From: "Jonathan Lewis" <jonathan@jlcomp.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Raw device
Date: 1997/08/08
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> 
> I have not tried this but in theory (and of cousrse all things are
> possible in theory) you could move the data file from one raw
> partition to another. If the second raw partition is large it
> should be possible to extend the datafile.
> 

And some logical volume managers will allow you to add space to a raw
logical volume.