jonathan writes:

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> On Thu, 2011-05-19 at 13:20 +0100, Ritesh Sugandhi wrote:
>> Dear Sir, 
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>> I am new to Scientific linux. I installed Scientific linux-6 ( 64 bit 
>> version) on my laptop . It created two logical volume and mounted them 
>> on /root and /home . I wanted to resize the volume and free some space. 
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>> Any suggestion on how I can do it ? 
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>> Best Regards, 
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>> 
>> Ritesh 
> 
> Alternatively i would think you would be able to use the GUI tool System > 
> Administration > Logical Volume Management. (system-config-lvm). The only 
> problem i would think is that the drives need to be unmounted, so might 
> need to use a live CD.
> 
> jon

Why unmount the drives? I just did a lvextend and resize4fs live a couple of 
days ago, no problems, no downtime. Did I mention I love lvm and ext4? :)
 
And anyway, that was on EL5, I'd expect it to go even smoothier on v6.

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