# Extend /dev/mapper/system-root

**URL:** <https://forums.suse.com/t/extend-dev-mapper-system-root/35059>\
**Category:** SLES Configure-Administer\
**Created:** [June 9, 2020, 9:13am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/extend-dev-mapper-system-root/35059 "2020-06-09T09:13:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![chenchangwen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7cd45c/32.png) [@chenchangwen](https://forums.suse.com/u/chenchangwen)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2020, 9:13am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/extend-dev-mapper-system-root/35059/1 "2020-06-09T09:13:38Z")

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I am new to SUSE, my /dev/mapper/system-root is used up. I tried to extend it with:  
_lvextend -L + 510G /dev/mapper/system-root_  
Afterward, I can see that system-root is now 570 G with lsblk:  
_# lsblk  
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT  
sda 8:0 0 1.1T 0 disk  
??sda1 8:1 0 1.1T 0 part  
??system-root 254:0 0 570G 0 lvm /  
??system-swap 254:1 0 2G 0 lvm [SWAP]_  
However, df still shows 60 GB, and I still get “disk full” message, How can I extend /dev/mapper/system-root ?  
_/usr/sap/HXE/HDB90\> df -h  
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on  
/dev/mapper/system-root 60G 60G 0 100% /  
/dev/mapper/system-root 60G 60G 0 100% /home_

Thanks in advance!

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**Author:** ![malcolmlewis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/malcolmlewis/32/11375_2.png) [@malcolmlewis](https://forums.suse.com/u/malcolmlewis)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2020, 12:20pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/extend-dev-mapper-system-root/35059/2 "2020-06-09T12:20:31Z")

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Hi  
Is lvextend all you did? If so have a read here: [https://suse.com/c/linux-lvm-logical-volume-management/](https://suse.com/c/linux-lvm-logical-volume-management/)

What do you have running on this system? If it’s just a test system, for / it should be enough for the operating system if running btrfs?  
Are you running btrfs and snapper? If so then have a read here: [https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:BTRFS](https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:BTRFS)
