> > > 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. > Perform the resize operation on the LV before the FS Hmm, thanks for your reply, but I would like to express respectful skepticism. The >>> quoted part above is from the lvresize man page. Or were you recommending that I use something other than lvresize? Perhaps system-config-lvm, as recommended by Yonas, will do the FS shrink step for me? Dave
