On Sun, 22 May 2011, [log in to unmask] wrote:

> jonathan writes:
>> On Thu, 2011-05-19 at 13:20 +0100, Ritesh Sugandhi wrote:
>>> 
>>> 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.

>> 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? :)

You can make a live volume larger, but Ritesh appears to want to
make at least one volume smaller. At least on SL5 and ext3
that cannot be done with a live volume.

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