jonathan writes: > « HTML content follows » > On Thu, 2011-05-19 at 13:20 +0100, Ritesh Sugandhi wrote: >> Dear Sir, > >> >> >> 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. > >> >> >> Any suggestion on how I can do it ? > >> >> >> Best Regards, > >> >> >> 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. -- Nux! www.nux.ro