On Fri, Oct 26, 2007 at 07:33:03AM -0400, yonas Abraham wrote: > On 10/26/07, Chris G <cl@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > 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. > > if it is not there, do : > > yum install system-config-lvm > > usually doesn't install by default. > OK, thanks, installed without a hitch.... *And* you can call it simply as "system-config-lvm" from the command line, excellent. -- Chris Green
