[linux-lvm] LVM Problems :)

[Heinz Mauelshagen]

Ken,

the missing task was to shrink the LV.

On Fri, Feb 13, 2004 at 03:23:41PM -0600, Ken Fuchs wrote:
> Heinz Mauelshagen wrote:
> 
> >the size of your filesystem and logical volume differs already.
> >That's why e2fsadm fails.
> >Did you eventually run resize2fs in order to shrink the filesystem ?
> 
> >Your logical volume size is 1091456MB (32MB/PE * 34108 PE) but your
> >filesystem size is 963584GB (941GB * 1024MB/GB; check with
> >"tune2fs -l" and look for the block count and block size to calculate
> >this correctly).
> 
> >In case the result shows, that your filesystem is already smaller than the LV,
> >lvreduce the logical volume appropriately.
> 
> >Use the block count * block size result and round it up to the next PE!
> 
> To avoid an error in calculating the correct number of logical extents,
> and possibly doing an lvreduce(8) to a size smaller than the filesystem:
> 
> Use resize_ext2(8) without a size argument.  This will resize the ext2
> or ext3 filesystem to be the same size as the logical volume containing
> it.  After doing this, e2fsadm(8) can be used to resize the filesystem
> and logical volume "simultaneously" to any desired size (that can
> contain the filesystem's data).
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Ken Fuchs <kfuchs at winternet.com>
> 
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