On Thu, 2007-10-25 at 20:13 -0400, yonas Abraham wrote:
> On 10/25/07, Terry Polzin <foxec208@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Perform the resize operation on the LV before the FS
>
> I am quit sure that you have to shirk the FS first before you
> shirink the LV. doing the otherway round can lead to lose of data.
> Read the lvresize man page to be sure " 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."
Shrink the FS first, then the LV. Grow the LV first, then the FS.
Nothing else makes any sense at all.
>
> To avoid this confusion I like the system-config-lvm GUI. It does all
> for you in the correct order.
>
> /Yonas
>
>
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