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. -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge [log in to unmask] http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~werdna