and verifying the new 40 GB capacity, while noting important constraints such as the need for no following partitions.