Extend datafile in raw device

Hi All,
need some help. our database resides in raw device. currently datafiles resides in different logical volume in HP UNIX server version 11.11. our database is Oracle9i.
there is one datafile with size 4G, not auto extensible resides in logical volume with physical size 4G. if i extend the logical volume from 4G to 6G, can i just resize the datafile to 6G?
or do i need to create a new datafile because current file size is big?

With raw devices alternative cost of performance is typical management difficulties like this, but after 10g ASM is a big shift - http://www.dbazine.com/olc/olc-articles/still5
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/server.102/b14231/storeman.htm#i1021337
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Once again in seek of guidance..
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Please tell me about possible problems that i can anticipate.
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http://oracleinstance.blogspot.com/2009/12/rac-file-system-options-basic-concept.html
http://www.dbasupport.com/oracle/ora10g/ASM01.shtml
also you will get more information from book:
Oracle Automatic Storage Management: Under-the-Hood & Practical Deployment Guide (Osborne ORACLE Press Series)
Nitin Vengurlekar (Author), Murali Vallath (Author), Rich Long (Author)
http://www.amazon.com/Oracle-Automatic-Storage-Management-Under/dp/0071496076

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