Paul spake the following on 1/5/2007 4:50 AM: > 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? How about the CentOS live CD? -- MailScanner is like deodorant... You hope everybody uses it, and you notice quickly if they don't!!!!