Sam Sharpe <lists.redhat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On 5 February 2011 22:15, Nikolaus Rath <Nikolaus@xxxxxxxx> wrote: >> You can shrink a PV, but you will loose the extents that are stored in >> the space that you have truncated. I don't consider that resizing. > > That's interesting. I do consider it resizing... It's not the function > of the pvresize command to move the LVs around so that it is possible > to downsize the PV. That's something that the admin must do. My definition of resizing is shrinking without the need for temporary additional storage. A partition can be resized by resizing the file system and then shrinking the partition with fdisk. A logical volume can be resized the same way. A physical volume can not be resized, you first need to put the data (extents) somewhere else. > Yes, so it won't do exactly what you want in one command, so you have > to do it a different way. I have in the past added a second PV, In my case that doesn't work. I just created one PV for every harddisk, I never had the need for additional PVs or partitions until now. Well, my bad luck I guess. >> Why so aggressive? > > I wasn't being particularly aggressive, but I do actually dislike > people saying (or abbreviating) "just for the record" when they are > incorrect or the facts are disputed. The only thing that goes in the > official record are the facts. My intention was just to avoid a reply of the form "Then use an USB stick instead". It's not that I am not able to work around the problems, I just wanted to clarify that it can be quite a hassle. Best, -Nikolaus -- »Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a Banana.« PGP fingerprint: 5B93 61F8 4EA2 E279 ABF6 02CF A9AD B7F8 AE4E 425C -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
