FreeBSD disk/partition resize – grow on version 8.2 and newer under vmware vSphere / ESXi
This one is easier than previous (FreeBSD 7.x or older). It may be possible to do it all live but you need to find a way for FreeBSD to see the growed disk size. Shut down the server Grow the disk size Boot FreeBSD in single user mode (number 4 at boot) Check the partitions layout: gpart show Set the system in evil mode that will allow gpart to change live filesystem: sysctl kern.geom.debugflags=16 Grow the whole disk – consumer. Number 1 is the consumer index shown with gpart show gpart resize -i 1 da0 Grow desired provider – partition. Number 6 is the provider index shown with gpart show gpart resize -i 6 da0s1 Now with partition resized you can growfs growfs /dev/da0s1f Reboot for a clean feeling and you’re done. S. ...