Bala Sat, the command <<pvcreate /dev/sdb4>> will "only" destroy all data on the partition <</dev/sdb4>> all other partitions on <</dev/sdb>> should remain unaffected. Of course backups are always handy when doing things like that... Bye Lutz Reinegger Am Don, 2003-10-16 um 16.18 schrieb Sathiamoorthy Balasubramaniyan (ext_TCS): > Hi all, > I have 2 external disks connected to my suse 7.0 box : > sdb 80GB (has 4 partitions) > sdc 8GB (has 3 partitions) > I need to increase the size of the 3rd partition, i.e sdc3, of the disk sdc > by borrowing some space from one of the free partitions,ie, sdb4 of the disk > sdb. > > Iam not sure whether i can do this by LVM. My question is: > Can i use the command pvcreate /dev/sdb4 without disturbing the data on > other partitions in the disk sdb ? > > Thanks in Advance, > Bala Sath > SIEMENS Transportation Systems > TS RA D OC > Tel +49 531 226-6154 > Fax +49 531 226-4477 > mailto:Balasubramaniyan.Sathiamoorthy.ext_TCS@ts.siemens.de > > Note: This e-mail may contain privileged, undisclosed or otherwise > confidential information. > If you have received this e-mail in error, you are hereby notified that any > review, copying or distribution > of it is strictly prohibited. Please inform the sender immediately and > destroy the original transmittal. > Thank you for your understanding > > > _______________________________________________ > linux-lvm mailing list > linux-lvm@sistina.com > http://lists.sistina.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm > read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/ > _______________________________________________ linux-lvm mailing list linux-lvm@sistina.com http://lists.sistina.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/
