On Fri, January 5, 2007 7:26 am, Paul wrote: > 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. OK, guess I answered my own questions: # resize2fs -p /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 30G resize2fs 1.35 (28-Feb-2004) /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 is mounted; can't resize a mounted filesystem! But how do I mount it when booted up on CD when it's burried somewhere in the LVM on hda2?