On Thu, January 4, 2007 11:11 pm, Aleksandar Milivojevic wrote: > Robert Becker Cope wrote: >> "Paul" <unix at bikesn4x4s.com> wrote: >> >>> Thanks, and where can I find a version of ext2resize that will work >> >> You want "resize2fs". Note that I've never used it to shrink a >> filesystem, >> myself, only to grow one. > > I've used it, and it works correctly (and it is available in CentOS > 4.4). It shrinks file system as it should. The only things Paul should > be careful is to first shrink file system, than logical volume and to > correctly calculate file system size and by how many extents he can > shrink logical volume. If he shrinks logical volume too much, he might > end up loosing data. Running fsck in non-destructive mode (fsck -N) > and/or attempting to mount file system read-only after he shrinks > logical volume might be a good idea to test all is OK. Thanks all. And can I use it when the system is online? I would think that would be the only way I could do it, cause I can't get to the ext3 fs of the LV unless its online.