On Thu, Oct 25, 2007 at 08:13:05PM -0400, yonas Abraham 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." > > To avoid this confusion I like the system-config-lvm GUI. It does all > for you in the correct order. > Where does one find system-config-lvm, there isn't a 'config' item in my 'system' menu. -- Chris Green
