LVM -- removing logical volumes from a file system

[tokyoi at mac.com]

Dear All,

I have come to the conclusion that I would be better off managing the  
partitions on my system (fully updated FC5, KDE) myself, rather than  
wandering through the ethereal reaches of the LV system. The GUI is a  
dead loss, not least because it keeps telling me that elements of the  
system are uninitialized when I am actually using them on a daily  
basis. The command-line LVM programme is more appealing but I am not  
really sure as to what will happen to my system -- as in the physical  
bits and bobs -- if I tell lvm to remove a volume. Am I right in  
thinking that the various commands to remove volumes simply mean that  
logical volume management is disabled and that the data remains  
intact, for me to administer it again via fdisk and /etc/fstab? I  
have more backups than Soft Mick but would rather leave them as an  
unused comfort zone. I have looked through the man pages and the like  
but would appreciate confirmation from those who are more  
knowledgeable than I.

Many thanks in advance,

Ian

tokyoi at mac com