lvresize preparation - how 'ensure filesystem shrunk'? >From the man page: lvresize - resize a logical volume SYNOPSIS[bla bla] DESCRIPTION lvresize allows you to resize a logical volume. Be careful when reduc- ing a logical volume's size, because data in the reduced part is lost!!! You should therefore ensure that any filesystem on the volume is shrunk first so that the extents that are to be removed are not in use. so how do I do that? resize2fs