resizing LVM partitions

[Matthew Saltzman]

On Thu, 2007-10-25 at 20:13 -0400, yonas Abraham wrote:
> On 10/25/07, Terry Polzin <foxec208 at wowway.com> wrote:

> >
> > Perform the resize operation on the LV before the FS
> 
>  I am quit  sure that you have to  shirk the FS first before you
> shirink the LV.  doing the otherway round can lead to lose of data.
> Read the lvresize man page to be sure "  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."

Shrink the FS first, then the LV.  Grow the LV first, then the FS.
Nothing else makes any sense at all.

> 
> To avoid this confusion I like the system-config-lvm GUI. It does all
> for you in the correct order.
> 
> /Yonas
> 
> 
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                Matthew Saltzman

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