resizing partitions for FC3 install..

[Paul Howarth]

bruce wrote:
> wouldn't it be possible to:
> 
> 1) expand my '/' partition using parted/bootdisk
> 2) reboot/capture the new partition information
> 3) do a fresh install, now using LVN, but still maintain the
>    partition structure, and thereby maintaining the current data/files
>    on the drive

No, you couldn't do this without backing up your files and restoring 
them afterwards. LVM uses the disk differently to a regular partition table.

Paul.