[linux-lvm] Reducing ext3 LV

[Mark Sargent]

>Well, umm, the answer's right there in the link you posted:
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I guess so...

># umount /home
># resize2fs /dev/myvg/homevol 524288
># lvreduce -L-1G /dev/myvg/homevol
># mount /home
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>resize2fs handles both ext2 & ext3 (most of the tools are like this -
>mke2fs & e2fsck got their names before ext3 existed, but both handle
>ext3 as well).
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ok, I'm with ya...

>The only thing is the comment about having to know block sizes is bogus.
>This will work fine:
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>umount /mount
>e2fsck -f /dev/myvg/myvol
>resize2fs /dev/myvg/myvol 20G
>lvreduce -L 20G /dev/myvg/myvol
>mount /mount
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>Obviously, you need to replace /mount and /dev/myvg/myvol with the
>appropriate mount point & device name for your system. The e2fsck is a
>good idea before doing something like this. iirc, e2fsadm used to do it
>automatically.
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great stuff...truly appreciated as I was about to post about how to find 
the actual block size..

>Kind regards,
>
>Bryn.
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Cheers.

Mark Sargent