Based on the following information from Alex Finch I managed to reduce the size of the LogVol00 to 70GB, leaving a free space total of 4.41 GB on the dev/hdc hard disk. Since the swap file occupied space on /dev/hdf, I removed it via lvremove /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01. There is a new question now. How can I create and activate a swap file on VolGroup00? Alex Finch wrote: > > If you look in the LVM howto, you find this>> > > 11.10. Reducing a logical volume > > Logical volumes can be reduced in size as well as increased. However, it > is very important to remember to reduce the size of the file system or > whatever is residing in the volume before shrinking the volume itself, > otherwise you risk losing data. > > > > If you prefer to do this manually you must know the new size of > the volume in blocks and use the following commands: > > # umount /home > # resize2fs /dev/myvg/homevol 524288 > # lvreduce -L-1G /dev/myvg/homevol > # mount /home > > > In order to do this you need to boot from a live cd, > > I guess you need > resize2fs /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00 80G > and > lvreduce -L80G /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00 > > not sure what your /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01 is for though. You may be > able to remove it (lvremove /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01) > > if you get it right when you do vgdisplay -v it will show /dev/hdf1 has > Free PE = Total PE = 894, so you know it is safe to remove it.