> -----Original Message----- > From: CentOS [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of Toralf Lund > Sent: den 12 oktober 2017 10:15 > To: CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> > Subject: Re: [CentOS] [External] /boot partition too small > > >> Since a lot of people seem to say none of the above can be done, I'm > >> starting to feel slightly unsure, but I though gparted could extend, > >> shrink and move partitions while preserving data. > > > > You would be asking gparted to: > > 1. Reach inside an LVM PV and shrink one filesystem and its LV, > > 2. Rearrange the extents inside the PV to make free space at the > > beginning, > > 3. Move the start of the PV and adjust all of the starting offsets for > > the LVs, > > 4. Finally, enlarge partition 1 into the freed-up space. > > > > Even if gparted was willing to attempt that, there is no way I would > > trust it to do it correctly. > Quite. I'd never try this without a backup, of course. In fact, I've > only ever used gparted in situations where I had a system dump already. > Still, it could save you from a bit of work, as in, if it does succeed, > you won't have to do a full recovery. Also, I'm not really sure about > the state of the LVM support, now that you mention it. (But there is > supposed to be *something* in that area.) Supposedly the below tool should be able to handle LVM volumes, and is bootable from CD. It costs though. https://www.partitionwizard.com/partition-wizard-bootable-cd.html Maybe helps a bit? -- //Sorin