resizing LVM partitions

[yonas Abraham]

On 10/26/07, Chris G <cl at isbd.net> wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 25, 2007 at 08:13:05PM -0400, yonas Abraham 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."
> >
> > To avoid this confusion I like the system-config-lvm GUI. It does all
> > for you in the correct order.
> >
> Where does one find system-config-lvm, there isn't a 'config' item in
> my 'system' menu.

if it is not there, do :

yum install system-config-lvm

usually doesn't install by default.

/yonas