[linux-lvm] shrink issue
Andreas Dilger
adilger at turbolabs.com
Wed Oct 17 20:53:27 UTC 2001
On Oct 17, 2001 21:24 +0200, FEJF wrote:
> is it possible to tell the lvmtools (when shrinking a lvm-volume with
> resizereiserfs and lvreduce) which hd should be used for free space and which
> should stay in the lvm ?
No. When you reduce the size of an LV, the free space is made from the end
of the LV only. If you want to make a particular PV free, then you need to
use "pvmove" to free any PEs that are allocated on it.
Cheers, Andreas
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