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Hey! Syrsly here! This is my blog!

I post monthly news recaps and talk regularly about games and
virtual reality!

Resize LVM PV Partition in Debian/Ubuntu

This was a headache for no particular reason.

Okay, so you made or received a backup of an operating system for use in a virtual environment. The partitions list something like "ext2, extended, lvm pv" and the lvm pv partition is way too small. What you want to do is resize the partition, but chances are you tried that already and are now looking for answers as to why it didn't work or how to fix it.

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  • Syrsly
  • Sat, 04 May 2013
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The Wordpress vs. Drupal CMS Debate

Which one is best for you?

I have used Drupal since Drupal 6 was first considered stable, and before that, I was using Wordpress for a Flash arcade site. I recently started this blog using Wordpress. However, I am still very fond of Drupal, and I have to admit that I wish I made my blog using Drupal just because I am more comfortable with it as a developer. That said, there is a very old argument going around that one of these systems is better than the other. That is simply false. They are each useful for specific reasons.


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  • Syrsly
  • Mon, 22 Apr 2013
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