On 10/25/07, Dave Burns <tburns@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > lvresize preparation - how 'ensure filesystem shrunk'? > >From the man page: > lvresize - resize a logical volume > > SYNOPSIS[bla bla] > > DESCRIPTION > lvresize allows you to resize a logical volume. Be careful when reduc- > ing a logical volume's size, because data in the reduced 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. > > so how do I do that? resize2fs for ext3, you are right, resize2fs followed by lvresize. I like the syetem-config-lvm for this issue actually. I have used it for a live ext3 systems and it worked flawlessly. But first BackUP your staff if you have very important stuff. /yonas -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
